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Five remanded in custody over spate of burglaries in Galway and Roscommon
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Four men and a woman, have been remanded in custody in connection with a spate of burglaries involving the theft of an estimated €30,000 worth of power tools from business premises across counties Galway and Roscommon in the last week.
Husband and wife, 36 year old Peter and 30 year old Mary Maughan, of 9 Ballyowen Lane, Lucan, Dublin, 26 year old John Francis Mongan, also of 9 Ballyowen Lane, Lucan, 24 year old Martin Mongan, of Cluide, Corrandulla, and 20 year old Patrick Power, of 3 St Oliver’s Park, Clover Hill Road, Clondalkin, appeared in custody before Galway District Court today.
All five had been arrested by Gardai from Galway, assisted by colleagues from the Organised Crime Unit and Emergency Response Unit, at the toll plaza on the M1 near Balbriggan on Saturday.
They were detained and held at various Galway Garda Stations over the weekend.
The court was told today that none of the accused made any reply when charged.
Det. Insp. Mick Coppinger strenuously objected to bail applications from the four men.
Judge Mary Fahy refused the men’s bail applications and she remanded them in custody to appear before the court again this Wednesday.
The judge remanded Mrs Maughan in custody with consent to bail on her own surety of €800 and one independent surety of €8,000, to appear also before the court on Wednesday.
The death has occurred of the former Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Martin Drennan, six years after he announced his retirement on health grounds. He was aged 78.
The Galway Diocesan Office confirmed the death this (Saturday) afternoon of the Bishop and Apostolic Administrator Emeritus, who oversaw the Diocese for eleven years.
Born on January 2, 1944 in Piltown, County Kilkenny, he studied for the priesthood at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, from where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. His brother Michael is also a priest.
Following his ordination, he continued his studies in Rome where he was awarded a Licentiate in both sacred theology and sacred scripture. He returned to Rome in 1980 to become spiritual director at the Pontifical Irish College for the next five years.
He became a lecturer in sacred scripture at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, where he continued to teach until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin in 1997 with responsibility for East Wicklow and South Dublin.
Following the retirement of Bishop James McLoughlin, Bishop Drennan was appointed Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora and he was installed on July 3, 2005 in Galway Cathedral.
Outgoing Cllr Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) is on course to retain her City Council seat – and top the poll in City East.
With 33% of the boxes tallied, Cllr O’Flaherty is polling strongly, particularly in Renmore.
Michael John Crowe is ahead of his running mate Alan Cheevers for the Fianna Fáil vote, according to the early figures, although that could change when Doughiska and Roscam boxes are opened.
The Green Party’s Claire Hillery is on about 7%, with Fine Gael on 10% and Sinn Fein on 5%.
The opening of boxes for the local elections began at 9am this morning in Leisureland when the tallymen (and women) kicked into gear.
As regards the Galway County Council elections, the smaller areas are being opened first which means that the four-seater Connemara North boxes will be first in the pecking order.
It will be followed by Gort-Kinvara (5 seats), Connemara South (5 seats), Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats), Ballinasloe (6 seats), Loughrea (5 seats) and finally Tuam (7 seats).
The boxes in these areas will be opened and tallied in that particular order before being transferred to the Galway Lawn Tennis Club on Threadneedle Road where the counting will commence around mid-morning.
That is when the fun will really begin – although the tallies should give a good indication as to where most of the seats are destined.
As regards the city, the Galway City East boxes were opened first, followed by Galway City Central and finally Galway City West. These votes will be transferred to the Westside Centre by around 11am for counting.
There are 39 seats on Galway County Council to be filled with 18 on Galway City Council. The City Council count is expected to conclude on Saturday night but the County Council count – with seven electoral areas to be filled – could well go into Monday.
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