Gardai try to identify group of youths behind Tullow crime spree

Tullow Gardai are investigating after a group of youths went on a crime spree in the town last weekend.

Starting at Brophy Agri services before midnight on Friday night they crashed a cherry-picker in the yard.

In the hours that followed accelerant was thrown at the Town hall in Tullow at 2.30am and the side door was set on fire, a window was broken at Tesco at 3am and another at Lidl 20 minutes later where a quantity of alcohol was stolen.

The group finished up in Charles Wynne’s Grainyard  around 4am where they started a blaze with stacked wooden palattes and drank cans until nearly 6am.

Anyone who might be able to identify the culprits is asked to get in touch with Gardai in Tullow on 059 9180060.