Inside the shop they rifled a poor box, broke open a box with cash for private staff phone calls, rifled a number of drawers, threw clothing around with apparent wild abandon and lit a fire, then sat down and made tea.

Afterwards they had a wash with two tablets of toilet soap which they had brought with them. Their tea might not have satisfied the palate of a gourmet. It consisted of chocolate biscuits mixed with sardines, both of which they brought with them on their excursion into crime. They also provided the milk but used staff cups and tea. Today police took with them the remains of the meal including two sardine tins, remnants of the biscuits and the milk bottle.

Irish Times 18 February 1907 COURTHOUSE, Green Street, on Saturday - Winifred Killigrew was indicted for neglecting her child, Catherine Killigrew, aged about 14 years, so as to cause her unnecessary suffering. Mr Bushe KC, in stating the case for the prosecution, said it was a pitiful one. The prisoner was married to a most respectable man, who had been in his present employment for over 20 years. After repeated trials to keep up a home, he had found it necessary to separate from his wife, to whom he repeatedly sent an allowance of 14s. Or 15s a week.

On 30 December prisoner had left the child in an empty house, of which the child's grandmother was caretaker, but in it she did not even live.

In the fearful weather which prevailed in Christmas week, the child slept in scanty clothing on a wisp of wet straw. The mother was found later wandering about the streets in a drunken state. Evidence having been given in support of the charge, the jury convicted the prisoner. A further charge was preferred against the prisoner of being an habitual drunkard. She was convicted.

Mr Justice Andrews sentenced the prisoner to be detained for two years in the Inebriates Home, Ennis.

Freeman's Journal 18 February 1857 THE vacancy caused by the ignominious expulsion of James Sadleir from the House of Commons has been so long anticipated that the electors of Tipperary cannot excuse themselves on the plea of surprise, if they do not use their franchises as to vindicate that fine county from the scandal with which the political and mercantile frauds of the Sadleirs have been so long associated by name.

Few cases are on record which equal in enormity the criminality of the clique, on one of whose most prominent members this act of tardy justice has been executed; but it is not our task to recapitulate the events which led to the political importance of John Sadleir and his party, or to the ruin which his immediate associates in the Tipperary Bank swindle brought on the unfortunate shareholders and depositors in that concern, but rather to suggest to the electors of Tipperary that, as they have been hitherto identified with the career of the Sadleirs, they must take decisive measures to indicate, by the selection of their new representative, not only were they deceived, but they are desirous to atone to the country for the injury done by their long continued support of John Sadleir and his associates.