{"id":353274,"date":"2026-03-18T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/353274\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:12:13","slug":"gardai-warn-of-bogus-tradesmen-knocking-on-limerick-doors-for-criminal-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/353274\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed warn of \u2018bogus tradesmen\u2019 knocking on Limerick doors for \u2018criminal purposes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A REPORT has been made to garda\u00ed of \u201csuspected bogus tradesmen\u201d operating on the outskirts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> city.<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Michelle O\u2019Halloran, Crime Prevention Officer Henry Street Garda Station, stated: \u201cGarda\u00ed received a report on March 11 of suspected bogus tradesmen operating in the Lansdowne Park area on the Ennis Road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms O\u2019Halloran continued: \u201cThey were calling door to door offering gardening services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/local-news\/2040707\/county-limerick-town-s-st-patrick-s-day-parade-cancelled-due-to-tragic-news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">County Limerick town&#8217;s St Patrick&#8217;s Day parade cancelled due to &#8216;tragic news&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile many legitimate businesses do operate this way, unfortunately this type of activity can also be used as a distraction for criminal purposes or to overcharge for poor or\u00a0unnecessary work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The garda recommends taking the following steps when employing tradespeople to avoid deception:<\/p>\n<p> Always use reputable, established businesses or tradespeople;<\/p>\n<p> Ask for identification and verify it;<\/p>\n<p> Avoid paying cash upfront<\/p>\n<p> If you feel uncomfortable or suspicious, trust your instincts and contact Garda\u00ed<\/p>\n<p>Ms O\u2019Halloran made a point of highlighting that older members of the community could be particularly vulnerable to deceitful tradesmen, and advised readers \u201cto open up this conversation and share this advice with older members of our communities who may be targeted\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sergeant warned: \u201cAs we move into spring, many people are looking to get work done around their homes, and that\u2019s when we tend to see an increase in this type of activity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur advice is never agree to on-the-spot work from someone you don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A REPORT has been made to garda\u00ed of \u201csuspected bogus tradesmen\u201d operating on the outskirts of Limerick city.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[45,93,61,60,1396,44],"class_list":["post-353274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}