Car belonging to on-duty Garda stripped for parts in Sixmilebridge
*Gardaí on duty in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: John Mangan A CAR BELONGING to a Garda based in Sixmilebridge was vandalised and stripped for parts last week.
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Violence towards Gardaí in Clare rising as Supt backs introduction of body-cams
*Photograph: John Mangan AGGRESSION LEVELS shown to Gardaí in Clare is rising.
Ennis reps at odds over calls to set up town equivalent of Clare Joint Policing Committee
*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.
‘Massive increase’ in thefts from shops across Ennis
*Daniel O’Connell Monument. ENNIS has recorded a “massive increase” in the amount of thefts from shops in the county town.
‘Daylight drinking from small minority giving Ennis a bad name’
*Photograph: John Mangan ENNIS is “getting a bad name” according to elected representatives who have claimed that daylight drinking is increasing in the county town.
‘We’re expecting a lot more from a lot less people’ – Gardaí feeling the pressure in Clare
*Photograph: John O’Neill CLARE’S GARDAÍ are finding it increasingly more difficult to do their job with less resources.
33 less Garda members in Clare & five of six superintendents in amalgamated division are based in Tipp
*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.
Ennis’ rising crime raises tensions among town’s councillors
*Fine Gael colleagues, Cllr Johnny Flynn & Cllr Mary Howard were among those to clash. RISING LEVELS OF CRIME and anti-social behaviour in the county town served as the main discussion at the first meeting of the Ennis Municipal District following its summer recess.
The Water Break: Cratloe back in contention | Ennistymon’s bid erupts | Éire Óg lead the way
Liam Markham and Enda Boyce block Keelan Guyler’s momentum. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography IT’S DOWN to the last nine in the TUS Clare senior football championship and the route to get to here is analysed in the latest episode of The Water Break.
Killaloe & Scariff split from Clare & added to Tipperary in Garda Division amalgamation
*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.
