Gardaí locate vehicle following attack on man in Riverstown
Gardaí have located the vehicle stolen following an attack on a man in Riverstown in county Sligo over the weekend. The incident happened between 10 and quarter past ten on Friday night when 3 men approached the car at Coopers Hill. The man suffered injuries, his money was stolen and…
Gardai investigate fatal crashes in Mohill and Swinford
A man in his 40’s has been killed in a road crash in County Leitrim. He was driving a van which struck a tree on a minor road off the Cloone/Drumlish road near Mohill just before midnight. He was brought to the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar where he was…
Man arrested in connection with serious assault of a man in a house in Sligo
A man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault at a house in Sligo town last week. The attack happened at a house on River road in Sligo on the morning of the 20th of June between 9am and 12 noon. A man in his early 80s was…
Three Donegal Gardaí suffer minor injuries after parked patrol car hit
Three Gardaí sustained minor injuries when their parked patrol car was struck by a car in County Donegal The incident happened at around half past three this morning on Ramelton Road in Letterkenny. A 17-year-old man driving the car was arrested at the scene and was later released without charge.…
Donegal Gardaí deploy ‘stinger’ to stop drunk driver travelling 170km/h on wrong side of the road
The Gardaí needed to deploy a ‘stinger’ device to stop a drunk driver in Donegal this morning. A ‘stinger’ is a device used to puncture the tyres of cars that refuse to stop by throwing a strip on the road with spikes attached that pierce the tyres. Garda units from…
Gardai in Sligo Leitrim investigate growing number of stolen cable incidents
Gardai in Sligo have now launched a major investigation into the theft of thousands of euro worth of cable from telephone polls in the Sligo Leitrim area. They state that the cable is being stolen for the copper wiring inside which they will sell on. And Gardai are now appealing…
Investigations launched in Ballybofey and Charlestown
Gardaí are continuing their investigations into all circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body of a man in Ballybofey over the weekend. The body of the man in his 30s was found at a house in the Cappry area of Ballybofey on Saturday at around 9am. The man was pronounced…