Gardaí in Co Louth are investigating the theft of a consignment of 18,900 bottles of whiskey worth about €270,000.
The ‘Finnegan Whiskey’ was stolen from a premises in Carlingford on Saturday, February 5th.
A Garda spokesman said the product was not available on the Irish market.
The label on the front of the bottle is printed in Irish and the label on the back is in French, apart from the words ‘Finnegan Finest Irish Whiskey’.
Each front label has a picture of a Neolithic stone figure.
The bottles are all 70cl and were stocked in brown cardboard boxes labelled ‘Finnegan Irish Whiskey’ and the words ‘Uisce Beatha’.
Anyone with information, or anyone who has been offered the product for sale has been asked to contact gardaí at Carlingford or the Garda Confidential Line at 1-800666111.