Garda recruitment information event to take place in Sligo today
Anyone in the North West thinking of becoming a member of An Garda Siochana is being urged to drop into an Open Day event in Sligo later today. It’s getting underway at the Glasshouse at 4pm until 8pm. The intention is to raise the awareness of the national…
Man dies following serious weekend assault in Donegal
An elderly man who sustained serious injuries during a weekend assault in Co Donegal has died in hospital. Derek Burns passed away at Letterkenny University Hospital last night following the incident at his home in Derrybeg on Sunday last. A man in his 30s arrested and detained by…
Outrage over no new garda recruits for Sligo Town
Both the Garda Commissioner and Justice Minister have come in for criticism over revelations that Sligo is to receive no new Garda recruits in the latest round of graduates from Templemore. It was confirmed last week that eight new Garda recruits are to be stationed in the North West…
Eight new Gardai for the North West Region
87 new Garda recruits passed out at the Garda College in Templemore earlier today. This was first graduation ceremony of the year. Of the new Gardai 77% male, and 23% female) newly sworn members of An Garda Síochána will bring the total number of sworn Gardaí to 13,949. 8 of the new recruits…
Garda units deployed to scene of Drumshanbo incident
Gardaí have confirmed that a number of Garda units attended the scene of an incident at a residence in Drumshanbo in County Leitrim yesterday evening. In a statement to Ocean FM News, An Garda Síochána say that there were no injuries reported during the course of this incident and that…
New Garda appointments for North West Region
Three high ranking garda officers are taking up new positions in the North West. The appointments have been confirmed in the latest set of appointments and allocations published by the Garda Press office. Cliona Richardson has been promoted to the role of Assistant Commissioner to the North West.…
Four motorists arrested in Leitrim over Bank Holiday
Four motorists were arrested in Leitrim over the weekend. Gardai assisted by personnel from customs conducted Mandatory Intoxicant Testing checkpoints as part of the bank holiday roads policing operations. Over 50 motorists were tested, resulting in four arrests, one was positive for alcohol while the other three were…