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THERE has been a significant increase in thefts from shops offences, while public order offences decreased in Kerry in the first nine months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2019. The crime figures for the Kerry Division were revealed by Chief Superintendent of the Kerry Garda Division, Padraic […]

THERE was a general decrease in crime in the county between 2022 and pre-Covid levels in 2019 according to figures released this morning. Kerry Garda Chief Superintendent Padraic Powell gave a presentation on the figures at the Joint Policing Committee meeting at Kerry County Council building. He was comparing figures […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing for witnesses or any information in relation to two separate incidents of robbery and assault. On Sunday, June 27 at 8.50pm, a woman entered the shop at Kellihers Garage in Rathass. She said she was armed with a gun and demanded cigarettes from the staff. The […]

GARDAI are investigating two separate bicycle theft incidents in town over the past week. On Monday, March 15, between 5:30pm and 10:20pm a girls’ Mountain bike was stolen from  Caherdannan in Tralee. The bike, an Apollo purple mountain bike,  was locked in a communal part of the estate. It is […]

Gardaí in Kerry have arrested and charged a man in relation to suspected investment fraud resulting in the loss of approximately €125,000. In 2018, Gardaí in Tralee received a report from three individuals who believed they were subject to investment fraud between 2010 and 2012. Each person had seen an […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating the theft of a vehicle in Tralee last week. On Friday, February 5, at about 9.10am, a driver left their vehicle, with the keys in the ignition, to go into a shop at a filling station on the Oakpark Road. A man nearby, described as […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing for witnesses after an assault on a male in the town last week. On Friday last, between 12.30am and 1am, an assault took place at Edward Street. A man suffered minor injuries after he punched in the head a number of times. Gardaí say one […]

GARDAI in Tralee are looking for information in relation to theft and criminal damage incidents in town over the past week, as well as having lost items at the station that they would like to reunite with their owners. On Tuesday, September 22 into Wednesday, September 23, a car was […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a number of theft and criminal damage incidents in Tralee over the past couple of weeks. On Friday, September 4, between 12midnight and 4am, a car was broken into in O’Rahillys Villas. The windscreen was smashed and door handles damaged to gain access. Nothing was taken […]

GARDAI are asking the public for assistance in their investigation into a number of assaults around Tralee over the past week. On Tuesday, September 8, at around 1.15pm a man was assaulted on Ivy Terrace. A man was was waiting in his car at the traffic lights at the junction […]

Gardaí are appealing for smartphone owners to be ’Streetwise’ by downloading a trusted “find my phone” app and adding an emergency contact number to their phone as of the €5m worth of mobile phones stolen, only 10% are recovered. The appeal follows the release of figures by the Garda Síochána […]

A MAN has been arrested and charged in relation to a criminal damage incident which occurred overnight. The front windows of Dom O’Donnell’s furniture shop in Boherbee were damaged during the incident. A man was arrested a short time later and appears in court today. Meanwhile, Gardaí are investigating a […]

GARDAÍ have seized €1,000 worth of suspected cannabis and a suspected pellet gun in Killarney. On Saturday, April 4 Gardaí from Killarney were on routine foot patrol when they noticed a strong smell of cannabis coming from an apartment in Killarney town. A surveillance operation was put in place and […]

THE two men arrested in relation to a burglary at a pub in Blennerville in the early hours of Wednesday morning have since been charged and bailed. They are both due to appear before the courts at a later date. Gardaí arrested the men, both aged in their 30s, after […]

GARDAI have arrested two men in relation to a burglary at a pub in Blennerville in the early hours of this morning. Shortly after 1am, Gardaí from Tralee received a report from a member of the public about a suspicious car in the area which had its number plates blocked […]

AN Garda Siochana are advising the public of the possibility for fraudsters exploiting the spread of Covid-19 Coronavirus to carry out scams either online or in person. The main types of scams include Phisihing, Social Engineering Scams and Fraudulent Selling/Trading. In the case of phishing, a company or person receives an […]

GARDAI in Tralee are warning businesses and the public about separate phone and change scams. Gardai say businesses have been hit by a scam where a person enters the premises and asks to change large notes into smaller notes. He then changes his mind, asking for his large notes back […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information relating to theft and criminal damage incidents in the town over the past week. Between 3pm on Thursday, March 5, and 9am on Friday, March 6, a car was broken into in the Clonmore Grove area and about €10 and […]

GARDAI are investigating a number of thefts, break-ins and a hit and run incident in the Tralee area over the past week. On Monday, February 24, at about 10.30pm, a woman noticed a man in her car in the Ballinorg area of town. The male fled the car with a […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating two separate incidents of vehicle theft and criminal damage over the weekend. On Saturday evening at about 6pm, substantial damage was caused to a glass panel on the door at the Argos store at The Horan Centre, when a woman kicked it repeatedly. If anyone […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in the town centre at the weekend. At approximately 2.40am on Sunday, a man sustained a broken nose as a result of an an unprovoked assault by another male on Castle Street. Gardaí are appealing for anyone in the area […]

AN Garda Síochána and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners say there has been a significant increase in the detection of ‘novelty’ Euro notes. These notes are often marked as “movie money” or “prop money” and bear a strong resemblance to genuine Euro notes, however they do not contain the security […]

A CAR failing to stop at a red light led to more than Tralee gardaí anticipated recently, according to a post on their facebook page. Gardaí followed and stopped the car after it ran the red light in town and found that the driver was a holder of a Learner […]

THE three men arrested in relation to burglaries in Limerick and Kerry on Wednesday have been charged. All three are due to appear before Dublin District Court (CCJ) of Friday, February 7 at 10.30am. Gardaí arrested the three men in relation to four burglaries of retail premises in the North Kerry […]

GARDAI have arrested three men in relation to four burglaries of retail premises in the North Kerry and Limerick areas that occurred this morning, Wednesday, February 5. The burglaries took place at premises in Creeves, Co. Limerick, Ballylongford, Tarbert and Moyvane in Kerry. A sum of cash was taken from […]

GARDAI are asking the public to be vigilant against bogus callers after a man defrauded people out of money in Tralee last week. On Tuesday, January 14, a man called to a house in town claiming to be from Kerry County Council. He said the people in the house owed […]

GARDAI have seized approximately €4,000 of suspected cocaine and seized a car in Listowel, in the early hours of this morning. At approximately 12:45am, uniform Gardaí from Listowel on patrol, assisted by detectives, stopped a car that attempted to evade Gardaí in St Brendan’s Terrace. Following a search of the […]

GARDAI are seeking the public’s help after a criminal damage incident in a Tralee estate. On Thursday, January 9, at around 2am, all four tyres of a car parked in a driveway of a house in Gallowsfield were slashed. Gardai are appealing to anyone who heard or saw anything at […]

GARDAI in Tralee are warning the public of incidents where people are attempting to steal from handbags while others pray in church. There have been reports of individuals who have attempted to steal from the handbags of people while praying or when they are distracted and chatting to other people. […]

GARDAI are investigating after a man was robbed in Tralee town centre at the weekend. The incident, which occurred at Market Lane between 4.15am and 4.30am on Saturday, December 21, saw a man pinned against a wall by two males and a quantity of cash taken from him. The victim, […]