*A flock of ducks walking past patrol cars in Ennis Garda Station. ENNIS COUNCILLORS have once again clashed on calls to establish a sub-committee of the Clare Joint Policing Committee (JPC) to focus specifically on the county town.
*Photograph: Martin Connolly CLARE’S newly amalgamated Garda Division with Tipperary is comprised of six Superintendents but just one of these will be based in Co Clare while there are 33 less Garda members since 2018.
*Photograph: John Mangan WEST CLARE’s shortage of Garda resources continues to be a concern.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SENIOR GARDA OFFICIALS have said there will be progress in relation to an illegal encampment in Sixmilebridge over the next fortnight.
*Scariff was among the areas hit. CRIMINALS targeted areas of the county for successive weeks in travelling theft sprees.
*Cllr Pat McMahon. Photograph: Eamon Ward A LONG-SERVING COUNTY councillor has revealed this was the first year he was not offered drugs when visiting the United States of America.
INTRODUCTION of a contra flow system is not justified on the motorway of Co Clare unless an incident is to last longer than sixteen hours,
MEMBERS of the Clare public have become “very nervous” over the potential of accidents due to e-scooters, a disability activist has claimed while the Chief Superintendent has stressed that such vehicles need to be insured.
Photograph: Fiona McNamara “INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR” witnessed in thew town of Ennis is not unique to the county town, the county’s Chief Superintendent has said.
INCREASED GARDA resources are needed in Lisdoonvarna on the back of a surge in the North Clare town’s population due to the arrival of hundreds of Ukrainian refugees.
