Eight Public Order incidents in Nenagh Garda District

Gardaí dealt with eight incidents under the Public Order Act in the Nenagh district over the last week.

Five of these occurred in Nenagh, two in Roscrea and one in Newport. Arrests were made in six of the incidents.

Gardaí are carrying out checkpoints across the district under the 'Operation Lifesaver' road safety initiative. Males were arrested on suspicion of drink driving at Lisboney, Nenagh and in the Newtown/Portroe area in the last week. Another male driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving in the Roscrea area.

Elsewhere, gardaí are investigating a theft from a vehicle at an estate off Silver St, Nenagh, on Wednesday of last week. CCTV footage has been harvested and inquiries are ongoing.

Online fraud is continuing in the district; the latest incident involved a female injured party interacting with an email she believed to have come from a legitimate business; a substantial sum of money was syphoned from her bank account.