Gardaí probe county burglaries
Between Monday March 21 and Tuesday March 22 a garage at the rear of a house at Loughbown, Ballinasloe was broken into.
During the course of the break in a red Craftman ride-on lawnmower along with a push lawnmower were stolen from the garage. This burglary would have taken some time and would have required a car and trailer or a van type vehicle to transport the lawnmowers. Anyone that may have seen any person acting suspiciously in the Loughbown area last Monday or Tuesday or anyone who may have been offered the red Craftman ride-on lawnmower or the push lawnmower for sale is asked to contact Ballinasloe Garda Station on 09096-31890.
Also between March 21 and Wednesday March 23 another garage at the rear of a house at Clostoken, Loughrea was broken into. During the course of this break in a number of items including a black Oleo-Mac push lawnmower, a green Giant mountain bike, a green Raleigh mountain bike, two DeWalt cordless drills one with the name “Ian” written in black marker on the stem and a black Webber Q-200 series gas barbecue were all taken from the garage. Gardaí are asking anyone that may have seen any person acting suspiciously in the Clostoken area between Monday and Wednesday or anyone with any information on any of the stolen items to contact them Craughwell Garda Station on 091-876320 or Gort Garda Station on 091-636400.
Two burglaries took place in the Moylough/Kilkerrin area in the past week. The first took place between 2.30am and 3am on Wednesday March 23 when a retail premises in the village of Moylough was broken into. The second incident took place between 1.30am and 8am on Friday March 25 when a public house at Kilkerrin was also broken into.
In both incidents serious damage was caused to the properties and a large quantity of cigarettes along with other items were stolen from the properties. Gardaí are asking anyone who may have seen any persons acting suspiciously in the Kilkerrin/Moylough areas between Wednesday and Friday last or anyone that may have been offered cigarettes for sale and believes they may be stolen to contact Mountbellew Garda Station on 09096-79292 or Ballinasloe Garda Station on 09096-31890.
Car stolen in Renmore
Sometime between 8pm on Monday March 21 and 9am on Tuesday March 22 a red Renault Clio was taken from outside a property at Dun Na Mara, Renmore.
Gardaí are asking anyone with any information in relation to the theft of the vehicle or the movements of this red Renault Clio on Monday night/Tuesday morning to contact them at Galway Garda Station on 091-538000.
Appeal for witnesses to Claddagh assault
Gardaí in Galway are appealing for witnesses in relation to an alleged assault on a female which occurred in the Claddagh area of Galway city on March 19 between 11pm and 11:30pm.
Gardaí are appealing for anyone who may have noticed any persons in the area around this time. Gardaí are further appealing to any motorists or taxi drivers driving in the area around this time who may have camera and or dash-cam footage to make this footage available to investigating gardaí.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Galway Garda Station on 091538000 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
Search for missing man continues
An Garda Síochána is continuing its search for missing person, Ryan Moran, who was last seen in the early hours of Thursday February 24 in Galway city.
Ryan is 21 years of age. He is described as being 5 feet 8 inches in height, of slim build with brown hair and blue eyes. When last seen, he was wearing a grey hoody and black jeans.
Gardaí are asking anyone walking or anyone socialising in the area around the River Corrib or in coastal areas to be vigilant and to report anything unusual to gardaí immediately.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Galway Garda Station, on 091-538000; the Garda Confidential Line on 1800-666-111; or any Garda station.
Crime Prevention Meeting to be held on Monday
A crime prevention meeting will be held at the Claregalway hotel on Monday April 4 at 8pm.
The meeting will be addressed by crime prevention officer Sergeant Michael Walsh.
Information provided will include measures which can be be taken to make your home safer and reduce the risk of it being targeted. Online safety and cybercrime will also be covered, with advice covering how to avoid scams and how to limit the risk of your personal details or financial information being accessed.
It is expected the meeting will last approximately one hour. The meeting will also include a presentation from Gerard Costello of Muintir na Tire – the National Association for the Promotion of Community Development in Ireland.
Kyne welcomes almost 4.5m funding for Housing Adaptation Grants
Senator Seán Kyne has welcomed the allocation of €4,475,711 to support housing adaptations for older people and people with a disability in Galway.
The grants are 80% funded from the Exchequer by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government with the remaining 20% being funded by our Local Authorities.
“This important scheme has seen substantial funding nationwide again this year and Galway is no exception.
“The allocations of €3,306,875 for Galway County and €1,168,836 for Galway City is a major boost to people requiring improvements to their homes,” he said.
“The funding for this scheme reflects the importance of this initiative as well as the Government’s commitment to older people and people with a disability.
“Since it began in 2007, the scheme has had a huge and positive impact on the lives of its beneficiaries. The grants give a big boost to people with a disability as well as people who are less mobile due to age but who wish to continue to live in their own homes independently.
This funding will enable older people and people with a disability to keep living independently in their own homes as well as facilitating early returns from hospital,” concluded Senator Kyne.
Family Focus Community Outreach Centre — making communities better
Family Focus Community Outreach Centre is an initiative of the Faith Christian Fellowship Ministry. This Centre is birthed from the very many programmess they have been running to make our community better under the chairmanship of Pastor Dr Larry and Gloria Ovie.
Family is the brain box of any community and the wellbeing of this families will determine the overall wellbeing of the community.
Over these years, we have seen so many approaches to better the lives of the families, but a lot still need to be done.
This initiative is a community co-operative and it will open its facility to families in the community to facilitate youth co-operation and awareness programmes for the overall wellbeing of the community.
“In a community we are interdependent on each other, today where ever you look to loneliness stairs at your face in the mix of many, the centre will work to see that no one ever walk alone,” said Pastor Ovie.
Activities of the Centre will include; awareness programme, community mediation, social inclusiveness events, art, music and drama group, free coffee morning, community book library, mentorship platform, job creation and many more.
For more information call 0899598112 or 091786480. www.fcfgalway.com
