Public alert over ‘Friar Tuck’ thief

GARDAÍ fear a Limerick criminal may try to con cash out of people by pretending to be a monk.

A conman entering houses claiming to be anything from a doctor to a tradesman, in order to steal cash, is suspected of stealing a robe belonging to one of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, who now work in Delmege Park in Moyross.

The robe was stolen from Corpus Christi Church in Moyross.