Organised begging has become “a racket” in Galway City, according to Judge Mary Fahy, who convicted two people of the offence at Galway District Court and...
From this week’s Galway City Tribune – The number of begging incidents detected by Gardaí in Galway City so far this year has more than trebled...
Galway City Tribune – More than a dozen homeless people are living in tents and in sleeping bags under trees in Kennedy Park in Eyre Square....
A man who sat in a sleeping bag as he begged in Galway City Centre last December, had travelled specially from his home in Athlone to...
Galway City Tribune – A woman claimed she left her five children in Romania to come to work in Ireland, but was instead found begging in...
Eleven men and one woman – all with Dublin addresses – were brought before Galway District Court this week charged with obstructing the passage of pedestrians...
A Galway City councillor has claimed there is a criminal gang of organised beggars is operating in the city. Cllr Peter Keane told a meeting of...
Another beggar from Athlone has been barred from Galway City for the next 12 months after appearing before Galway District Court. Ioan Savu (47), with an address...
