Gardaí have arrested four men following a burglary in Co Clare as part of Operation Thor.

The four were arrested shortly before 4pm on Friday following a burglary at a house in a rural area on the Kildysart Road near Ennis.

A man in his 90s, who was the sole occupant of the house at the time of the incident, was unharmed by the intruders.

The arrested men (two in aged in their 30s, one in his 40s and one in his teens) have been brought to Ennis and Shannon Garda Stations where they are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. They can be held for up to 24 hours.

This was a joint operation by gardaí from the Limerick and Clare divisions supported by the Emergency Response Unit as part of ongoing operations targeting travelling criminal groups carrying out burglaries in the region.

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