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Tralee Gardaí Looking To Reunite Lost Phone With Owner

Tralee Gardaí Looking To Reunite Lost Phone With Owner

November 21, 2016 at 3:02 pm Comments are Disabled

DID you lose your phone recently? Tralee gardaí are looking to reunite a phone, lost on the streets of Tralee, with its owner. Described as a black Samsung 4G DUOS, the phone was handed into Tralee Garda Station on Saturday. It was found in Tralee town centre and is in good condition. The […]

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Man Dies In Car Accident In Athea

Man Dies In Car Accident In Athea

November 13, 2016 at 10:03 am Comments are Disabled

A MAN in his 50s has died in a road traffic collision in Limerick on Saturday. The man was the driver of a car which was involved in a collision with another car on the R524 at Coole West, Athea, Co. Limerick at about 9.30pm. He was pronounced dead at the […]

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Drink-Driving Detections Down, But Concern At Figures Of Young People Offending

Drink-Driving Detections Down, But Concern At Figures Of Young People Offending

November 9, 2016 at 10:23 am Comments are Disabled

THERE has been a 12% reduction in drink-driving detections so far this year compared to 2015, but the figures show the message isn’t getting through to younger drivers. Kerry Garda Chief Superintendent, Con Cadogan, delivered the latest traffic figures for the division at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee in […]

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Rise In Detections Of Drugs For Personal Use In Tralee

Rise In Detections Of Drugs For Personal Use In Tralee

November 9, 2016 at 9:48 am 1 comment

THERE was a 40% increase in possession of drugs for personal use detections in Tralee in 2016 so far this year, compared to the same period in 2015, but a decrease of 6% in possession for sale or supply incidents in the area. Kerry Garda Chief Superintendent, Con Cadogan, delivered the […]

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Increase In Assaults But Fall In Public Order Offences In Tralee

Increase In Assaults But Fall In Public Order Offences In Tralee

November 8, 2016 at 4:08 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE was a big increase in the amount of assaults in the Tralee area so far this year, according to the latest crime statistics. Kerry Garda Chief Superintendent, Con Cadogan, delivered the latest figures for ‘Crimes Against The Person’ at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee in Kerry County […]

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Planned Strike Action By Gardaí Has Been Deferred

Planned Strike Action By Gardaí Has Been Deferred

November 3, 2016 at 10:43 pm 1 comment

  THE Garda Representatives Association (GRA) has deferred the planned strike action for tomorrow. Earlier tonight,  Garda Sergeants and Inspectors decided they will show up for work tomorrow after their representative body, the AGSI, reached a deal that will see members balloted on proposals from the Labour Court. This means that AGSI’s […]

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Aidan O’Mahony Makes The Difference For Gardaí In Charity Soccer Match

Aidan O’Mahony Makes The Difference For Gardaí In Charity Soccer Match

November 1, 2016 at 10:52 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY footballer and garda, Aidan O’Mahony, grabbed the only goal in a 1-0 victory in the Mary Kate Healy Memorial Soccer Match between local members of Garda Síochána and staff at the Bon Secours Hospital. The match was played in good sprits at a fresh KDL on Saturday night with […]

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Applegreen To Give Free Coffee To Drivers As Gardaí Launch Weekend Road Safety Campaign

Applegreen To Give Free Coffee To Drivers As Gardaí Launch Weekend Road Safety Campaign

October 27, 2016 at 2:38 pm Comments are Disabled

THE RSA and An Garda Síochána are teaming up with Applegreen Service Station to help keep drivers alert this weekend. With the clocks going back this weekend, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána today urged road-users to ensure they can be clearly seen when out on the roads as […]

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Two To Appear In Court After €26,000 Worth Of Crystal Meth Seized In Killarney

Two To Appear In Court After €26,000 Worth Of Crystal Meth Seized In Killarney

October 26, 2016 at 11:48 am Comments are Disabled

TWO men in their 20s are to appear in court today in Tralee after over €26,000 worth of crystal meth was seized by Gardai in Killarney. It was between 2 and 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon when Gardai in Killarney carried out a planned operation yesterday afternoon where two vehicles were stopped separately, in the […]

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Gardaí Issue Warning About Bogus Callers After Homes Ransacked

Gardaí Issue Warning About Bogus Callers After Homes Ransacked

October 24, 2016 at 3:16 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are again warning homeowners about bogus callers who have robbed people’s homes in Tralee and Killarney. On Friday, October 21 a man posing as a plumber gained access to a woman’s home in the St Anne’s Road area of Killarney on the premise of checking taps. The woman left the […]

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Gardaí To Conduct 24 Hour ‘Operation Slow Down’ Later This Week

Gardaí To Conduct 24 Hour ‘Operation Slow Down’ Later This Week

October 19, 2016 at 2:34 pm Comments are Disabled

AN Garda Síochána will conduct a national speed enforcement operation “Slow Down”, supported by the Road Safety Authority  for a 24 hour period from 07.00 hrs on Friday, October 21 to 07.00 hrs on Saturday, October 22. The operation will consist of high visibility speed enforcement activities to include all […]

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Gardaí Appeal To Public After Vehicle Taken From Mart

Gardaí Appeal To Public After Vehicle Taken From Mart

October 17, 2016 at 3:01 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are asking the public if they saw a vehicle over the weekend after it was taken from the Mart at Mounthawk. On Friday, October 14, between the hours of 10pm and 8am, a truck was used to break down the gates of the Mart yard. A gray Mazda 5 car with […]

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Gardaí To Increase Checkpoints In Tralee Area Over Coming Weeks

Gardaí To Increase Checkpoints In Tralee Area Over Coming Weeks

October 10, 2016 at 3:39 pm 2 comments

GARDAI will be increasing patrols in the Tralee area over the coming weeks to combat road traffic offences. The three areas they will be focussing on at these increased checkpoints in and around Tralee, are enforcing the laws relating to speeding, seat-belts and mobile phone use. They are making the […]

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Elderly Woman Robbed At Her Home In Connolly Park

Elderly Woman Robbed At Her Home In Connolly Park

October 10, 2016 at 3:22 pm Comments are Disabled

A MAN who falsely claimed he was from the ESB, robbed an elderly woman’s home in Connolly Park last Friday. The man gained access by saying he needed to check the switches in the house. He distracted her and took a large sum of money which she had set aside for Christmas. […]

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Gardaí Seek Public’s Help After Man Assaulted In The Square

Gardaí Seek Public’s Help After Man Assaulted In The Square

October 10, 2016 at 3:03 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are looking for the public’s help after a man was assaulted in the Square at the weekend. The man was returning to his workplace at about 9pm on Saturday night when he was set upon by a group of males. He was punched a number of times in the […]

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Gardaí Hold Coffee Morning For Boy Battling Leukaemia

Gardaí Hold Coffee Morning For Boy Battling Leukaemia

September 27, 2016 at 3:16 pm Comments are Disabled

CAKES and buns were out in force at Tralee Garda Station where a coffee morning fundraiser was held for three-year-old Ceejay McCardle, from Castleblaney, Co.Monaghan who is who is fighting childhood leukaemia. Ceejay became the youngest member of An Garda Síochána in June when he graduated from Garda College in […]

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Gardaí Investigate Criminal Damage To House In Tralee

Gardaí Investigate Criminal Damage To House In Tralee

September 26, 2016 at 4:45 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help in relation to an incident of criminal damage at a house in an estate in town at the weekend. Late Saturday night/Sunday morning, at about 1.30am in Fountain Court, there was damage done to a front door. No entry was gained to the house, […]

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Gardaí Warning About Two Women Targeting Elderly People’s Homes

Gardaí Warning About Two Women Targeting Elderly People’s Homes

September 19, 2016 at 4:04 pm 2 comments

GARDAI are urging people to be on the lookout for two women claiming to be collecting for charity and calling to the homes of elderly people in Tralee. Gardaí first received a report on August 11 that two women, pretending to be Spanish students were calling to elderly people in […]

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Gardaí To Excavate Site Near Waterville In Search For Missing Man

Gardaí To Excavate Site Near Waterville In Search For Missing Man

September 13, 2016 at 9:44 am Comments are Disabled

GARDAÍ at Killarney will today commence searching and excavating a site at Derrennageeha, Ballaghisheen Pass, Waterville, as part of their ongoing investigation into the abduction and disappearance of Charles Brooke Pickard from White Strand at Castlecove, on  April 26, 1991. The site is located in a Coillte forest off the Waterville/Ballaghisheen road, […]

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Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck By Lorry In North Kerry

Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck By Lorry In North Kerry

September 8, 2016 at 8:29 am Comments are Disabled

GARDAÍ in Listowel are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the R557 Road – Finuge to Abbeydorney Road at Bealkilla, Lixnaw at approximately 10.40pm on Wednesday night. A male pedestrian (early 60s) was struck by a lorry and taken to University Hospital Kerry and passed away in the […]

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Family Left Shaken By Attack On Home Last Week

Family Left Shaken By Attack On Home Last Week

September 6, 2016 at 4:49 pm 1 comment

A FAMILY in Racecourse Heights have been left reeling following an unprovoked early morning attack on their property last week, that was seemingly a case of mistaken identity. The home of Faiq Shaikh and his wife was attacked by unidentified men while they and their two children, between the ages […]

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Woman Set Upon And Robbed By Man In Tralee Estate

Woman Set Upon And Robbed By Man In Tralee Estate

August 29, 2016 at 3:05 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are seeking the public’s assistance after a woman was robbed in the Shanakill area. On Saturday night/Sunday morning, between 3am and 3.30am, a woman was walking home to Shanakill from the town centre. As she entered Shanakill estate, she was set upon and robbed by a man. He took her handbag and […]

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Phones, Handbags And More Handed Into Tralee Garda Station

Phones, Handbags And More Handed Into Tralee Garda Station

August 22, 2016 at 4:15 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are looking to reunite people with lost property handed into Tralee Garda Station in the past week. On Tuesday last, a brown and gold ladies purse containing $200 and €100 was handed in. On Thursday at 7pm, a black wallet found in The Square was handed into […]

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Elderly Couple’s House Burgled By Two Women

Elderly Couple’s House Burgled By Two Women

August 15, 2016 at 3:48 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are investigating a case where an elderly couple were robbed by two women in the old Gallowsfield area. It’s one of three burglaries over the past few days being investigated by Gardaí. On Thursday, August 11, two women called to the house of the couple claiming to be collecting for charity. One […]

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Gardaí Seek Help With Two Cases Of Suspected Arson

Gardaí Seek Help With Two Cases Of Suspected Arson

August 15, 2016 at 3:10 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are looking for the public ‘s help with two cases of suspected arson in the past two weeks. In Listellick on Tuesday, August 2, a house was damaged in a fire at 7am. Then, just last night (Sunday) in Laccamore, Abbeydorney, another house was damaged by fire. Gardaí are investigating both incidents […]

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Man Who Died In Road Accident Yesterday Named Locally

Man Who Died In Road Accident Yesterday Named Locally

August 11, 2016 at 2:54 pm Comments are Disabled

THE man who died after a crash near Dingle yesterday afternoon has been named locally. Fifty-two-year-old Kevin Griffin, from the Dingle area, was driving a minibus which left the road at Ballintaggart and hit a ditch at 3.20pm. Four passengers in the minibus were not injured. Mr Griffin was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Kerry where he […]

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Man Dies In Road Crash Near Dingle

Man Dies In Road Crash Near Dingle

August 10, 2016 at 8:14 pm 1 comment

  A 52-year-old man has died following a single vehicle collision near Dingle. The collision occurred at approximately 3.20pm on the N86 between Ballintaggart and Dingle. The man was injured when the minibus he was driving left the road and struck a ditch. Four passengers travelling in the minibus at the […]

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Gardaí Probe Robbery Where Gun And Cash Were Stolen

Gardaí Probe Robbery Where Gun And Cash Were Stolen

August 8, 2016 at 3:20 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are investigating after separate robberies at Ballybunion and Killorglin over the past week. In the Killorglin incident, a handgun was taken in the robbery. On Monday, August 1 at around 11pm, a woman and her brother discovered a male in a hoodie in their house at Glor na dTonn, Ballybunion. The […]

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Gardaí Investigate Criminal Damage At Tralee Shop

Gardaí Investigate Criminal Damage At Tralee Shop

August 8, 2016 at 3:00 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are investigating a case of criminal damage in Tralee after a shop window was broken. The front window was broken at the Mountain Warehouse shop on Abbeycourt on in the early hours of Saturday morning (August 6). If anyone saw anything suspicious please contact Tralee Garda Station on 066-7102300. […]

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Two Men Arrested After Armed Robbery In Waterville

Two Men Arrested After Armed Robbery In Waterville

August 3, 2016 at 1:13 pm Comments are Disabled

Gardaí have arrested two men in connection with the Waterville Post Office raid this morning but a third man, remains at large, believed to be in Ardraw, Beaufort. At approx. 11.15am a report was received of an armed robbery having taken place at Waterville Post Office. A quantity of cash was […]

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