Unusual Garda rescue in Leitrim after cat topped the pole
Gardai have carried out a rescue with a difference in Leitrim. It was after they received a call about a cat that was stranded on the top of a telephone pole near Drumshanbo. It’s believed the cat was there for a number of days in heavy rain. Help arrived when…
Deputy Gallagher insists increase in crime linked to fewer gardai
A Donegal TD says a drop of 101 gardai in the county during the past eight years is directly related to the increase in crime rates. Recently published CSO figures show robberies, burglaries, drug offences and assaults in Donegal all increasing. Fianna Fail Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher describes as…
41 years to the day after Donegal girl’s disappearance, gardai issue new appeal
Gardai have issued a new appeal for information about a six-year old Donegal girl who disappeared 41 years ago today. Mary Boyle is missing since the 18th March 1977, making her Ireland’s longest-running missing child case. At the time, she had been visiting her grandparents at Cashelard, near Ballyshannon. A…
Delays on N15 near Grange after van went on fire
Gardai are warning that a stop go system will be in place on the N15 south of Grange for the next hour. (4:30pm) A van went on fire earlier and the Fire Services had to be called to the scene. It’s understood a compressor went on fire in the back…
Woman taken to hospital following crash in Carrick-on-Shannon
A woman has been taken to hospital following a serious collision just outside Carrick-on-Shannon yesterday evening. The crash between a motorbike and a truck happened at Cartown at around 6pm. The woman, who was driving the motorbike was taken to Sligo University Hospital. The Leitrim village/Manorhamilton road out of Carrick-on-Shannon…
Leitrim Superintendent warns against people ‘taking law into their own hands’
Gardai have warned against people taking the law into their own hands in cases of local crime. It follows an incident of false imprisonment in January of last year when a youngster was bundled into a car while walking out towards the mart in Manorhamilton. Leitrim Gardai say they believe…
16-year old arrested as part of investigation into hoax phone calls in Sligo, Leitrim
Gardai in Leitrim have confirmed that a 16-year old has been arrested in connection with eight hoax phone calls to businesses in the Sligo Leitrim area. The teenager was arrested in Dublin this morning and is being detained at Carrick-on-Shannon Garda station for questioning. One of the hoax calls earlier…