Gardaí are looking for information after a man stole a purse from a woman in a distraction theft in Tullow.
It happened on Monday of this week at about 7.20pm on Castle Lane.
A man walked up to the woman and asked her for a lighter and when she opened her handbag, he reached in and ran off with her purse.
He’s described as being in his late teens to early 20’s, wearing a black Nike baseball cap, a black sleeveless tracksuit top with a hood, black tracksuit bottoms and black Nike runners with a white logo.
He’s about 5’8″, of skinny build, clean shaven and spoke with a distinctive Dublin accent.