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Case No. 29711Burglary; criminal damage · Co. Offaly · 6 Oct 2021

Gardaí investigate burglary at Boora milk company

Two males burgled the Boora Bainne Milk Company in Boora, County Offaly, between midnight and 12:30am on 6 October 2021, causing serious damage. The suspects were in a dark coloured two-seater Ford Ranger with an 08 LS registration, seen driving towards Kilcormac. The business will have to close for the foreseeable future due to the damage. Birr Gardaí are investigating and have appealed for witnesses who passed through the Boora, Kilcormac area, particularly along the R357, during the incident window.

  1. Reported9 Oct
    2 reports
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Two males burgled the Boora Bainne Milk Company, causing serious damage to the premises.
  • The suspects were in a dark coloured two-seater Ford Ranger with an 08 LS registration, seen driving towards Kilcormac.
Where
The burglary occurred at the Boora Bainne Milk Company in Boora, County Offaly.
When
The incident occurred between midnight and 12:30am on 6 October 2021.
Investigation
  • Birr Gardaí are investigating the burglary and criminal damage.
  • Gardaí have appealed for witnesses who passed through the Boora, Kilcormac area, particularly along the R357, between midnight and 12:30am.
Other details
  • The business will have to close for the foreseeable future due to the damage.
  • The business posted on social media after the incident.
14 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatTwo males were in a dark coloured two-seater Ford Ranger with an 08 LS registration (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe business will have to close for the foreseeable future due to serious damage. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatTwo males were involved in the burglary. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe suspects were in a dark coloured, two-seater Ford Ranger with an 08 LS registration. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whereThe burglary occurred at the Boora Bainne Milk Company in Boora (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whereGardaí are particularly interested in the R357 and Kilcormac area (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whereThe burglary occurred at the business premises of Boora Bainne Milk Company in Boora. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whereThe vehicle was seen driving towards Kilcormac. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whenThe business was targeted by thieves on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whenThe incident occurred between midnight and 12:30am. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • investigationBirr Gardaí are investigating the burglary (offalyexpress.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are appealing for people who passed through the Boora, Kilcormac area between midnight and 12:30am (offalyexpress.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are appealing for witnesses along the R357 and Kilcormac area. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • otherThe business posted on social media after the incident (offalyexpress.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 10 Oct2021
    Reportedoffalyexpress.ie, follow-up
    Offaly business forced to close indefinitely after serious damage caused during burglary

    Initial report of the burglary with Gardaí appeal for witnesses along the R357 and Kilcormac area.

    suspect, malesuspect, male
  2. 9 Oct2021
    Reportedoffalyexpress.ie, first report
    Offaly business suffers huge damage during burglary

    Adds the vehicle registration (08 LS), specifies the Ford Ranger as a two-seater, gives the exact time window (midnight to 12:30am), identifies the R357 as a key route of interest, and notes the business posted on social media after the incident.

    suspect, malesuspect, male