Superintendent John Scanlan News Today

IN the aftermath of the murder of Ashling Murphy on the bank of the Grand Canal in Tullamore, a new initiative has been launched to review public safety in Offa...

Laois Chief Superintendent John Scanlan praised Portlaoise for its welcoming ways.  He made the comments at a recent and his last Laois Joint Policing Comm...

Laois’s police chief says ‘touristic’ type burglars have been operating in the county.  Chief Superintendent John Scanlan made the commen...

Frustration was voiced over the use of ‘masking’ on community CCTV schemes in Laois at a Joint Policing Committee meeting.  The only officially...

Laois Joint Policing Committee was told someone will be killed unless action is taken in relation to deer crossing the roads. Deputy Brian Stanley said deer are...

Gardai urged people to seek identification if someone calls to a house claiming to be a garda.  Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley raised the issue at a Laois Joi...

Gardai will attend the annual meeting of a large Portlaoise estate’s residents committee tomorrow.  A representative of the Kilminchy Homeowners wrot...

A Laois TD has asked parents not to buy ‘dangerous’ electric scooters for children at Christmas.  Deputy Brian Stanley raised the matter in the...

The reopening of the economy and the ‘Electric Picnic effect’ has skewed the latest crime statistics in Laois, according to the most senior Garda in...

Private security staff at outdoor events will all need to be licensed by the Private Security Authority, a meeting of Laois Joint Policing Committee has heard. ...