Career criminal jailed for spate of burglaries

A career criminal who confessed to a series of recent burglaries in the Moneygourney area was jailed for 13 months yesterday.

Michael Foley, aged 40, came before Cork District Court yesterday with 123 previous convictions and 55 of them were for burglaries committed over 20 years.

Foley, with addresses at 2, Willsbrook, Broadale, Douglas, and 104 Ardbhaile, Mayfield, Cork, pleaded guilty to seven charges yesterday.