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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

GARDAI are looking  for help in relation to a burglary at a house in Ardfert at the weekend and finding the owners of a lost handbag and diamond rings found on a beach. On Sunday, July 31, between 12.30am and 10am, a house in the Hazel Grove estate.  A number […]

GARDAI carried out three raids on premises in Abbeydorney, Ballyheigue and Listowel over the past number of days where drugs with a street value of €11,000 were seized. The biggest seizure was in a house in Abbeydorney on Monday evening where €5,000 worth of heroin and €5,000 worth of cocaine and/or amphetamines was uncovered. […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help after a theft in a Tralee estate and finding the owner of a ring found in town. Light fittings and the bulbs were taken from the gardens outside three separate houses in Connolly Park on Thursday night (July 21) into the early hours of […]

GARDAI are looking for the public’s help after windows were broken at two Tralee pubs/restaurants. The first incident took place on Wednesday, July 20 between 12.30am and 4am at Kirby’s Brogue Inn on Rock Street. Windows were smashed in the front of the premises. The second incident took place at No.4 […]

A CAR which was reported stolen from an estate in Tralee on Sunday has been found at Inch Beach. A woman parked her car at Hawley Park at 12noon on Sunday but when she returned at 5pm the car was gone. Yesterday, the grey Seat Leon hatchback was found abandoned at Inch […]

GARDAI are investigating the theft of a car from an estate in Tralee. The incident occurred yesterday, Sunday, July 17 at Hawley Park. A woman parked her car there at 12noon but when she returned at 5pm the car was gone. The car is a grey Seat Leon hatchback with a […]

GARDAI are investigating two break-ins in Tralee last week, one at a home and the other in a business on Castle Street. On Thursday, July 14, Raja’s Kebab House was broken into between 4.20am and 4pm on Thursday, July 14. The float from the cash register was stolen. Continued below… On […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help after assaults in Tralee and Castleisland. A man was assaulted in the Abbey car park at approximately 2.10am last night/this morning. Two men knocked another man to the ground and assaulted him causing head injuries. Gardaí are seeking witnesses to the incident to contact them […]

GARDAI are asking the public for help after cases of vandalism and criminal damage in Tralee at the weekend. Between Friday night at 10pm and Saturday morning at 8.30am, there were four incidents of criminal damage in Princes Street, James Street and Spa Road. There was two windows smashed in […]

THERE was a rise in detections of possession of drugs for personal use in Kerry so far this year, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest statistics from Kerry Gardaí. The figures were revealed at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee at Kerry County Council on Friday, by […]

THERE was a fall in assaults causing harm reported so far this year in the county, but minor assaults rose according to the latest statistics from Kerry Gardaí. The figures were revealed at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee at Kerry County Council on Friday, by Kerry Division Chief […]

BURGLARIES in Kerry declined sharply in the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2015, according to the latest statistics from Kerry Gardaí. The figures were revealed at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee at Kerry County Council on Friday, by Kerry Division Chief […]

  GARDAI in Killarney are investigating a fatal single vehicle road traffic collision which occurred outside the village of Sneem, this evening. The collision occurred at approximately 6.45pm on the Cahersiveen to Sneem Road (approx. 3 miles outside Sneem). A motorcyclist travelling along the road came off the motorcycle and […]

GARDAI have issued a warning about bogus callers to houses. The warning comes after a homeowner  in Castleisland answered the door to a man asking to get a drink of water for his pregnant wife. The man then entered and stole a sum of money from the house. Continued below…   […]

A GIRL’S bike was stolen from a house in Lee Drive in Ballinorig yesterday and the owner’s mother is looking for help in locating it. The bike (pictured) was taken from the side of the house during the day while the occupants of the home were out. The mother of the […]

GARDAÍ are appealing for information after a mobile home was damaged recently. The incident took place between June 11-12 at Parkboy in Ballyroe when a woman parked her mobile home at a construction site. There was criminal damage done to the mobile home but nothing was taken. Gardaí are asking that if […]

THERE was some great football played at Na Gaeil GAA Grounds on Friday morning for the inaugural Community Policing Garda Blitz in association with Cumann na mBunscoil. Eleven primary schools from the Tralee area took to the field for a fantastic few hours of games organised in the main by Gardaí Aidan O’Mahony […]

A WARNING was issued by Ballymacelligott Community Alert today, after a white van was seen behaving suspiciously in the area last night. The owner of a house in Ashill was alerted by a neighbour, who, while passing in their car, saw an empty small white van parked at the gateway of the house at […]

GARDAI are calling for the public to be vigilant after people purporting to be collecting cash for a suicide awareness charity, had their monies confiscated by gardaí in Killorglin on Friday. There were reports last week of persons claiming to be from Suicide Aware collecting money in Tralee and Newcastlewest under false pretences. Vigilant […]

GARDAI have issued a warning about a mobile phone scam. People in Kerry have been getting calls or left messages where they can hear a woman screaming asking for help. When the person rings back the number they will be charged a sum of money on their phone bills or people on […]

AN Garda Siochana is running the Supporting Safer Communities National Campaign from June 2 to June 8. Using the acronym PLANS, the key aim of this campaign will be to educate the public on how they can enhance their personal security and lessen their exposure to incidents of assaults, thefts […]

A 16 YEAR OLD boy is in serious condition in Cork University Hospital following a road accident yesterday in north Kerry. At approximately 2.30pm on Sunday, the teenager  was seriously injured when his motorcycle crashed on Ferry Road, Tarbert. Gardaí in Listowel are appealing for witnesses following the single vehicle collision. The […]

KERRY Gardaí are taking part in the national speed enforcement operation ‘Slow Down’ between 7am this morning, Friday and 7am Saturday, May 28. An Garda Síochána and GoSafe speed detection vans are conducting a large scale operation with the objective of reducing the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries […]