Two years for man who repeatedly stole from yacht clubs

A drug addict who repeatedly broke into two Dún Laoghaire yacht clubs and stole 21 people’s belongings as well as a car and €600 in cash has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Stephen Walsh (aged 26) of Portland Row, Dublin 1 said he broke into the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Harbour Road and the Royal St George Yacht Club on Queens Road to get money to feed his cocaine and heroin addiction.