Three people hospitalised following road traffic collision in Swinford
Three people have been taken to hospital following a serious road traffic collision that occurred on the N5 in Swinford. The incident happened at approximately 12.25am this morning. A car and a HGV truck collided on the stretch of road between Charlestown and Swinford. Two occupants of…
Man dies in Swinford assault
A man in his 20’s has been killed after he was assaulted in Co Mayo. The assault happened at a house in Swinford in Co. Mayo last night at around 11pm. A man in his 20s was pronounced dead at the scene. A man in his 30s…
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…
Gardai appeal for information following fire near Charlestown
Gardai in Swinford are appealing for the public’s help following a fire in a shed at Doocastle, near the Sligo/Mayo border, over the weekend which destroyed machinery. The incident occurred at Derrikinlough, Doocastle, between 10:30pm and 11:15pom on Saturday night. A number of lorries, a digger and a trailer were…
House of Sligo-based Garda firebombed for a second time
A house belonging to a Sligo based garda has been fire-bombed for the second time in less than a month. The house in Swinford, Co. Mayo belongs to the late mother of a member of An Garda Siochana in South Sligo. It was empty at the time of both attacks…