Residents warned after thieves target 30 houses in single town

Gardaí are on the trail of sneak thieves responsible for upwards of 30 break-ins in a Kerry town in recent months.

The thieves, believed to be local criminals, managed to access houses in Killarney through unlocked doors and opened windows, sometimes when the occupants were at home.

“The pattern is much the same in all the entries to houses and they get in and out doing little or no damage,” a Garda spokesman said.