Post Tagged with: "Crime"

GARDAÍ are investigating after a break-in at Abbeydorney GAA Club last week. Two males forced their way into the club through the main door at around 2.30am on Tuesday, October 27. They were disturbed by a staff member and fled the scene without taking anything. One man was described as being 5′ 10″ in height […]

GARDAÍ are investigating after a number of cars were damaged in Ballyheigue village recently. The incidents happened in the early hours of Sunday October 11, where there were five thefts from vehicles. Documentation and paperwork were removed from some of the vehicles and burnt nearby. In four of the cases there was […]

A BALLYARD woman is warning the public to take great care when buying or selling online, after she was scammed out of €500 when selling an item of furniture. Denise Hanbidge was selling a couch over the internet and after corresponding with what she thought was an interested buyer, she ended up losing the […]

GARDAÍ are investigating a case of criminal damage to a car last week. A white Fiat Doblo van was parked in the car park of John Mitchels GAA clubhouse on the John Joe Sheehy road on Wednesday evening, October 7. When the owner came out from playing bingo in the […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are investigating an attempted break-in of a bar in Rock Street, along with a number of other incidents in Tralee over the past week. An attempt to break into The Shebeen Bar on Rock Street was made between midnight on Thursday, October 9 and 7.30am on Friday morning. […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to what they describe as a “non-serious injury hit and run accident” in the Spa area. The incident happened on Monday, September 28 at around 7pm in the evening. The accident occurred between a cyclist and a vehicle. The vehicle left the scene after the collision. If you have any information […]

GARDAÍ have appealed to the public for information regarding the theft of a vehicle in Tralee last month. A white Toyota Corolla saloon was taken in the Cois Abhainn estate on Monday September 21, between 6am and 7.30am. The registration is 141-KY-1552. Gardaí are asking for anyone who has seen […]

  GARDAÍ in Tralee investigating the serious assault of a man, 24 years, have begun a murder investigation following a post mortem which was carried out today, Saturday October 3 at Kerry General Hospital. The results of the post mortem are not been disclosed for operational reasons. The assault occurred at […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee investigating the serious assault of a male at Killeen Woods on Wednesday  September 30 have confirmed that the injured male died last night in hospital. A post mortem will be carried out later today  at the morgue at Kerry General Hospital. The second male who was arrested and detained in connection […]

GARDAÍ have released without charge a male arrested in connection with the serious assault on a man in his 20s in Killeen Woods on Wednesday night. The man in his 30’s, who is a foreign national, had been detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 […]

  TWO men are still being questioned in Tralee Garda Station after last night’s suspected assault on a man at a house in Killeen Woods. Speaking to Radio Kerry today, Supt Jim O’Connor said there were “very serious injuries inflicted” on the man, who is a foreign national. “We believe […]

TWO men have been arrested by Gardaí in Tralee following a suspected assault incident last night. At approximately 10.35pm Gardaí were called to the scene of an incident at Killeen Woods. On arrival a male aged in his 20s was discovered unconscious in the front garden of a house. He was […]

  THE amount of burglaries in the Tralee area rose by 19.4% in between 2012 and 2014. New figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal that in 2012 there were 454 burglaries in the Tralee division, in 2013 there were 453 and in 2014 there were 542. Figures published in […]

GARDAÍ have issued a further warning regarding a telephone scam know as ‘Vishing’ where people have been scammed for tens of thousands of euro so far. In one case a person transferred €22,000 to a fraudster, while injured parties have been scammed for in excess of€38,000. ‘Vishing’ is the use of a telephone […]

  GARDAÍ in Tralee are appealing for information after a vehicle was stolen from the Balloonagh in the early hours of this morning, September 21. The incident occurred between the hours of 6am and 7.30am when the white Toyota Corolla vehicle was stolen from outside a house in the area. The […]

  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 […]

  GARDAÍ are warning the public after they received reports about strange hoax calls to landlines. People are getting phone calls from a person claiming to be from a business in Grafton Street, ringing to let them know their nephew has been arrested and he has been taken to Dundrum Garda […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are looking for information after an incident in town last week. Sometime on Monday night/Tuesday morning of last week, the passenger window of a car was smashed in the Edward Street area. Nothing was taken from the vehicle in the incident, but Gardaí are asking if anyone saw […]

  Gardaí at Henry St in Limerick are seeking the whereabouts of man convicted of sexual assault in England who was last seen in the Foynes area and is believed still be in this jurisdiction. Following a request for assistance from the UK Police, Gardaí are searching for Mian Mujahid Ali Shahid […]

  A MAN has been arrested after an alleged attempted robbery in Princes Street this morning. At 8.10am, the man entered Hussey’s Shop on Princes Street holding an iron bar. The man is alleged to have confronted a staff member but the woman behind the counter bravely refused to accede […]

GARDAI say 32 people were arrested for Public Order Offences over the weekend in Tralee, but crowds have generally been well behaved. There were 15 arrests made on Friday night, five on Saturday and 12 on Sunday night. Most of the incidents were due to people drinking too much alcohol. Meanwhile, a […]

GARDAÍ have appealed have information relating to the theft of an accordion from a public house in Tralee on Saturday. At about 1.20pm, an accordion worth around €5,000 was taken from An Cearnóg pub in The Square, by a male wearing a tracksuit in his early 20’s thin with ginger hair, […]

  FORMER All-Star, Tom O’Sullivan, proved he is equally adept at catching burglars on Kerry streets as he is at stopping corner forwards running riot round Croke Park. The Garda, based in Listowel, is being hailed a hero after he chased three burglars trying to gain entry to a house […]

  OVER €1,500 worth of Xanax was seized by undercover Gardaí in town last weekend. On Sunday evening last, Gardaí, stopped and searched a car in Stacks Villas and found approximately, 500 Xanax tablets, in the vehicle. A local man and woman were detained over the incident. The woman was released without […]

GARDAÍ are seeking the public’s help with burglaries in Tralee and around the county over the past week. Gardaí are urging homeowners to be vigilant as the amount of burglaries has increased over the past month or so and they encourage people to lock doors and windows when leaving and to install an alarm […]

GARDAÍ are advising people to lock their houses and cars at all times after thieves struck at a Ballyard estate last night/this morning. Between 7pm on Sunday and 7.30am on Monday morning, a garage was entered in the Gleann Scotia estate in Ballyard. Continued below… Nothing was taken and the unlocked […]

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 […]

  THERE were 21 burglaries around Kerry in the past week according to Gardaí who described it as a very high figure. The burglaries occurred all over Kerry and Gardaí are looking for the public’s help regarding two incidents in Tralee. On Wednesday, July 1, between 4.30am and 5am the Tralee Furniture […]

GARDAÍ are looking for the public’s help after two Tralee businesses were broken into last week. On Thursday night/Friday morning, between midnight and 7am, a rock was used to smash the glass on the door of Spotless Dry Cleaners in Oakpark. The thief gained entry and took the cash register. Then […]

  GARDAÍ are seeking the public’s help after a spate of burglaries in the mid-Kerry area over the past number of days. A substantial amount of jewellery, estimated to be worth in the thousands of euro, was stolen in a burglary at Chestnut Bridge in the Firies/Gurrane area on Thursday night. Gardaí say […]