*Chief Supt Colm O’Sullivan expressed concerns on the expert report on the applicant. A ‘well got’ man who live-streamed on social media threatening to kill himself and put a ligature around his neck has obtained a taxi licence despite Garda concerns.
*Chief Supt Aileen Magner will head up the Clare/Tipperary Garda Division. CLARE has its fifth Chief Superintendent in the space of four years following another reshuffle in An Garda Síochána.
*Bill Slattery. Photograph: John Mangan SOME TRAVELLERS IN ENNISTYMON are “untouchable”, a local representative has claimed while accusing An Garda Síochána of turning a blind eye to criminal damage in the North Clare 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.
*Clare TD, Cathal Crowe. Photograph: John Mangan CLARE TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) stormed out of this week’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) following a clash with Chief Superintendent Colm O’Sullivan.
*Gardaí on duty in Clare. KILLALOE AND SCARIFF are to move from the Clare Garda Division as part of new nationwide changes to be rolled out to the operating model of An Garda Síochána.
*Bogus tradesmen and romantic fraud were among the items discussed at the Clare JPC meeting. A CLARE TD has said he is looking forward to acting as a witness for a court case later this year while the impact of romantic fraud has been flagged by the county’s Chief Superintendent.
ALCOHOL is fuelling public order incidents in the county, the Chief Superintendent has warned.
MORE MOTORISTS are going behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, new figures show.
“SCARCE” Garda resources have not been aided by the amount of officers “tied up at the courts all day,” a South-East Clare elected representative has said.
