Gardai make public appeal after two ATMs ripped from banks in Kells, Co Meath

Gardai are appealing for witnesses after two cash machines were stolen in the same town on Friday morning.

The two ATMs were ripped from Bank of Ireland and AIB branches on Main Street, Kells, Co Meath.

Officers have now appealed to anyone who was in the town between 3.30am and 4.20am.

Superintendent Dermot O'Conner said the robberies will have a "significant impact on the community" over the Easter weekend.

Gardai and workmen at the scene of a double ATM robbery on Main Street, Kells, Co Meath (Colin Keegan, Collins Agency, Dublin)

Gardai at the scene of a double ATM robbery on Main Street, Kells (Colin Keegan, Collins Agency, Dublin)

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Speaking at the scene on Friday morning, he said: "This crime was an organised planned attack on the community of Kells. 

"This crime is not a victimless crime and will have a significant impact on the community of Kells and the local area over this Easter Bank Holiday weekend. 

"I appeal to the local and wider community to support An Garda Síochána and to provide any information to bring these criminals to justice."

Two ATMs were robbed on Main Street, Kells, Co Meath (Colin Keegan, Collins Agency, Dublin)

Gardai at the scene of a double ATM robbery on Main Street, Kells, Co Meath (Colin Keegan, Collins Agency, Dublin)

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A JCB digger and an excavator, which were stolen in the Louth and Meath areas overnight, remained at the scene.

It's understood that the criminals fled the scene in dark coloured crew CAB jeep and a dark coloured Volkswagen car. They set out in the direction of Carlanstown on the Maudlin Road.

Anyone with information or with dash cam footage of the area at the time is asked to contact Kells Garda Station on 046 9280820, the Gardaí Confidential line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.

Video footage from Kells, Co Meath, where two ATMs were stolen in a spate of overnight thefts