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Several lines of inquiry into county burglaries
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardaí are following a number of lines of inquiry in relation to break-ins in the county this week.
A substantial amount of money was stolen from the house of a Tuam business owner on Monday night, while raiders broke into a house in Moylough in broad daylight on Tuesday.
The burglary in Tuam happened at a private house on the Galway road between 3pm on Monday and 10a.m on Tuesday.
A substantial amount of money, believed to be in the tens of thousands was taken during the break-in.
The thieves gained entry to the house by breaking a back window.
Two men in their early 20s were seen close by around 11.30 on Monday night.(2/9)
One was wearing a baseball hat, track suit bottoms and a hoodie, the second man was wearing a hoodie and jeans.
Detectives in Tuam are investigating and anyone who may have any information is asked to contact Tuam Garda station on 093 24 202.
Meanwhile, three raiders involved in a break-in at a house in Moylough when they came across a 17 year old girl who was in the house at the time.
The culprits rang the doorbell around 11a.m and entered the house when no-one answered.
It’s understood the girl hid in a bedroom while two men raided jewellery from the home.
When the raiders saw the girl, they fled the scene in a black car audi-type car.
It’s understood the car was involved in several other burglaries in the midlands.
Gardaí are now reviewing CCTV footage from the local area and from the toll plazas in a bid to locate the car and the culprits.
Anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the Moylough area around 11a.m on Tuesday is asked to contact Ballinasloe Gardaí at 09 09 63 18 90.
This latest burglary comes in the wake of a similiar incident at a home in Cregboy, Claregalway last week, where a woman hid in a wardrobe fearing for her life, when several thieves broke in and raided the house.
She wasn’t hurt in the incident, but the culprits got away with thousands of euro worth of jewellery.
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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