THIEVES broke into a shop in north Kerry and stole a batch of lottery scratch cards.

The incident happened at a shop at Six Crosses, a few miles from Listowel, between 1am and 1.30am in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Listowel Gardaí say a gang of three men stole the scratch cards and are appealing for anyone who was travelling on the road at the time and may have seen anything suspicious to contact them.

Gardaí are examining CCTV footage and are interested in the movement of a red Volkswagen Golf they believe  may have been used by the men.