GARDAÍ in Tralee are investigating after two teenage girls went door to door claiming to collect money for the Kerry Diocesan Youth Service.

The girls, carrying clipboards, went to homes in the Ballyrickard, Kerries and Spa Road areas on Friday and Saturday night and persuaded people to give them money.

They were not carrying any identification and are described as being in their mid-teens.

KDYS say the organisation never carries out door to door collections and has warned the public against giving them money.