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GARDAI are appealing to the public for information after a man in his 70s was assaulted in the Strand Road area at the weekend. The assault took place between 12.30am and 1am on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Gardaí say it’s possible taxi drivers passing in the area may have seen something suspicious around this […]

THE motorcyclist who died in a road accident near Ballyheigue on Sunday evening has been named locally. Aidan Kennelly, of Heirhill, Ballyheigue who was in his early 30s, died in the single vehicle crash at around 6.45pm. Gardaí say it appears the deceased lost control of his motorcycle and crashed at a grotto just outside […]

GARDAI are investigating after a public house on Rock Street was broken into overnight. The break-in happened between midnight and 7.45am on Monday at An Shebeen, known to many locals as ‘Richie’s’.  A vending machine was damaged and a sum of  money taken from it. Just last October, there was an attempted break-in at […]

GARDAI in Kerry have advised pedestrians to take greater care while walking and using their mobile phone. The warning comes as Gardai in the county have observed walkers causing a risk to themselves and others while talking or texting on their mobile. People have been seen walking straight across the road while using mobiles without looking […]

GARDAÍ are telling the public to beware of bogus callers after reports of vans calling to homes in Tralee and Kenmare. In early May, a white Citroen van was observed in Tralee offering cleaning services. However, when gardaí checked it out, the particular business was shown not to exist. Similarly, in Kenmare a van […]

IF you lost a phone recently then a trip to the garda station in Tralee may be in order. Three phones are waiting to be reunited with their owners after being handed in this week. One is a white iPhone 4s with a cracked screen. Another is a grey HTC Desire 620 phone […]

GARDAÍ are looking for the public’s help in relation to a number of burglaries in Tralee and north Kerry in the past week where jewellery, mobile phones and a safe were among items taken. On Tuesday, May 3, a house in the Irremore area of Listowel was broken into between […]

GARDAI have issued an appeal for information after an incident at Banna last week where three hearing impaired people had their cash and belongings stolen from a car. The incident occurred between 4.45pm and 6pm on Thursday, April 28 at Banna Strand while the owners were away from the vehicle. […]

GARDAI are looking for the public’s help with their investigation into a theft from a vehicle in Fenit recently. The incident occurred in a housing estate in the village between Saturday, April 2 at 8pm and Sunday, April 3 at 4pm. Mechanical tools were taken out of the vehicle, as well as an […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are looking to reunite lost mobile phones with their owners. An iPhone 4 light green in colour, with an ‘M’ on the rear of the phone was found in the Town Park in the past week. Also a black Samsung smartphone found in the Mounthawk area. If […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information  after a car was damaged yesterday in a hit and run incident in a hotel car park in Tralee. On Wednesday, March 23, between 11am and 12 midday, the owner parked her Black Mercedes Benz C series coupe registration 132D *** in the carpark […]

GARDAI are asking people to immediately report any suspicious vehicles going up and down bóthríns or in other remote areas, rather than waiting until later to contact them. At the weekend there was a report of suspicious vehicles in the Chute Hall area outside Tralee, but they were reported an hour […]

  GARDAÍ  are advising restaurant staff and other businesses to beware of a scam involving a person making large bookings. A person rang a restaurant in Killarney to make the large booking and sent on a cheque deposit to secure it. He sent on more money than was necessary and asked the restaurant to transfer back the difference – a […]

  THE 32 year old man discovered at an apartment complex on Upper High Street, Killarney, County Kerry on  Sunday March 6 with serious injuries, was pronounced dead at Cork University Hospital this afternoon. Gardaí also discovered the body of an 11-month-old baby boy, Karol Rozycki, after being called to an incident at the apartment […]

HAVE you lost your mobile phone in the past week? The gardaí in Tralee have two devices that were handed into them and they are trying to locate the owners. One is a pink LG phone found in the Church Street area of town on Thursday, March 3. The other is […]

  GARDAI are investigating after the death of a baby in Killarney tonight. The Deputy State Pathologist, Dr Margot Bolster, is due at the town centre apartment on Upper High Street where the body of an 11 month old boy is at the scene. The scene has been sealed off for forensic examination. A man […]

GARDAÍ are warning people to be vigilant after a spate of burglaries around the county in the past week. The incidents took place in Tralee, Listowel, Moyvane and Killarney and they are appealing for any information which can lead to the apprehension of the offenders. In Tralee on Saturday, February 27, […]

GARDAÍ are looking for the public’s help in relation to burglaries and thefts in the north Kerry area. There were burglaries in Ballybunion and Knocknagoshel and a theft of alloyed wheels in Duagh. A house on Church Road in Ballybunion, was broken into between Thursday, February 18 and Saturday, February 20. It […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are seeking the public’s help in finding a vehicle involved in a hit and run incident last night. At 10.35pm on Friday night, a silver SUV, possibly a Hyundai, exited the Garvey’s Supervalu car park turning left onto Matt Talbot Road. The vehicle failed to make the […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are looking for owners of a number of wallets found around town in the past couple of months. Some of the wallets contain quantities of cash but there is insufficient identification to locate the owners. There was a man’s wallet with a sum of cash found at Casement […]

GARDAI say burglars are hitting homes while people are out to work and are looking for cash and jewellery, rather than bigger items. They are warning the public to be vigilant after two homes were hit in the Abbeydorney and Ballymacelligott areas in the past week. On Monday, January 25, […]

GARDAI are warning the public about another phone scam. A woman contacted Tralee Garda Station, saying they were called by a man this morning, with a middle eastern accent, claiming to be from an Irish bank headquarters. The call was made to a landline. The caller had the person’s name and address, which […]

A MAN has been arrested after entering a shop with a hatchet and robbing a sum of money last night. The man threatened staff at the convenience store next to the petrol pumps at Kelliher’s Inver in Rathass at around 8.20pm. The man, aged in his 40s, made off through Rathass cemetery […]

GARDAÍ are warning the public about a phone scam which can clear the credit on your phone or add large amounts to your monthly bill. People around the county are reporting that they received calls from a foreign number starting with 00 247. A person can be heard shouting in […]

GARDAÍ are looking for the public’s help with the regard to separate incidents of arson in the Tralee area last week. In one case a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Balloonagh Estate according to gardaí. That incident is believed to have taken place Wednesday, January 13 at […]

YOU know Christmas is very close when you see Christy McCarthy belting out rock n roll favourites in the town centre (see video below). Christy was one of many guest singers who came up on a stage on the Mall for a charity event organised by Tralee gardaí. This year they were […]

GARDAÍ have renewed their appeal to find a driver involved in a hit and run incident last month. They are seeking a blonde woman in her 30s driving a dark coloured Alfa Romeo. The car was involved in a collision with another vehicle at the roundabout near the Ballygarry House […]

GARDAÍ are investigating an act of vandalism in the Aldi car park on John Joe Sheehy Road last week. The back window of a car was smashed while the owner of the vehicle was inside shopping. It happened between 9.30am and 10am on Thursday, December 17. Gardaí are asking that […]

THERE were 414 burglaries recorded in Kerry in a year up to the end of September 2015 according to the Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) third Quarterly Household Survey. In the light of these figures, householders are being urged to remain on their guard in the run up to the Christmas period. The advice […]

GARDAÍ are appealing for information in relation to an incident where a woman was hit by a car in Tralee. On Sunday, November 29, at around 3pm, a female pedestrian was crossing the road at Princes Street when she was struck by a vehicle. Gardaí are looking for the driver of the car involved […]