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Case No. 16291Burglary · Co. Kildare · 11 Aug 2024

Drive-through café in Kilcullen damaged and cash stolen in burglary

Between Sunday evening, August 11, and Monday morning, August 12, 2024, a burglary at the Kilcullen Tamp and Grind drive-through coffee shop on the N81 near Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, caused over €3,000 in damage. Windows were broken, alarm boxes were pulled off walls and a sum of cash was stolen. Kildare Now first reported the incident on August 15, 2024, after Garda John-Joe O'Connell described it on KFM. Gardaí appealed for anyone with information to contact their local garda station. No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.

  1. Reported15 Aug
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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What happened
  • The drive-through café sustained damage in a burglary, reported as €3,000 in the headline and as over €3,000 in the article text.
  • Windows were broken and alarm boxes were pulled off walls.
  • A sum of cash was stolen from the café.
Where
  • The burglary took place at the Kilcullen Tamp and Grind drive-through coffee shop.
  • The café is on the N81 near Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare.
When
  • The burglary took place between Sunday evening and Monday morning, which Gardaí gave as August 11 to August 12, 2024.
  • Kildare Now first reported the incident on August 15, 2024.
Other details
Garda John-Joe O'Connell discussed the incident on KFM.
Investigation
  • Gardaí appealed for anyone with information to contact their local garda station.
  • No arrests have been made.
  • Investigations are ongoing.
10 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe drive-through café sustained over €3,000 in damage in a burglary. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatWindows were broken, alarm boxes were pulled off walls and cash was stolen. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatA sum of cash was taken from the property. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereThe burglary occurred at a drive-through café in Kilcullen. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereThe café is the Kilcullen Tamp and Grind drive-through coffee shop on the N81 near Ballymore Eustace. (kildarenow.com)
  • whenThe burglary took place between Sunday evening and Monday morning. (kildarenow.com)
  • whenGardaí said the incident occurred between August 11 and August 12, 2024. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationGardaí appealed for anyone with information to contact their local garda station. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationNo arrests have been made. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationGardaí said investigations are ongoing. (kildarenow.com)

The reporting

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  1. 15 Aug2024
    Reportedkildarenow.com, first report
    Drive-through café in Kildare sustains €3,000 worth of damages following burglary

    First report of the Kilcullen café burglary. It gives the damage estimate, the damage done and the Garda appeal, and quotes a Garda spokesperson on the investigation.