Security system protects against thieves of home heating oil

WHEN a security company boss found thieves had stolen his home heating oil, he decided to act.

Like thousands of other householders, Patrick O’Connor, chief executive of ADA Security, which is based in Rockchapel, Co Cork, knows protecting oil tanks is a huge problem, especially as the price of heating oil has soared in recent years.

Research and development employees at his company, which employs 28 people, came up with a new wireless security system which he hopes will make it much harder for thieves to steal home heating oil.