Tag: Crime

Calls have been made for stricter laws, such as mandatory sentences in an effort to curb knife crime. The appeal was made to Justice Minister,...

Gardai are investigating following two separate incidents in Ballyfin in recent days. Just last night, Ballyfin Community Alert is reporting that there was an attempted...

Gardaí are investigating an incident of indecent exposure in Portlaoise yesterday. According to the Garda Press Office, Gardaí are investigating the incident which occurred in a...

Superintendent Anthony Petit has said he doesn't believe we have a problem with hate crimes in Laois. Following news of two arrests made in connection...

There are caravans being used in the Portlaoise area for anti-social behavior, it has been claimed. They are not being lived in, but being used...

An Garda Síochána has appealed to young men to "Use Your Brain Not Your Fists” and think of the consequences for themselves and others...

Gardai have charged one man in connection with an assault in Portlaoise last month. Collie Aquino Teixeira McQuillan and his husband Gui A McQuillan suffered...

Gardai have launched an investigation after two men were viciously assaulted with hurls in Portlaoise at the weekend. A Garda spokesperson confirmed to LaoisToday that...

Gardai have arrested two men following a drug seizure last night. The incident took place at a house in Portarlington. Two men, aged 33 and 30,...

Two men, who brandished baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire, caused a serious disturbance last night in Portlaoise which left residence fearing for their...

Gardai are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Portlaoise. The incident happened on Sunday May 13 at 6.15pm in...

Gardai are appealing for information following an incident in Portarlington overnight. Gardai say there was a road traffic collision on Portlaoise Road/Foxcroft Street in Portarlington on...

Gardaí have detained one person after two overnight robberies in Portlaoise. The incidents took place overnight and the person, who is a male, was arrested...

Stunned shoppers looked on in awe last week as Gardai seized a firearm at Portlaoise's Lyster square during the afternoon. According to the Laois Nationalist,...

Gardai say they have arrested two people following an assault in Portlaoise last month. A man is understood to have undergone surgery for facial injuries...

Gardai are investigating following a number of break-ins to vans in Portarlington in recent days. Two vans were broken into in Whitefields and another two...

The people of Stradbally are being urged to look after their homes and their elderly neighbours following a wave of robberies in the town...

Gardai are appealing for information after a robbery at a popular beauty salon in Abbeyleix over the weekend. Stone House, Ladies and Gents Hair Salon,...

The Garda helicopter is out this morning following a robbery in the early hours of the morning. Gardai say that at 12.30am this morning, a...

Gardai have seized a car and arrested two men following an incident in Camross yesterday. The local Task Force were out around 12.45pm when they...

Gardai are appealing for information after a number of robberies in the last couple of days. On Saturday evening at 11.15pm last, the Leisure Centre...

Gardaí are appealing for information after a tractor was stolen near The Rock last night. The tractor, registration 12 LS 1137, was stolen during the night...

Gardaí are searching for three men following a failed break-in last night. The raiders were disturbed by a homeowner as they attempted to force their...

Gardaí caught and arrested three men who were attempting to commit a burglary in Portarlington yesterday. The trio were detained at 6pm after they were...

A Garda car was damaged after Gardaí made an arrest on New Year's Day. The incident occurred in Portlaoise in the early hours of New...

A key tactic in burglary prevention is avoidance - not just alarming your property say Gardaí. For example: chain up your wheelie bin to a fence away...

Gardaí have arrested a third man in the case of false imprisonment and assault in Mountrath. The arrest happened on Sunday and he has become...

Gardaí in Portlaoise are investigating an incident of assault and False Imprisonment that occurred at Kilbricken, Mountrath on Tuesday. The incident occurred at approximately 5am. The...

Two men are currently in Portlaoise Garda Station following a heroin seizure last night. The pair, who are both aged in their 30s, were discovered...

Gardaí have issued a warning to all schools and businesses regard the holding of sums of cash on their property coming into the Christmas...