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  GARDAÍ are investigating thefts of gas cylinders from garage forecourts and businesses in the Tralee area. Thieves are striking at night when the businesses are closed and about 20 cylinders are taken at a time. Gardaí say the orange cylinders have been offered for sale in estates around Tralee. […]

  GARDAÍ are investigating two incidents of vandalism in the town centre at the weekend. In the early hours of Saturday morning, a beer bottle was thrown at the upstairs window of Dan Fitzgerald’s in The Mall. The bottle broke the window fronting onto the Square and the incident is […]

GARDAÍ are asking the public for help in finding a van which was involved in the theft of a stainless steel milk tank in Lixnaw some time ago.   It’s a grey or silver, short-wheel base Ford Transit van, with a homemade white, but rusty, roof rack on top. Gardaí are hoping a […]

  GARDAÍ are warning people to beware of  charity collectors operating without permits after four people went around Tralee last Friday collecting for a seriously ill Cavan girl. Gardaí were alerted by a member of the public, that people were going door to door in local estates asking for money […]

GARDAÍ are appealing for information in relation to the break-in at Causeway Comprehensive last week. A significant amount of cash was taken when three males entered the building and stayed on school grounds from 12.15am to 2.15am in the early hours of Friday morning. Gardaí believe the men are aged in […]

  A NORTH Kerry school was broken into last night, with money taken from a safe. Gardai are investigating the break-in at Causeway Comprehensive which is believed to have occurred at 12.30am. Three men are believed to be involved and a sum of cash was stolen from the safe. CCTV footage is being viewed […]

  GARDAI are looking for information from the public after a BMW car was stolen in the Tralee area. A silver, 5 Series, BMW, saloon, was taken from Cliffords Garage in the Kerries on May 1, between midnight and 9am in the morning. The registration of the car is 99-C- 23003. The […]

GARDAI made 21 arrests for public order offences in Killarney over the May Bank Holiday weekend which was down on other years. All in all, the Rally of the Lakes was a great success for businesses with little trouble for the Gardaí with around 20,000 people in town for the event. There […]

  GARDAÍ are looking for the public’s help after the problem of boy racers reared its ugly head over past few weeks. The motorists are leaving their mark on roads in many parts of the county by doing ‘donuts’ in the early hours as well as keeping people awake with […]

  GARDAÍ are once again warning the public about bogus callers going door to door attempting to con people out of money. The warning comes after an elderly man recently handed over a couple of hundred euro to man claiming to be from the ESB. A well-dressed male called to the […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are investigating a fatal vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on the Tralee to Abbeydorney Road yesterday evening. The collision occurred at approximately 9.55pm at Listellick North between two cars and a motorcyclist. A male (53 years) motor cyclist was fatally injured. He was pronounced dead at […]

AN Garda Síochána in the Kerry Division are currently investigating the cause of a number of land and forest fires which took place in the Killarney National Park and surrounding areas on Wednesday, April 8. The fires which lasted for a considerable length of time before being brought under control by […]

  THE man who was found dead this morning in the Pembroke Court area has been named locally as Eric Leahy. Mr Leahy (35) was found at Pembroke Court, just off Pembroke Street, shortly after 3am. Emergency services attended the scene but efforts to resuscitate Mr Leahy were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at […]

  GARDAI are investigating the sudden death of a male found off Pembroke Street this morning. (click here for update) The man is said to be aged in his mid-thirties. Emergency services were called to the Pembroke Court area just after 3am. Attempts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful and he […]

THERE were three break-ins to vehicles in Tralee on Easter Sunday, two of which occurred very close to the Garda Station. On Easter Sunday between 1pm and 2pm a silver Toyota Hilux was broken into on High Street. The car was parked in front of Tru-Care Dry Cleaners, just yards from the […]

  THE man who was found dead this morning at a garage in Rathass has been named. He was 42-year-old Nigel Leigh from Fossa in Killarney. Mr Leigh was found dead this morning at 7am near the car wash at Kelliher’s Garage in Rathass. The incident is being treated as a […]

  THE man, whose body was discovered at a garage in Rathass this morning, was arrested for public order offences in Killarney yesterday. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission are conducting their own investigation into the discovery of the body of a man aged in his 40s at Kelliher’s Garage  in Rathass at […]

  GARDAI are investigating the circumstances of the death of a man whose body was discovered at a business in Rathass this morning. (click here for update) The man, aged in his 40s, was found by a member of the public at 6.30am at the car wash in Kelliher’s Garage Rathass. Gardaí have […]

GARDAÍ in north Kerry are investigating two separate allegations of child sexual abuse. It’s believed that in both cases the alleged incidents occurred in recent times and are not historical. The two cases are alleged to have taken place in north Kerry and in one case, the claims have been made against the […]

GARDAI have seized an estimated €10,000 worth of heroin in the Shanakill area of town. The discovery was by the Kerry Garda Division Drugs Unit at a house on Sunday night and man and a woman were arrested at the scene. They are being held at Tralee Garda Station under sections 3 and […]

  GARDAI are looking for witnesses to a dangerous act of criminal damage where a vehicle smashed through the railway barriers in Farranfore. It happened on St Patrick’s Day at 12.30pm. The barriers were down, indicating a train was on the way, but this driver decided to go through taking the barriers […]

GARDAI are looking for witnesses to an assault on a woman which took place on Wednesday last. A woman was attacked by two other females at about 3.20am Wednesday, March 18, in the middle of Causeway village. The woman went to Kerry General Hospital as a precaution but she was not […]

GARDAÍ are looking into a claim that a child was approached by men in a van yesterday in north Kerry. An 11 year-old boy was approached by a van containing three men, described as foreign nationals, in Kilflynn at about 5.15pm. The child was offered sweets by the driver. The van is described as […]

GARDAÍ are investigating a series of burglaries in the Spa Road/Balloonagh area of town on Thursday/Friday, March 5-6. The four break-ins occurred between 9pm and 5am in the morning and mobile phones, medication, small amounts of cash were among the items taken by the thief or thieves. The person(s) entered the houses via unlocked […]

GARDAÍ are questioning a man in connection with the seizure of €200,000 worth of cannabis, a firearm and ammunition in Fenit and Barrow back in November. A number of other people have already appeared before the courts in relation to the seizure, but Gardaí made another arrest on Monday afternoon. The 35 year […]

GARDAI are investigating the theft of catalytic converters from a business Clash Industrial Estate. A business in Clash Industrial Estate was broke into and 30 catalytic converters were stolen. The theft occurred overnight, sometime between Wednesday 8:10pm, February 25 and 7:20am, Thursday,  February 26. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have […]

  THERE was a crash outside the County Council buildings at Rathass just before lunchtime today. As the photo shows, the front left of a car involved ended up  balancing on the wall outside county buildings near the roundabout. Gardaí and an ambulance were called to the scene and while the road […]

  ONE person has been seriously injured in a crash on the Tralee-Abbeydorney road. Gardai have closed the road between the crossroads in Abbeydorney and the bend on the approach road to the village from Tralee. The road is expected to be closed until 4pm. A truck and a motorbike were involved […]

  GARDAÍ have seized €40,000 of cannabis (pending analysis) and arrested a man in his 30s in Ballyroe as part of an on-going intelligence led operation targeting the illegal sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Kerry area. The man arrested is expected to appear before a sitting of Tralee District Court […]

GARDAÍ are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision which occurred on the N69 Tralee-Listowel Road at Glenballyma, Kilflynn, last night at 9.45pm. A 24 year old man, the sole occupant in the vehicle, was fatally injured when the car he was driving left the road and collided with a wall. He was […]