It’s extremely disheartening to report the public toilets in Rivervalley have been vandalised for a fourth time. The public toilets, that have been brought back into action following three previous acts of vandalism, were set on fire again on Wednesday. The facilities that have only been in service a matter of months following the completion…
A local man has been jailed for riding a stolen motorbike on the Swords Manor pitches. The 22-year-old was jailed for four months at Swords District Court last week after he was caught by Gardaí last May. Further details can be found on the Irish Independent website, click here. Cllr Ian Carey said: “The use…
Vandalism and property damage has seen a significant increase in Swords in the last year, Garda statistics reveal Statistics given to the Fingal Joint Policing Committee show that criminal damage in the Swords area has risen dramatically in the last year by 48%. Some 267 cases of criminal damage were recorded in Swords in 2023…
The new toilet provided at the entrance to the Ward River Valley Park has been vandalised twice this week. The facility, which was part of a major upgrade in facilities, had the door forced, dispensers taken from the walls, electrical fittings smashed, and cisterns broken. Despite the damage, Fingal County Council staff got the facility…
Public toilets have been closed in the Ward River Valley as two serious incidents of vandalism occured in Swords in the last week. The new public toilets at the Rivervalley entrance to the Ward River Valley park have been smashed up for the second time. The facilities are now closed to the public as repair…
The Garda Unit, which has been pivotal in reducing certain types of crime in the Swords area, is to be reformed next month. The unit was stood down over the summer months because of reduced Garda numbers but will operate again from November 6th. The Community Response Unit is a small unit of up to…
Over €1.5m in drugs have been seized in Swords this year, Senior Gardaí have revealed. At the public meeting of the Joint Policing Committee this week in Swords, Superintendent Ronan Barry outlined how an increase in searches and detections in the Swords area has led to €1,594,960 worth of drugs being seized. At the meeting…
Senior Gardaí will discuss crime and issues of concern in the Swords area this Wednesday in the Carnegie Court Hotel. The public meeting of the Joint Policing Committee will bring together senior gardaí, representatives of Fingal County Council, and relevant agencies to explain their work and answer questions from the public. The meeting will start…
The River Valley Rathingle Community Centre have organised a public meeting to discuss recent anti-social behaviour in the area. This comes after a sensory room that the community centre had created, to benefit local kids with additional needs, was vandalised. Thankfully due to the committed efforts of the staff at the centre the facility has…
Crime statistics for the last three months see a significant fall in burglaries in the Swords area. Senior Gardaí have credited the establishment of the new Community Response Unit in Swords for the drop. The figures, made available to the Fingal Joint Policing Committee, show 15 burglaries in recent months with 32 recorded for the…