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from Sunday Business Post:

Spate of burglaries on Luas line

15/08/04 00:00

Property owners along the Luas tram line at Milltown, on Dublin’s south side, are complaining of a spate of burglaries since the line opened in June, writes Niamh Connolly.

Eamonn Rock, a resident of Columbanus Road in Milltown, said houses on the road were exposed to break-ins because the heavy vegetation that had screened gardens had been cut away during Luas works.

Only a small fence had been erected in place of the vegetation, he said.

The most recent burglary was last Monday when Columbanus Road resident Eileen Kelly was robbed of about €10,000 worth of jewellery.

“About 40 houses are exposed to burglary by the vegetation being uprooted,” Rock said.

“Some people on other roads have walls five foot high.”

A spokesman for the Railway Procurement Agency was not available for comment.