Bike theft surge: Angle grinders, muggings and break-ins Despite lockdowns, bicycles are being stolen at greater rate as more people take to cycling
Sat, Apr 3, 2021, 04:54
Some bike theft victims suspect their cases were never really investigated despite making reports to the Garda. A number of Garda sources accepted many cases were low priority because of other workloads. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
When a thief moved in to steal an expensive Scott carbon fibre racing bike from Gary Cardiff, a human resources executive and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, it didn’t end well for him.
Cardiff (37) was cycling from his home in Dublin’s Inchicore out to Howth Head one day when he realised en route he had forgotten his pump and so he ventured into an East Wall supermarket to buy one.
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Gardaà have have sent two handguns found on a Cork building site for ballistics analysis to see whether they may be linked to a number of shootings in the city in recent years.
Investigators believe the two guns, a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol, were disturbed by workmen on a construction site at Ballincollie Road near Whites Cross on the cityâs northside.
The workmen had been carrying out some excavation work on a ditch and the guns were discovered on Wednesday evening by some local teenagers who alerted gardaà from Watercourse Road.
The scene was preserved for a technical examination and the weapons have been sent for forensic and ballistics analysis by Garda technical experts in Dublin to see if they were used in any crime.
Dublin woman Gemma Greene challenges variation to bail conditions Woman charged with dangerous driving after alleged chase with Garda vehicles
Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 16:04 Updated: Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 16:21 Aodhan O Faolain
Gemma Greene is charged with dangerous driving following an alleged chase involving Garda vehicles on the M50. File photograph: Collins Courts
Dublin woman Gemma Greene, who is charged with dangerous driving following an alleged chase involving Garda vehicles, has brought a High Court action over bail conditions imposed on her by the District Court.
In judicial review proceedings against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Ms Greene is challenging bail conditions that were imposed on her earlier this week by District Court Judge Treasa Kelly.
Human remains confirmed as belonging to murdered Drogheda teenager Discovery follows large search operation last month
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Human remains found during a massive search operation in Drogheda last month have been identified as belonging to a 17-year-old who was murdered last year.
It is believed the Drogheda teenager was kidnapped and murdered by gangland criminals before being dismembered. Parts of the body were found in two locations in early 2020, shortly after he went missing.
The torso had remained missing until last month when, acting on intelligence, gardaí began searching a greenfield site near Rathmullen estate in the Co Louth town.
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