Man pleads guilty to 'spur of the moment' theft after stolen property was traced using smartphone app

Conor Murray, who was visiting the Gap of Dunloe with his partner and children, stole a tourists backpack in a "spur of the moment" decision

The woman was able to track down her stolen bag using a tracking app she had installed in her phone. Picture: iStock

A tourist cycling in the scenic pass of the Gap of Dunloe placed her backpack on the ground only to have it stolen, a court was told.

A fellow tourist visiting the Gap, a remote glacial valley, the Sunday afternoon of July 12 last, was arrested just two days later in Portlaoise.