Wexford man sentenced to 10 months in prison for series of burglaries
Wexford PeopleA Wexford man has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment in connection with a series of burglary offences.
John (Johnny) Connors (37) with addresses at 133 The Faythe, Wexford, and Rosemount. Drinagh, Wexford, had been remanded in custody since May 2026 with bail being refused for these offences.
The court heard that on May 6 a night porter at the Ashdown Park Hotel in Gorey became suspicious of Connors who was walking around the premises carrying a plastic bag.
The night porter spoke with Connors and alerted An Garda SÍochaná who arrived at the hotel.
It transpired that a safe to the value of €250 had been taken from the hotel’s accommodation office.
A resident of the hotel informed gardaí that he had awoken to the accused standing at the bottom of his bed.
Connors was also charged with two further burglary offences which occurred at Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford, on April 11 and April 12 when the accused had taken a set of Honda car keys from one room, and a set of Volkswagen keys from another.
A further burglary incident related to Cedar House in Rosslare Strand where on April 13 a large number of household items were stolen.
A shed was also broken into on the property with tools worth approximately €1,350 being taken.
A number of theft offences from local supermarkets and shops were also before the court.
These included the theft of €130 from Pettitts SuperValu, €85 from Tesco, €239 from TK Maxx, €153 from Dunnes Stores, €74 from Mr Price on Trinity Street, and a further €91.45 from Pettitts SuperValu.
Connors also faced a number of road traffic offences, including driving without insurance, driving without a licence, driving without an NCT, driving without tax and driving while disqualified.
Andrew Bolger BL told the court that Connors had pleaded guilty to all matters, saving the court considerable time in dealing with the offences.
The barrister submitted that Connors had spiralled out of control following the end of a relationship.
The couple have since reconciled, which was said to have had a stabilising influence on Connors’s life.
Mr Bolger said his client had instructed him that he was “too old to be acting this way” and wanted to turn over a new leaf.
The court heard that Connors has 84 previous convictions.
He also has ambitions of working as a special needs assistant and has one module remaining before completing the necessary qualifications.
Judge John Cheatle commented that there was an “awful lot” of charges before the court and said a custodial sentence was inevitable.
The judge sentenced Connors to 10 months in prison in connection with the burglary at the Ashdown Park Hotel.
A further 10-month sentence was imposed in relation to the burglary at Cedar House, with that sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to run consecutively.
Connors was also disqualified from driving for six years in connection with the road traffic offences.
The remaining offences were taken into consideration.