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At a Joint Policing Committee meeting held in Westport Superintendent Mick Murray said that street policing in Westport is in a “healthy state”, with swift action taken by gardaí in recent incidents in the town. The Superintendent said that they are at an advanced stage with the recent burglary investigation where an elderly man’s home was broken into, and as in the incident where a man’s face was injured a file will be sent to the DPP in the “not so distant future”.

Members of Mayo County Councils Joint Policing Committee this week proposed to contact the Minister of Justice to condemn the “revolving door system of prisons” as prison sentences are not a “deterrent” and gardaí are frustrated that “criminals can act without impunity”.

Fianna Fáil Councillor Damien Ryan called this week for an urgent meeting of the councillors in the Ballinrobe area in relation to a number of assaults that have happened in the town.

Gardaí have appealed to residents and businesses in Shantalla and Newcastle to check their CCTV systems for footage of an attacker who broke into the home of an elderly woman and attacked her in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

A 21-year-old, self-professed car dealer who had never held a driving licence but who was caught driving without insurance four times last year, was given a 10 month jail sentence and was banned from driving for seven years in the District Court this week (January 6).

A man who broke into a property on St Mary’s Square in broad daylight to plug in an electric angle grinder so he could steal coins from a parking meter, was given an 11 month jail sentence in the District Court this week (January 6).

Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, is calling for work to commence immediately on Foxford Garda Station, which was damaged over the Christmas period.