2022 Remembered: ‘Our friends the criminals have come out to play again’ says Laois...
June saw the worrying reports emerge that crime levels in Laois have risen significantly.
There has been a significant rise in crime levels in Laois...
2022 Remembered: Laois and Offaly have new judge appointed as Newbridge solicitor promoted to...
April saw Andrew Cody appointment as an Ordinary Judge of the Laois-Offaly District Court, replacing Judge Catherine Staines.
The Government has decided to nominate Newbridge...
Gardai seek information on whereabouts of Laois teenager who has been missing for three...
Gardai are seeking information on the whereabouts of a Laois teenager who has been missing for three days.
Quentin Quinn was last seen in the...
Laois man charged with the murder of Mountmellick mother of one
A Laois man has been charged with the murder of a Mountmellick mother of one following an incident on Wednesday.
Sean Egan, aged 36, with...
Garda investigation continues as woman killed in Mountmellick named locally as mother of one
Gardai are continuing to investigate all the circumstances of a suspected fatal assault on a woman that occurred yesterday afternoon in Mountmellick.
The woman who...
Man in his 30s arrested after woman killed in Mountmellick
Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances of a suspected fatal assault on a woman that occurred this afternoon in Mountmellick.
The woman, aged in her...
Warning issued after ‘a number of reports of man impersonating Garda’ made in Laois
The Crime Prevention Officer for Laois and Offaly is warning people to be vigilant following incidents of a man impersonating Gardai.
Mr Kavanagh said that...
Gardai launch investigation following incident of attempted robbery and assault in Laois
Gardai in Portlaoise are appealing for information after an incident of attempted robbery and assault took place.
The incident happened on Thursday night and occurred...
Coast Guard Rescue 115 deployed in Laois while Gardai also make drugs seizure following...
The Coast Guard Rescue 115 was deployed in Laois at the weekend after a vehicle entered water.
The incident occurred in Vicarstown on Sunday where...
‘Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea’ – Lack of law ties...
Laois Gardai have no enforcement powers when it comes to people on electric or motorised scooters.
So confirmed Chief Superintendent John Scanlan at Monday's meeting...
One man arrested as more than €20,000 in drugs and a firearm seized in...
As part of Operation Tara, Gardaí in Laois made a seizure and an arrest in Portarlington this morning.
The seizure was combined drugs valued at...
Laois Gardai launch investigation after two men taken to hospital following alleged assault
Gardai in Laois have launched an investigation after two men were taken to hospital following an alleged assault in broad daylight.
The incident occurred on...
Gardai make arrests following incidents of attempted robbery and assault in Laois
Gardai in Laois have made separate arrests following incidents of attempted robbery and assault in the county recently.
The first arrest related to an incident...
Gardai appealing for witnesses following assault of man in Portlaoise on Sunday morning
Gardaí in Portlaoise are appealing for witnesses following the assault of a male on Coote Street in Portlaoise in the early hours of Sunday...
Man charged following serious assault on the opening night of Electric Picnic 2022
Gardai have arrested and charged a man following a serious assault at the Electric Picnic festival last month.
The incident occurred on the Friday evening...
Criminal damage, public order and traffic offences all increase in Laois
The figures related to criminal damage, public order and traffic offences in Laois have all increased when compared to 12 months ago.
The stats were...
Property crime more than doubles as criminals emerge after Covid-19
The figures related to property crime in Laois have more than doubled in comparison to 12 months ago.
The stats were revealed at a recent...
Gardai release further information and appeal for witnesses following serious assault at Electric Picnic
Gardai have released further information following a serious assault at the Electric Picnic festival last week.
The incident occurred on Friday evening between 10pm and...
Gardai make drugs seizure and two arrests in Stradbally prior to Electric Picnic
Gardai in Laois made a drugs seizure and arrested two men following raids prior to Electric Picnic.
Gardai carried out two searched in Stradbally on...
Gardai investigating after man hospitalised following assault at Electric Picnic
Gardai have launched an investigations after a man was seriously assaulted at the Electric Picnic Festival.
The incident happened between Friday evening and Saturday morning...
Gardai appealing for information after ‘a number’ of arrests following theft in Laois town
Gardai are appealing for information after a number of locations were burgled from in Portlaoise recently.
Premises were hit by offenders in the Ballytegan and...
Two youths arrested after teenager left in hospital following assault in Laois town
A Laois teenager was left in hospital following an assault that occurred in Mountmellick recently.
Gardai were called to the Church Street area of the...
Gardai renew appeal for information after young man assaulted in Laois border town passes...
Gardai have renewed their appeal for information following a serious assault on a town on the Laois border.
The renewed appeal comes after a man,...
Gardai appeal for witnesses following serious assault of two men in town on Laois...
Gardaí in are appealing for witnesses following the serious assault of two men in the course of an incident in Monasterevin on Sunday, August...
Gardai continuing to investigate after menacing and threatening letter sent to Laois GAA player
Gardai have launched an investigation after a menacing and threatening letter was sent to a Laois GAA player.
The letter was received by a Borris-Kilcotton...
Gardai and Revenue combine to sieze MDMA worth €82,000 in town on Laois border
Revenue officers seized MDMA following the search of a residential premises in the Athy area of Kildare.
They recovered approximately 1.37kgs of MDMA with an...
A new look! Formal change to An Garda Síochána uniform comes into effect from...
If you're out and about today and come across a member of An Garda Síochána you'll notice that they'll be looking somewhat different than...
Inside story of life as a prison officer in Portlaoise makes for riveting read
For the vast majority of people who lived in Portlaoise over recent decades, little was known about the goings on in the town’s maximum-security...
Gardaí appeal for information after attempted burglary on Laois hotel
Gardaí in Abbeyleix are appealing for information following an attempted burglary at the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
It's understood...
11 arrests and 45 charges as Gardai in Laois carry out searches under Operation...
11 people were arrested and 45 charges were handed out following searches by Laois Gardai recently.
These took place on July 19 and 20 and...
