Post Tagged with: "An Garda Síochána"

TRALEE Library will host an event next week as part of the An Garda Síochána centenary celebrations. Earlier this year, an appeal was made to people requesting they share with An Garda Síochána any history or Garda memorabilia they may have or know of to help mark this special year […]

AN Garda Síochána is asking the public in Kerry to share with them any stories, material or memorabilia as they prepare mark the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the force. To mark this significant occasion, An Garda Síochána in Kerry are planning a number of events to be held across […]

KERRY Gardaí, Kerry County Council and the HSE are appealing for motorists to park legally and responsibly when visiting public beaches and amenity areas. Last week there were parking issues at beaches and amenity areas throughout Kerry in which vehicles were blocked in and roadways obstructed. In many instances, including […]

  KERRY saw a rise in Garda staff levels in 2015 when more than half of all Ireland’s 28 divisions recorded a fall. There were 3.4% more Gardaí in Kerry last year, second only to Kildare which recorded a rise of 3.7% according to figures obtained by the Irish Examiner.  Last […]

GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic incident involving a car and horse on the Tralee-Killarney road last month. The collision occurred on Saturday, January 16 at approximately 7:00am on the N22 Tralee to Killarney road after the junction to Farmers Bridge. A car collided with a horse […]

A CAR in Caherslee was broken into and a handbag stolen last week with Gardaí appealing to the public for any information in relation to the incident. The theft occurred on Thursday, February 11 at approximately 5:45pm in Caherslee. The thief smashed the car window and took a handbag that was in the […]

AROUND 500 guests attended the retirement function for Chief Superintendent Pat Sullivan from An Garda Síochána on Friday at Ballygarry House Hotel. He retired after over 40 years of distinguished service to the organisation, the majority of which was spent in the Kerry Garda Division. Guests included Deputy Commissioner Donall O’Cualáinn, Assistant […]

  THE Institute of Technology Tralee has released a statement about an incident involving a female student near the Fairies Cross area on Monday afternoon. Reports of an incident spread quickly on Facebook on Monday evening, stating a woman – walking from Applegreen at Fairies Cross in the direction of town – had been the […]

  A WEDDING ring lost in town has been handed into Tralee Garda Station. The ring was found on Edward Street yesterday and handed into the station. A post on the ‘Tralee Do You Know’ Facebook page sent a message to anyone who had lost it that it was at the station. The […]

THE SCENE is set for members of the Kerry Garda Síochána and Na Gaeil GAA ladies to take part in the upcoming community fundraiser, the ‘Carmel O’Connor Memorial Shield’. It is an event dedicated to the memory of their late Listowel-based former colleague who died over nine years ago after a […]

  TWO people who suffered injuries after a crash on the Tralee to Killarney road last night, have been released from hospital. The crash involved a vehicle driven by a woman in her 30s and an official Garda van. The woman’s injuries were described as serious, but she has now been released from hospital. The […]

  A WOMAN was seriously injured and a Garda received minor injuries in an accident on the main Tralee-Killarney road tonight. Gardai in Killarney are appealing for witnesses to the two vehicle collision that occurred on the N22 Killarney to Tralee road approximately 7 miles from Killarney this evening at 7.45pm. A woman in […]

  A NUMBER of chainsaws were stolen and a window broken after a break in at the Heiton Buckley site at the Clash Industrial Estate over the weekend. The robbery occurred sometime between the hours of lunchtime on Saturday and the early hours of Monday morning. Gardaí are currently investigating the break […]

A LOCAL man is appealing for the return of two sets of aluminium extension ladders that were stolen from his van outside his home in Laurel Court, Oakpark overnight. The ladders were taken from inside the van between the hours of 8pm on Tuesday and 7.45am this morning when he noticed them missing […]

TWELVE new Garda cars will be arriving in Kerry this year. Already six have been issued in the county with a further six to hit the roads of Kerry in the coming weeks. In addition to this 2015 allocation, €27.5 million was invested in new Garda vehicles nationally between 2012 and […]

  THE EMERGENCY services of Kerry will come together on Saturday, June 13, for their seventh annual cycle for charity…and they’re looking for cyclists to join them. The cycle is a highly anticipated event for members of the Gardai, Fire and Ambulance services in town, as it’s the only time they […]

  A NORTH Kerry school was broken into last night, with money taken from a safe. Gardai are investigating the break-in at Causeway Comprehensive which is believed to have occurred at 12.30am. Three men are believed to be involved and a sum of cash was stolen from the safe. CCTV footage is being viewed […]

GARDAI are appealing to businesses and cashiers to be vigilant about people changing large sums of money. Retailers – in Tralee and around the county – have been hit by a spate of people fooling cashiers into handing over hundreds of euro from changing the note denomination of large sums. One is example […]

  A MOTHER of one, aged in her early thirties, was placed on life support in Kerry General Hospital after sustaining head injuries from a fall at a house in Caheranne Village in the early hours of Sunday morning. The accident occurred at approximately 12:30am on Sunday. The woman suffered the head […]

  AN Garda Síochána in Kerry and nationwide will conduct an intensive national speed enforcement operation for a 24 hour period from 7am on Friday, March 27 to 7am on Saturday, March 28. The objective of operation National “Slow Down” Day, according to the Gardaí, is to reduce the number of speed […]

  GARDAI are investigating two separate incidents where ladders were stolen. The first incident happened at a business premises on upper Rock Street between February 17-19. The ladders were taken from the roof racks of two company vans which were parked opposite the premises. The second incident happened on the […]

GARDAÍ are warning people not to leave expensive items on show when parking up their car, after an incident in Ballyseedy on Sunday where a car was broken into. Between 3.15pm and 4.30pm, a car that had been parked in the car park of Ballyseedy Woods, had its window smashed and was […]

THE rain poured but spirits soared as Christy McCarthy gave his annual guest performance with Garda musicians on Tuesday afternoon for the annual Garda Christmas collection. Belting out rock n roll hit after hit, many passers-by stopped to take it all in outside Walsh Brothers Shoes, even though the heavens had opened […]