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THERE has been a 79% increase in thefts from shops in Kerry in the first six months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2019. The crime figures were revealed by Chief Superintendent of the Kerry Garda Division, Padraic Powell, at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee on Tuesday […]

CRIME figures for Kerry were released by An Garda Síochána at the Joint Policing Committee meeting on Friday afternoon and it shows a rise in all categories on the same period of 2021. It should be noted however that COVID restrictions were still in place during some of the first […]

GARDAI in Kerry seized around €540,000 worth of drugs in the county last year. The figure was revealed  by Kerry Garda Chief Superintendent Eileen Foster as she went through the data at the online meeting of the Kerry Joint Policing Committee on Friday afternoon. Chief Supt Foster said the majority […]

THE latest data on crime in the county was revealed at the Joint Policing Committee meeting held online on Friday afternoon. Kerry Division Chief Supt Eileen Foster gave a rundown on the crime statistics for the first quarter of 2021, based on data available on the Garda PULSE system as […]

GARDAI in Kerry are to start issuing more fines in relation to people breaching the 5km rule. At the online meeting of the Joint Policing Committee this morning, Kerry Garda Division Chief Superintendent Eileen Foster said she noticed traffic was heavier during this particular lockdown compared to the same period […]

CRIME decreased in all categories in the county over 2020 compared to the previous year. The statistics for the Kerry Garda Division were revealed at the Joint Policing Committee meeting which was held online this morning. There were significant decreases in Property Crime (-29%), Crimes Against The Person (-19%), Criminal […]

CRIME in the county was down significantly in the first three quarters of this year compared with the same period in 2020. The figures were revealed at the Kerry Joint Policing Committee Annual General Meeting this morning. The figures do not come as a great surprise considering COVID-19 restrictions in […]

MEMBERS of the public are invited to attend the Kerry Joint Policing Committee  annual public meeting on Friday next, October 9, at 2pm. Having regard to public health guidance and particular guidance on the hosting of meetings, this meeting will be held online and by webinar. Local Garda management will present […]

THE latest crime figures from the Kerry Garda Division shows most crimes increased in the county in 2019 on the previous year. The statistics were revealed at the Joint Policing Committee meeting at Kerry County  Council chambers on Friday morning. It shows Property Crime up 7%, Crimes Against the Person […]

THERE has been a decrease in burglaries, an increase in theft crimes and a large rise in minor assaults in Kerry in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period of 2018. This was revealed at the latest meeting of the Joint Policing Committee meeting held […]

THERE has been an over 200% increase in the amount of people caught driving under the influence of drugs in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period of 2018. This was revealed at the latest meeting of the Joint Policing Committee meeting held at Kerry […]

THE number of proactive policing checkpoints rose significantly last year compared to 2017, it was revealed at the Joint Policing Committee meeting at Kerry County Council on Friday last, where the Kerry JPC Annual Report for 2018 was distributed. It showed 5,632 checkpoints were conducted in 2018 compared to 3,875 […]

THERE was a rise in crime overall in the county in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2018. Kerry Garda Division Chief Superintendent, Eileen Foster, was attending her first Joint Policing Committee meeting in Kerry County Council on Friday where she gave a […]

THE latest figures from the Kerry Garda Division has shown a 26% rise in assaults from January to May this year compared to the same period in 2017. The crime stats for January to May of this year were revealed at a Joint Policing Committee meeting in Kerry County Council […]

KERRY’S top Garda has expressed his exasperation that the numbers of people drink-driving in the county are still on the increase. The latest figures were revealed at the latest Joint Policing Committee meeting at Kerry County Council last Friday by Kerry Garda Division Chief Supt Tom Myers. “I cannot understand […]

THERE was a slight rise in the number of incidents of people caught for possession of drugs for sale of supply, with a drop in the number of possession for personal use cases, in the first quarter of 2018 in Kerry. The figures were revealed at the latest Joint Policing […]