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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.