€100k theft victim’s home raided twice

Thieves targeted the home of a pensioner just hours after gardaí recovered more than €100,000 of his life savings which had been stolen the day before.

The incident prompted gardaí to issue another warning to elderly people or people living alone not to keep large amounts of cash at home.

The man’s life savings were stolen from his home in Kanturk in North Cork on the night of Oct 14 while he was away.