Tag: Gardai

Last week, 319 new Gardai were sworn in to take the size of the force to the highest that it has ever been. Following the...

Gardai in Laois are pleading with people to avoid coming to the Slieve Bloom Mountains and other amenities for social gatherings and exercise. For the...

Gardai in Portlaoise are looking for the public's assistance in tracing the owner of a watch. Last night, they arrested two men who were acting...

There was an astonishing act of heroism in Laois yesterday as a Garda saved a person's life at full flood in the River Barrow. In...

Child Abuse Material has been blocked from internet sites by An Garda Síochána and Irish Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Interpol "Worst Of" List (IWOL) contains...

The latest batch of new Gardai passed out recently at a ceremony in Templemore. A total of 201 Gardai were conferred at the ceremony –...

Portlaoise Detective Unit while on a patrol came across a male acting suspiciously in the Cappakeal area outside Portlaoise last night. As a result of...

Gardai are investigating a number of burglaries in Laois yesterday. They happened between 9am and 6pm in the Ballyroan and Attanagh areas in Laois. Gardai are...

Gardai in Laois arrested a disqualified driver last night. Portlaoise Roads Policing Unit detected a driver speeding near Ballacolla on the M7. When they stop the...

The latest batch of new Gardai passed out recently at a ceremony in Templemore. An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan,...

A number of vehicles have been seized in Laois this weekend as part of a Garda operation. Operation Thor was carried out in five counties...

An Garda Siochana and FraudSMART wish to alert the public in Laois to an ongoing Frauds enabled via Text messages, Fake Loans websites, Advance...

Gardai in Laois have launched an appeal for information after a parochial house in Laois was ransacked. The incident took place in Rath, Ballybrittas on...

A man has been airlifted to hospital after an incident occurred this morning in county Laois. Gardaí have confirmed that the domestic incident in Mountrath...

Gardai have launched an appeal for information after a trailer was stolen from the Laois border over the weekend. The trailer, pictured above, was stolen...

Gardai investigating the discovery of a body in a secluded part of Laois have removed a man's remains from the scene. Inspector Aidan Farrelly, speaking...

Four Laois men were among the 182 Gardai who passed out at Templemore College on Friday. The Portlaoise trio of Jack Brown, Padraig Marum and...

Yesterday was European Day Without a Road Death (Project Edward). Thankfully there were no reports of any road deaths in the Republic of Ireland, and...

Three Laois men and one woman were among the 185 Gardai who passed out at Templemore College on Friday. Gavin Conroy from Mountmellick, Eoghan Mahony...

Gardai have launched an investigation following the tragic death of a Mountmellick man. Gardai say they are investigating a serious road traffic collision that happened...

We're well into June now and the holiday season is starting to get going. Many of us will pack our bags over the next couple...

While the sunny weather might tempt some people to speed up in a rush home this weekend but people are being warned to slow...

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan TD, has announced the launch of this year’s recruitment campaign for new members of An Garda...

You will soon see extra Gardai on Laois roads following an announcement today. The Garda Commissioner has appointed an additional 87 (7 Sergeants, 80 Gardaí)...

"People are going out in their pyjamas to go and buy drugs" that was the claim of Laois TD Brian Stanley, at the Laois...

A Laois TD has expressed his 'shock' at the news there are just two community Gardai in Laois. Sinn Finn TD Brian Stanley says that...

Around €100,000 worth of jewellery was found by Gardaí last week, and it is believed that a substantial amount is from recent Laois burglaries. Gardaí are...

There has been a big fall in the number of Gardai involved in the traffic division in Laois in the last seven years. According to...

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan will increase the Garda force to over 20,000 in a bid to combat the rise in rural crime. The Fine...

A man had a lucky escape when he narrowly avoided being hit by an iron bar in the early hours of Sunday morning in...