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Appeal launched following break in at local Laois business

Kevin Scully at The Merry Mill was broken into yesterday
Kevin Scully at The Merry Mill was broken into yesterday

The owners of the popular Laois business The Merry Mill were the victims of a break in yesterday.

Kevin Scully, who is the owner, had his house burgled in Vicarstown between 4 and 5pm.

Four men entered the family home by breaking in the door and then smashed the alarm off the wall.

The whole incident is only thought to have lasted a couple of minutes before a fifth man arrived in a silver car to pick up the burglars.

Speaking to LaoisToday, Kevin Scully said he has gone public on the incident to alert others.

He said: “These are crimes of opportunity. We would be up and down from the mill all day so it would be seldom there wouldn’t be someone in the house.

“So the message I would have to people is to leave nothing unattended because these lads are professionals.

“They are in and out in minutes and they can do a fair bit of damage in that time.

“It is particularly upsetting for old people who live in fear of what might happen.

“The Gardaí have been out and they have been very good. But they are constrained by the courts system too because even if they do catch these lads, they will likely be back out again soon enough.”

It is a disappointing thing to happen at what has been a very positive couple of months for Kevin and his family business, The Merry Mill.

Just last week they appeared on Ear to the Ground to showcase their organic gluten free oats.

The Scully family farm is the basis of the operation, and Kevin took the step over twelve years ago to convert the farm to an organic system.

Kevin said: “Look, anything that was taken can be replaced and this is just a small glimpse of what is an otherwise positive society.

“Just last week we sent orders all over the country so we will continue to push on.”

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