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SIX people were arrested after a violent incident at Rath Cemetery this lunchtime, in which one man was injured. The injured person is currently receiving treatment at Kerry General Hospital. The six are being taken into Garda custody at Tralee and Castleisland garda stations after violence broke out after the funeral of a settled Traveller. […]

GARDAI have issued a description of the man they are searching for after a double stabbing in Monavalley this morning. They are now following a definite line of enquiry  after a 47 year old man and his 18 year old son were stabbed. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, […]

A MAN is being treated in hospital in Tralee for stab wounds after he interrupted  an man  breaking into his car at his home in Woodbrook Lawn. The incident happened at the house in the Monavalley estate at 5.50am this morning. Gardaí are at the scene and the man’s injuries are described as non-life-threatening.

GARDAI are investigating a suspicious approach to two boys by a motorist on Saturday morning. The two boys, aged 10 and 12, were on their way home from a shop near Loughanes, Lisselton, at about 11.15am, when a male motorist stopped and asked the boys if they wanted a lift home. The […]

TWO men have appeared in court charged with drug offences after the seizure of €175,000 of cannabis at Fenit and Barrow at the weekend. David Lidwa (29), with an address at Barrow House, Barrow West Ardfert appeared before the Killorglin District Court on Sunday afternoon charged with possession of cannabis, cultivation of […]

TWO males are scheduled to appear before a special sitting of Killorglin District Court at 2.30pm today charged in connection with yesterday’s drug seizures in Fenit and Barrow. A female in her 20’s was released late last night and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

DRUGS worth over €175,000 and a handgun and ammunition were found in Fenit and Barrow in two searches carried out by gardaí in the early hours of this morning. As part of an ongoing operation into the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Kerry area gardaí have seized a […]

THE 28 year-old man accused of the double murder in Killorglin last year, has been found guilty in Tralee this afternoon. Aurimas Andruska had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jolanta Lubiene and Enrika Lubyte at their home at 9 Langford Downs, Killorglin on June 16 last year. The 27 year […]

GARDAI in Killarney are still appealing for the public’s help after two teenagers, from Tralee and Killarney, lost their lives in a road accident near Glenflesk in the early hours of Saturday morning. Sixteen-year-old Dylan McCarthy from Cois Coille in Tralee and 17-year-old Anthony Battles from Hazlewood Drive, Ballyspillane, Killarney died when […]

QUANTITIES of cannabis, amphetamines and suspected ecstasy worth in the region of €45,000 were seized by Gardaí last week in town. The drugs were believed to be destined to target Tralee and north Kerry users for the Halloween period. The drugs were found by the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit, Scenes of Crime Unit and […]

GARDAI seized fireworks, believed to be en route to Tralee, last Friday when a van was searched in Farranfore. A vehicle was stopped and searched and and €350 worth of fireworks were seized. A file has been sent to the DPP and a prosecution is foreseen according to a Garda source. […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help in relation to two criminal damage incidents which occurred in the early hours of Monday morning in Tralee. At 2.30am the front window was broken at The Grand Hotel on Denny Street. CCTV footage shows a man fell, or was pushed, into the window but […]

THREE Gardaí based in Tralee, including Kerry All-Ireland winner Aidan O’Mahony, are to be honoured next month at the 2014 Coiste Siamsa Sportstar Awards which will be held at The Malton Hotel, Killarney. The awards are presented to Garda members who have achieved success in their chosen sporting areas, locally, nationally and […]

TWO Cork men were arrested after a car was allegedly stolen from outside a house in Boherbee last Friday. Two men from the Cork region were apprehended by Gardai on the Listowel Road. The men appeared before a special sitting of Killarney District Court on Saturday and are in currently in custody […]

GARDAI are following a definite line of enquiry after reports of a man in his 20s claiming to be from Irish Water, went from door to door demanding money to connect the water supply in the past week. The man was in Rockwell Estate and the Oakpark area wearing a boiler suit as he […]

DRUGS with an estimated value of €16k were found in the Ballyseedy area last week. On Thursday last, members of the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit, acting on confidential information, uncovered the suspected amphetamines weighing over a kilo, in an area of woodland on the outskirts of town, near a popular walking and jogging […]

GARDAI are looking for information regarding the breaking of a window in Connolly Park on Sunday night. A garden ornament was used to break the window of house number 139 in the estate at around 10pm. If anyone was passing around that time and saw anything suspicious, they are asked to […]

GARDAI are seeking the public’s help in relation to two crimes committed in the past week. In the early hours of last Saturday, September 20, a man was set upon and robbed by three men in the Upper Rock Street area, while on his way to work. The victim was left […]

THE woman killed in yesterday’s road accident near Annascaul has been named as Susan Joan Maher from Minnesota, USA. Gardai in Annascaul are investigating the two vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occured at Ballynane, Annascaul, at approximately 6.40pm on Thursday evening. The 59 year old American woman was fatally injured when the […]

A MAN has appeared in Cahersiveen District Court in connection with the seizure of drugs in Ballymacelligott on Wednesday. James O’Brien, of 21 The Anchorage, Tralee, was charged with the possession of a large quantity of cannabis and the intention to sell or supply the drug. When charged at Tralee Garda Station, […]

  A 59-YEAR-OLD woman was killed in a road accident in west Kerry last night. Gardai in Annascaul are investigating the two vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occured at Ballynane, Annascaul, at approximately 6.40pm on Thursday evening. A 59 year old woman was fatally injured when the car she was a passenger in collided […]

GARDAÍ have arrested a man in relation to the seizure €15,000 worth of drugs yesterday in a wooded area in Ballymacelligott yesterday. The drugs were recovered after a surveillance operation carried out by Gardai on a local drug dealing gang in the days leading up to the seizure. A known suspect went […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help regarding two thefts last week. A white Iveco bus had the diesel lock tampered with between Wednesday, September 3 and Thursday, September 4, where €300 worth of diesel was stolen in the grounds of the Earl of Desmond Hotel. In a separate incident on […]

TWO burglaries took place in the Oakpark area last week and Gardai are asking the public for help in solving the crime. A number of windows were smashed in premises near Subway on the Oakpark Road in Sunday night August 25/Monday morning August 25. Nothing was taken but there was significant […]

THOUSANDS of Kerry fans are driving to Limerick for the match against Mayo in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday. You better know what the traffic management plan is then! The following is the Garda Traffic Management Plan to cater for the match, including road closures and diversions. • The Garda advice to […]

GARDAI in Tralee have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the alleged sexual assault on a man with special needs last week. The man was arrested yesterday and is currently being questioned in Tralee garda station. In the early hours of last Friday morning August 15, it’s alleged […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a man with special needs. In the early hours of last Friday morning, it’s alleged the man was assaulted by another man in the town centre. The man, who has special needs, left a pub in Castle Street, Tralee and it’s alleged he was followed by […]