crime

Mayo facing cocaine epidemic

by 09/09/19 11:45am

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By Keith Bourke Cocaine use in Mayo is threatening to spiral out of control, a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee for the county has heard. Drug-offence detections in the county have plummeted by 44% for possession and 50% for...

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Calleary slams dismantling of local garda resources

by 08/01/13 2:26pm

Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has accused the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter of single-handedly dismantling local garda resources amid an ongoing surge in burglaries and thefts in Co Mayo and across the Western region. Deputy Calleary was reacting...

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