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A WOMAN HAS appealed for information after her late mother’s jewellery was robbed from her home in west Dublin on Wednesday night.
Sinead Quinn from Blanchardstown called Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1 to say her house had been robbed and that her mother’s jewellery had been taken, along with her late brother-in-law’s wedding ring and watch.
Sinead, her fiancé and her sister are all currently living in her dad’s house. Their mother died last March, her brother-in-law died the year before.
The family had gone out for a meal in the early evening and returned to the house at around 9pm. They had no inclination that they had been robbed until later that night.
Sinéad explained: “We went out of the house and went for a bite to eat and we came back and nothing seemed out of place. We went off to bed and my sister noticed that some jewellery was missing. She came in and said all my jewellery was gone and then we realised all my mom’s jewellery was gone.
“My sister lost her husband two-and-a-half years ago. All her wedding and engagement rings were stolen. All my mam’s rings were stolen as well, basically all the heirlooms she wanted to hand down.
We found out later from gardaí that they got in through the kitchen window, they went through everyone’s drawers. All they wanted was the jewellery. There was car keys and laptops there but they weren’t touched. They knew what they wanted.
Sinead explained to Joe Duffy that her mum worked hard all her life, she only had her jewellery and she’d earmarked it all for members of the family when she was dying.
The family had intended to share it amongst themselves at Christmas time but they felt they were not ready to do so as it was still so close to their mother’s death.
The Christmas before her mother died, she got Sinead in Kris Kindle. Her mother had a gold heart locket made, engraved with her name Patti and in it was a photo of her parents.
Sinéad has appealed to members of the public to keep an eye out if they are offered jewellery for sale. Anyone with information is being urged to contact gardaí.
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Was there in 94 in Thurles Stadium, camping on that racecourse nearby. Great festival, no scangers. Prodigy and Sounds Crowd Orchestra on stage
@Rear Admiral: 76 pathetic little middle class bigots.. and counting!!
I was excited until I got to ‘vegan food stalls’
Jesus wept …
@Dara O’Brien: a chipper that does just chips.
@John D12: ah they’d find some reason to protest against that too
Feile was just some of the best times of my life! Best of luck to them.
Prosecco bars and vegan food stalls, while sitting down and listening to some orchestral mishmash of brewing up a storm… how can in even be called Féile?
Incidentally their next project is to produce a movie about 3 estranged sisters who make amends during a cross country road trip to attend a great aunts funeral in Nebraska… and call it Jurassic Park 5
@Stephen Boland: Quality comment!
Transvision Vamp in ’91, Wendy James
Happy days
Feile was not the first multi day music festival in Ireland
@Mark Johnson: what?
@Naoimh Ó Murchadha: Lisdoonvarna and Macroom?
Castlebar…..”Occasion at the castle” weekend rock festival. Early 1980s.
Back in the days u could build a fire in the campsite and the after concert rave in the stands
Ah Jesus, brings back memories, some poor b&&&ard was always pushed over when in the portaloo.
Any yokes?
Geez sounds brilliant!!!
Great
Thurles music heads tried to revive Feile a few years ago too…..
@Mark Johnson: your comments are making no sense mark. What are you talking about?
@Naoimh Ó Murchadha: pretty clear to everyone else…
Adding in the word classical is a great way of dissuading “people referred to as scangers” like the way classical music has been successfully used in subway stations to reduce loitering and crime.
Could be great, but flip-side is this (coupled with nostalgic acts) is going attract more “people referred to as ..ahem.. boring”.
@Jazz Buckler: Dinosaur Dads in Reni hats boring everyone about “the good aul days” and when music wasn’t Shite before slipping off hometown catch an episode of Catastrophe
No offence Tom but you lads are the rest of the bands mentioned had their day. What an awful line-up
Before my time but from all accounts although it may have been a Mecca for Irish bands it was an absolute hell on earth for Irish music fans. A badly organised gathering full of drunken louts with very little by way of proper facilities on the ground.
Anyway, this is the new smooth corporate hipster version by all accounts.
@Gene Dexter: nah, it was brilliant! You weren’t there, you wouldn’t understand.
@Gene Dexter: u can’t help yourself can you, don’t know who u were talking to but feile was great craic
@Gene Dexter: Ridiculous comments on every article. Quite a sad little life you must have, by all accounts.
@Gene Dexter: if anyone wants to know the definition of a “snowflake” they only have to look at your comment. You’re actually complaining about an event you were too young to attend. Despite that I speak for all of us that were there and just want to thank you for taking offence on our behalf.
Can I bring my granny?
Féile mo thoín. Bring back the old line up maybe.
Feile ’93. Had my first experience there in a tent with my best buddy (first love) while his cousin slept beside us.
A few dates wouldn’t have gone astray…
The rave on the stand beside the horse parade pumped with tunes from a ghetoblaster. Followed in the morning with a visit to the Hare Krishna tent to get a wholesome breakfast of beans and rice. Simple delights
The rave on the stand beside the horse parade pumped with tunes from a ghetoblaster. Followed by a visit to the hare krishna tent for a breakfast of beans and rice. Happy days
Rave in the stand beside the horse parade pumped by tunes from a ghetoblaster. Followed by a trip to the hare Krishna tent for a breakfast of beans and rice. Happy days
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