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THERE were three businesses burgled in the Ballyvelly and Caherslee areas of town last week. Gardai area asking the public for any information on the burglaries which occurred between 7pm on Thursday, June 22 and 9am on Saturday, June 24. A substantial amount of cash was taken in two of […]

GARDAI are appealing to the driver of a car involved in a hit and run incident to contact them at Tralee Garda Station. On Thursday, June 8, between 3.15pm and 3.45pm, there were two young girls crossing at the pedestrian crossing at Clash going towards the Horan Centre. A dark […]

THREE homes were targeted by thieves who stole home heating oil from tanks in the past week. Gardaí are warning homeowners to take security measures after a house on the outskirts of Tralee and two homes in Lixnaw were hit. Although it is unusual for thieves to target oil tanks […]

GARDAI are asking the public to be wary of conmen operating in the Kerry area recently. The men go from house to house in vans, usually targeting older people, offering guttering, house maintenance and pavement work. Most of them are not legitimate and are scamming people for large amounts of […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s assistance with regard to incidents of criminal damage in the town. In the early hours of today, Monday morning, significant damage was caused at the gateway to St John’s Church in Castle Street. The stone pillar was damaged in the incident. Gardaí believe someone […]

MICHEAL O Muircheartaigh and local basketball star Ryan Leonard dropped by Moyderwell school gym on Friday to give their support to a schools basketball blitz for girls, run by the Community Gardaí. Consisting mainly of sixth class pupils, schools taking part were St Brendan’s NS Fenit, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, Presentation […]

GARDAI in Tralee are asking for the public’s assistance regarding a hit and run incident near Abbeydorney on Thursday.   At approximately 11:40hrs, a vehicle which was travelling from Tralee towards Abbeydorney collided with the wall of a residence at Drumcunnig. The driver turned the vehicle around and fled the […]

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision at the Gap of Dunloe this afternoon, Tuesday, May 30, at approximately 3pm. The collision involved a cyclist and a 4 X 4 vehicle. The cyclist, a woman in her 60s was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver […]

THERE was an increase in burglaries and drug offences in Kerry in the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Kerry Garda Division crime statistics. The figures for January 1 to March 31, 2017, were revealed at the meeting of the […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information in relation to damage to car at the weekend. On Sunday, May 28, a grey BMW was badly damaged in Manor West car park, between 1.30pm -2.15pm. It was parked in row 3, adjacent to Gloria Jean’s coffee shop. The offending […]

AN Garda Síochána will conduct a national speed enforcement operation “Slow Down”, supported by the Road Safety Authority, for a 24 hour period from 7am tomorrow Friday to 7am on Saturday. The operation will consist of high visibility speed enforcement in speed enforcement zones, as well as the delivery of a […]

THE number of people signing up to a Text Alert service from their local Gardaí in the country has more than doubled in just three years, according to new figures. In Kerry there are 43 Text Alert services with 5,752 subscribers. Fresh figures released by the Garda Crime Prevention National […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a number of incidents of theft from cars, criminal damage and break-ins at premises, including one at the Ashe Memorial Hall. Between Friday evening at 5pm and Saturday morning at 8.15am, entry was gained to the Ashe Memorial Hall by a side window.  According to gardaí, there was […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information after a man was assaulted on the streets of Tralee at the weekend. The victim was walking down Rock Street when he was approached by two males between 12.30am and 1am on Saturday morning. He was assaulted by the two men and ran up […]

GARDAI in Tralee have been alerted to a fraud that targets elderly people whereby they receive a phone call from someone purporting to be from the fraud section of their bank. They are informed that their credit or debit card has been illegally accessed and money is missing from it.  […]

  Gardaí at Killarney are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the Killarney bypass this evening, Wednesday May 10th 2017. At approximately 7pm a female cyclist in her 40s was in collision with a tractor which was towing agricultural equipment on the Killarney bypass which is the […]

THERE was a frightening incident for staff at a hotel in Dingle in the early hours of this morning. A man entered Benners Hotel in the town at about 5.20am and attempted to rob the premises. Gardaí said he threatened staff with a “sharp weapon” but it is believed he […]

GARDAI are investigating three incidents of burglary in Tralee and Abbeydorney over the past week. Two incidents occurred in the Killeen/Oakpark area and a third in Laccamore, Abbeydorney. On Tuesday last, April 25 at around 4.30pm, a house in an estate on the Killeen Road was broken into. A large […]

GARDAI have issued an appeal on RTE’s Crimecall programme tonight, after a sexual assault in Tralee  last year. Back August 2016, a woman was walking home in the Monavalley area at about 3am when a light-coloured metallic three-door Fiat Punto Hatchback pulled up alongside her. The driver tried to speak to her  but […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information after a car was set alight in a Tralee estate at the weekend. On Sunday morning at 3.45am at Balloonagh Estate, there was damage done to a grey Toyota Corolla when it was set alight. The fire brigade were called out to […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating burglaries in Tralee over the past week. In Upper Castle Street, between Saturday, April 15 and Sunday, April 16, the storage area of a house was broken into and a number of tools were stolen, including  two Hitachi hammers – a green one and a yellow and […]

GARDAI made an arrest yesterday afternoon following an incident where a car crashed into a wall in Killerisk/Manor area, near the Applegreen Service Station. According to the Garda Síochána – Cork, Kerry & Limerick – Southern Region Facebook page, the driver of the car left the scene on foot but was […]

GARDAI are investigating damage to cars in Tralee over the weekend. Four cars were broken into in the carpark next to St John’s Church on Saturday night and another was badly damaged. A car parked outside a house in Oakpark was also damaged over the weekend. Anyone who witnessed the incidents or […]

GARDAI are warning people of a phone scam where a number of people in Kerry have contacted them reporting getting calls from an 021 number over the last week. The person on the phone is claiming to be from the bank and states that there is a problem with their bank cards. The […]

GARDAI are seeking the public’s help after a car was vandalised in Tralee at the weekend. It happened in the St John’s Park area on Saturday night/Sunday morning. The owners came out on Sunday morning to find vandals had smashed the windows and appeared to have jumped all over the […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating three burglaries in town at the weekend. In Caherslee on Saturday, between 3pm and 6pm a house in the Caherslee area was broken into. Nothing was taken in the course of the burglary. Another house in the Caherslee area was broken into between 3.30pm and […]

A MURDER investigation has been launched by gardaí in Listowel into the death of a man in his 70s in Rattoo, near Ballyduff, earlier today. The man died when the car he was driving was in collision with a teleporter this morning. The driver of the teleporter, a man in his 60s, […]

Gardaí in Listowel are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of a man following a collision involving a car and a teleporter vehicle. The incident occurred in Rattoo, Ballyduff. At approximately 8:45am Gardaí and Emergency Services were called to the scene of a collision involving a car and […]

GARDAI in Kerry are warning the public about an email phishing scam after a woman in the county was conned out of €2,000. The email purports to be from telecommunications company Eir contacting customers to inform them they are due a refund on their bill. They direct customers to a […]

GARDAI are investigating a number of burglaries around the county over the past week. The Official men’s clothing store on Castle Street was broken into at around 5.30am on Wednesday morning. The front door was forced in and a sum of cash was taken in the burglary. In anyone was in […]