'Career burglar' on temporary release strikes again

A "career burglar" who tried to break into the home of an elderly charity worker while he was on temporary release from prison has been given a three year sentence at Dublin Circuit criminal Court.

John McDonagh (aged 26) tried to gain access to the woman's home in the early hours of the morning through a back window but when an alarm activated he posed as a neighbour to try to get her to open the front door.