‘Respect has gone out the gate at Clare Abbey Graveyard’
Instances of vandalism at Clare Abbey are continuing with one headstone recently damaged for the third time.
An Garda Síochána
Kilrush Garda looking for €75k to launch app that will empower young people online
A Clare Garda is bidding to raise €75,000 so that he can launch an app that will ‘empower young people to make better decisions online’.
Tragedy in Lahinch as father of drowning victim loses his life
*Photograph: Martin Connolly A man whose his own son lost his life in quarry swimming incident less than two years ago has died.
Six deaths on Clare roads in 2019
*Gardaí in Clare. Photograph: Martin Connolly Six people died in traffic accidents on Clare roads in 2019.
Council Gardaí & IFA working in union on property marking
An Garda Síochána, Clare County Council and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) are working in collaboration on the rollout of property marking in the county.
Environmental groups need to stop ‘hijacking’ positive events for Co Clare
*Activists from Extinction Rebellion Clare at The DDF Irish Open. Environmental groups have been warned by Clare’s first citizen to avoid ‘hijacking’ major public events in the future.
‘There comes a time when you say enough is enough’ – Fitzgerald speaks out on Garda investigation
*Clare GAA secretary Pat Fitzgerald. Photograph: John Mangan An “unprecedented level of social media bashing” was endured by some Clare GAA officers in 2019, county secretary Pat Fitzgerald has lamented.
Undercover Garda operation ongoing in Newmarket, Sixmilebridge & Cratloe
*Pat Halpin addressing the community forum in Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Joe Buckley An undercover Garda operation is ongoing in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Sixmilebridge and Cratloe while the policing organisation is unaware of claims that youths have been dropping rocks onto the M18 approaching the Carrigoran exit.
Cratloe’s Seán made Honorary Member of An Garda Síochána
*Sean Healy and Ann-Marie McMahon. Photograph: Joe Buckley Eleven year old Seán Healy from Cratloe has been sworn in as an Honorary Member of An Garda Síochána.
150% increase in rape cases dealt with by Clare Gardaí this year
There has been a 150 percent increase in the amount of rape cases dealt with in the Clare Garda Division.