A number of homes in the Cornshell Fields area have been targeted by oil thieves over the Christmas holidays.
Local Sinn Féin Councillor Sandra Duffy said: “These are heartless criminals who care nothing for the people in their community who were left over Christmas and during particularly cold weather with no heat in their homes.
"This is the last thing these families needed at this time of the year.
"If anyone would like to contact me I can arrange for the local community safety team to fit a lock to their oil tank to make things more difficult for these thieves."
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