Urn with parents’ ashes stolen

A distraught woman has made an urgent appeal for the return of an urn containing her parents’ ashes which was stolen by a burglar who raided her house while she slept.

The woman, who lives in the Deerpark estate south of Tallaght, was asleep upstairs when a burglar broke in between 11pm on New Year’s Eve and 4am yesterday.

It is believed several items were taken. However, gardaí have been unable to prepare a complete inventory of the stolen property because the woman has been too upset over the loss of the most treasured possession.