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A woman was fined €650 for possession of a forged passport despite insisting that she did not know her uncle had fooled her and that the passport office at home in Zimbabwe, which has a 300,000 backlog, had run out of the proper paper.

Almost a decade after it was first announced, Athlone’s CCTV system looks set to be in place by the end of the year.

Two men faced charges of violent disorder at a Castlebar District Court sitting this week, after a Tesco security officer claimed he was violently set upon, after he intervened to break up a fracas outside the store in Castlebar.

Recently a number of business people in the west of Ireland have had sums of money stolen from their premises by people using distraction techniques. These crimes usually happen at rural shops, post offices, etc. The method used is that a group of foreign nationals, usually six or seven and mixed in gender, enter a rural business. Sometimes they have children with them. Some of the group will engage the staff in conversation about different products on sale while one of the gang, usually a female, slips into the office or private part of the building. This individual will then search for cash and steal whatever is found and in most cases the amount is substantial.

A man, with three different aliases, was jailed for seven months this week for using a tin-foil lined bag to steal designer sun glasses from a city centre pharmacy.

Parents are being reminded to check their children’s passport status as the holiday season gets into full swing.

Even if you have locks for your home’s windows and doors, thieves will still find ways to get around them easily. All they need is a certain set of burglary tools and they are in. It is that simple for a home invader. That is why it is important that you get a home security system installed in your home so you don't have an invader or break-in occurring in your home.

In its ongoing campaign of litter prevention, Westmeath County Council recently took a number of prosecutions under the Litter Acts.

A new retail security system uses the latest in communication technology to allow the Gardai and city retailers to work together to beat shoplifting and theft.

More than 600 homes in Galway are set to receive free smoke alarms in this year’s Community Smoke Alarm Scheme.