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The building on Ashe Street where the fatal accident took place this morning.

Sadness At Death Of Local Man At Building On Ashe Street

November 28, 2020 at 1:57 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE man has died and five others have been injured at a building on Ashe Street this morning. The men were doing construction work on the building when part of the chimney collapsed at around 8am this morning. It’s believed 68-year-old Tom Ross, a building contractor, was on the […]

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The building on Ashe Street (light-coloured, centre) where workers were injured this morning. Photo Dermot Crean

Workers Injured At Building On Ashe Street

November 28, 2020 at 9:34 am Comments are Disabled

EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a workplace accident on Ashe Street this morning. They were called to the building at around 8am after it’s believed part of a chimney collapsed and a number of men, who were carrying out construction work there,  were injured. Four men were taken […]

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One of the suspected cannabis plants seized by gardaí yesterday.

Gardaí Seize €4,000 Of Suspected Cannabis In South Kerry

November 27, 2020 at 10:54 am Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in the Killarney District seized over €4,000 of suspected drugs yesterday. As part of Operation Thor, a day of action was conducted in the Caherciveen, Waterville, Caherdaniel and Valentia areas over a 24 hour period between Wednesday 25th and Thursday, 26th November. The operation commenced on Wednesday evening with two […]

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Gardaí Seek Information On Hit And Run Incident In Tralee

Gardaí Seek Information On Hit And Run Incident In Tralee

November 23, 2020 at 3:33 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information into a hit and run incident involving a young cyclist last week. On Thursday evening last, November 19 at about 7.15pm, a young girl was cycling at the Ballymullen roundabout towards the Tralee Harriers athletics grounds when she was struck […]

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Gardaí Seize €10,000 Of Suspected Cocaine In Listowel

Gardaí Seize €10,000 Of Suspected Cocaine In Listowel

November 23, 2020 at 9:57 am Comments are Disabled

GARDAI seized over €10,000 of suspected cocaine in Listowel on Saturday. At around 4.30pm an off duty Garda saw a man enter an apartment in Listowel with something concealed under his top. This information was passed on to detectives from Listowel Garda Station and a surveillance operation was put in […]

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Gardaí Seek Information After Burglary In Tralee

Gardaí Seek Information After Burglary In Tralee

November 16, 2020 at 4:43 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information after a burglary in the Caherwisheen area of town on Sunday night. They are especially asking people to lookout for a grey Skoda Octavia car which could be connected with the incident, where a house that is currently under construction was […]

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Kerry Man Has Money Taken From Bank Account In Online Scam

Kerry Man Has Money Taken From Bank Account In Online Scam

November 16, 2020 at 4:34 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are warning the public about an online scam after a Kerry man was conned out of a substantial amount of money recently. The AIB customer received a text message from what he thought was his bank, advising him to change his account details through a link provided […]

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Pictured at University Hospital Kerry this week, l-r: Andrew Macilwraith (Chief Fire Officer), Tom Brosnan (Kerry Civil Defence), Sgt Tim O’Keeffe (An Garda Síochána), Charlie O’Sullivan (Director of Roads, Transportation and Marine, Kerry County Council), Fearghal Grimes (General Manager, University Hospital Kerry).

Kerry People Urged To Be ‘Winter Ready’ This Season

November 9, 2020 at 1:38 pm Comments are Disabled

STATUTORY and public bodies in Kerry are urging members of the public to be prepared for the winter months and to be ‘Winter Ready.’ The HSE, Kerry County Council and An Garda Síochána are encouraging households to make preparations for adverse weather, particularly during the current pandemic, and to ensure […]

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Gardaí Investigate Theft From Person Incidents In Tralee Town Centre

Gardaí Investigate Theft From Person Incidents In Tralee Town Centre

November 2, 2020 at 3:54 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are asking for the public’s help in their investigation into two separate theft from a person incidents in the town centre over the past week. On Thursday, October 29 and about 10.40am at Upper Rock Street, the victim was walking home from Dunnes Stores when a male […]

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Gardaí In Tralee Remind Public That ‘Trick Or Treating’ Not Permitted This Halloween

Gardaí In Tralee Remind Public That ‘Trick Or Treating’ Not Permitted This Halloween

October 29, 2020 at 3:02 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are encouraging parents to have a discussion with their children to explain why they can’t go out trick or treating this weekend, while extra gardaí will be on patrol this Saturday night to curb any anti-social behaviour. Community Policing Officer, Garda Mary Gardiner, acknowledged that young children […]

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Gardaí Investigate Suspected Arson Incident At Monavalley

Gardaí Investigate Suspected Arson Incident At Monavalley

October 29, 2020 at 12:25 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to witnesses following a suspected arson attack at a business in Monavalley Industrial Estate on Wednesday afternoon. At around 4.25pm emergency services received a call that two trucks were on fire at the Dillon Waste facility in Monavalley. The fire service quickly attended the scene […]

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Tralee Sport Complex.

Gardaí Investigate Break-In At Tralee Sports Complex

October 27, 2020 at 3:27 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are asking for any information in relation to a break-in at Tralee Sports Complex. At approximately 4.45am on Monday morning, the complex in Liosdara, Oakpark was entered illegally. It appears the perpetrators were looking for cash but they left empty-handed. If anyone saw anything suspicious in the area around […]

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Gardaí Warn People About Blackmail/Extortion Scam On Facebook

Gardaí Warn People About Blackmail/Extortion Scam On Facebook

October 27, 2020 at 3:09 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are asking the public to be aware of a blackmail/extortion scam they had reported to them last week. An anonymous female contacted a male on Facebook and sent him a sexually explicit video and photos purporting them to be of herself. She requested the man to do […]

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Part of the seizure by gardai.

Gardaí Seize €85,000 Of Suspected Methedrone In Tralee

October 23, 2020 at 9:06 am Comments are Disabled

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in relation to the seizure of €85,000 of suspected methedrone in Tralee on Thursday. As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the county, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by the Tralee Community Policing Unit […]

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Gardaí Mount High Visibility Operation As Level 5 Restrictions Begin

Gardaí Mount High Visibility Operation As Level 5 Restrictions Begin

October 22, 2020 at 9:38 am Comments are Disabled

AN Garda Síochána this morning introduced a range of measures including a large of number of static and rolling checkpoints, high visibility community engagement patrols, maximisation of operational ability, and ongoing support for the most vulnerable. The measures are being introduced to ensure compliance with public health guidelines and regulations […]

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Gardaí Appeal To Public For Information After Break-Ins

Gardaí Appeal To Public For Information After Break-Ins

October 19, 2020 at 3:49 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are appealing to the public for any information in relation to burglaries in the county over the past week. Between 9pm on Monday, October 12 and 9am the following morning a house was broken into at Mountain Close, Balloonagh. Any information to Tralee Garda Station on 066-7102300. In St John’s […]

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Some of the suspected drugs and cash seized at a house in Tralee last night.

Gardaí In Tralee Make Drug Seizures And Arrests Over Past 24 Hours

October 18, 2020 at 3:22 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE gardaí have been busy over the past day making arrests and drug seizures in the local area. During a search of a house last night, Tralee gardaí discovered cannabis and cocaine valued at approximately €4,000 (pending analysis) and just under €2,000 cash. Then this morning, as part of Operation GLAS, […]

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Gardaí To Operate Extra Patrols All Weekend As New Restrictions Begin

Gardaí To Operate Extra Patrols All Weekend As New Restrictions Begin

October 16, 2020 at 9:45 am Comments are Disabled

AN Garda Síochána has today introduced a high visibility, nationwide policing plan focused on support for the vulnerable and crime prevention. The policing plan, which came into effect from 7am on Friday to midnight Sunday, October 18, is in support of public health guidelines to prevent the spread of Covid-19 […]

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Gardaí Carry Out Search In Tralee As Part of ‘Operation SKEIN’

Gardaí Carry Out Search In Tralee As Part of ‘Operation SKEIN’

October 14, 2020 at 2:56 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) investigating invoice redirection fraud have today, arrested two males and carried out searches in Tralee, Dundalk and Dublin as part of Operation SKEIN. The two men, one in his late teens and the other in his 40s, are currently being […]

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Gardaí Seize €1,000 Of Suspected Heroin In Tralee

Gardaí Seize €1,000 Of Suspected Heroin In Tralee

October 13, 2020 at 10:08 am Comments are Disabled

GARDAI have arrested and charged a man in relation to ten incidents and seized €1,000 of suspected heroin in Tralee on Monday. As part of an ongoing operation targeting street level drug dealing in Tralee Town, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit were on plainclothes patrol at around 3:45pm. During their […]

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Large Decrease In Kerry Crime During First Nine Months Of 2020

Large Decrease In Kerry Crime During First Nine Months Of 2020

October 9, 2020 at 5:02 pm 1 comment

CRIME in the county was down significantly in the first three quarters of this year compared with the same period in 2020. The figures were revealed at the Kerry Joint Policing Committee Annual General Meeting this morning. The figures do not come as a great surprise considering COVID-19 restrictions in […]

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New Garda Superintendent Appointed In Tralee

New Garda Superintendent Appointed In Tralee

October 9, 2020 at 9:17 am Comments are Disabled

AN Garda Síochána yesterday confirmed two Superintendent appointments in the Kerry Garda Division. In a promotion, Superintendent Paul Kennedy has been appointed to Listowel Garda District. He takes over from Superintendent Fearghal Pattwell who has been transferred to the Tralee Garda District. Superintendent Pattwell replaces Supt Dan Keane who retired earlier […]

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Gardaí Appeal Again For Information After Jewellery Theft Incident

Gardaí Appeal Again For Information After Jewellery Theft Incident

October 5, 2020 at 3:21 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee have again appealed to the public for information after a theft from a jewellers in Tralee on Saturday afternoon. Shortly after 3pm, two engagement rings of significant value were stolen from Hilser’s on Castle Street (please note an earlier version of this report erroneously gave the location […]

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Substantial Amount Of Jewellery Stolen From Tralee Business

Substantial Amount Of Jewellery Stolen From Tralee Business

October 3, 2020 at 6:09 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information after a theft in Tralee this afternoon. Shortly after 3pm, a substantial amount of jewellery was stolen from a business in town. Gardaí believe a reddish/orange Renault Clio, with an 07-KY registration with multi-spoke alloy wheels, may have been involved […]

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A vehicle seized this morning in Listowel.

Cash And Jewellery Seized By CAB In Listowel

October 2, 2020 at 12:46 pm Comments are Disabled

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) with the assistance of local Gardaí and the Garda Southern Region Armed Support Unit (ASU) conducted a search operation in Listowel  this morning and seized cash, suspected drugs and jewellery. The search operation was conducted targeting the assets and activities of an Organised Criminal Group […]

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Gardaí Look To Reunite Owner With Bicycle Found In Tralee

Gardaí Look To Reunite Owner With Bicycle Found In Tralee

October 2, 2020 at 10:22 am Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are looking to reunite a bike with its owner. The bicycle was found in Tralee and handed into Tralee Garda Station on Thursday evening. They believe it was possibly stolen. It’s a black and gold ‘Jupiter Classic’ ladies bicycle. They are asking anyone who has had the […]

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€4m In Cash Seized After Searches In Kerry And Laois

€4m In Cash Seized After Searches In Kerry And Laois

October 1, 2020 at 1:19 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) located and seized a quantity of cash estimated to total €4,000,000 (subject to completion of counting) along with three motor vehicles after searching two premises, one located in Kerry and the other in Co. Laois. The searches on Wednesday were in […]

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Fall In Some Areas Of Crime In Kerry During Second Quarter Of 2020

Fall In Some Areas Of Crime In Kerry During Second Quarter Of 2020

September 29, 2020 at 2:02 pm Comments are Disabled

THE latest statistics from the Central Statistics Office shows crime fell in some categories in Kerry in the second quarter of 2020. The period of April, May and June coincided with the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions in the county, so a decrease was expected in some crimes in the Kerry […]

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Gardaí Seize 340 Suspected Diazepam Tablets From Driver In Tralee

Gardaí Seize 340 Suspected Diazepam Tablets From Driver In Tralee

September 29, 2020 at 9:34 am Comments are Disabled

Gardaí have arrested a man on suspicion of drug driving and possession of 340 suspected diazepam tablets in Tralee on Monday night. Shortly before midnight, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit, Roads Policing Unit and Community Policing Unit were carrying out a checkpoint in the Boherbee area of Tralee. Gardaí stopped a […]

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Gardaí Investigate Theft And Criminal Damage Incidents In Tralee

Gardaí Investigate Theft And Criminal Damage Incidents In Tralee

September 28, 2020 at 4:29 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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