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RONAN FAGAN

Gardai are continuing to investigate an incident during which a female in her 20s was left “shaken” after a man grabbed her on the shoulder while she was enjoying a leisurely run on the greenway in Athlone.

Noting his concerns pertaining to community policing, Cathaoirleach of Westmeath Council, Cllr Aengus O'Rourke, has penned a letter to Garda Chief Superintendent, John Dollard, requesting an urgent meeting to discuss issues which are continuing to have a detrimental impact within Athlone and its immediate environs.

by Una Sinnott

At Monday’s online meeting of the Galway County Council Joint Policing Committee Chief Superintendent Tom Curley said there had been ‘a marked increase’ in burglaries recently.

After the truce, the RIC handed over its barracks to the Irish Free State. One hundred years ago this month, the Government set up An Garda Síochána, an unarmed civic police force. Unfortunately, the first group of gardaí who arrived in Galway by train had no barracks to go to, the Eglinton Street headquarters having been destroyed in an arson attack. A search began for some place to house the 23 gardaí and that evening, they managed to find accommodation in the County Club. They stayed there for almost a year.

There has been a 'marked increase' in burglaries in Galway, Monday's online meeting of the Galway County Council Joint Policing Committee was told.

Dangerous car stunts are being carried out on the N84, according to Cllr Andrew Reddington at Monday's County Joint Policing Committee meeting,

Anti-social behaviour in the city centre was "forseeable", and  pro-active policing plan is needed, according to Independent Galway West TD, Catherine Connolly.