Wheel thieves who wore surgical gowns ordered to stay out of West Cork

The judge told John Paul O'Halloran and Martin O'Reilly: "I would like you to stay out of West Cork". File picture: iStock

Two men who stole alloyed wheels in broad daylight while dressed in surgical gowns and masks have been ordered to stay out of West Cork.

John Paul O'Halloran and Martin O'Reilly were detected by gardaí not long after the thefts in Kinsale after the owner of the business from which the wheels were stolen clocked the registration of their van from the in-house CCTV footage.