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Tipperary Gardaí Seize Drugs Valued €1k

**Picture courtesy An Garda Síochána, Co. Tipperary.**

The Clonmel District Garda Drugs Unit carried out a search on a property in the Old Bridge area of Clonmel at approx 4:00pm on Thursday last, December 17th, 2020.

Drugs, suspected to be Diazepam and Amphetamines, were seized and sent for analysis. The street value of the suspected drugs seized is estimated at some €1000.

A male, understood to be in his late 20’s was arrested and detained at Clonmel Garda Station.

He has since been released pending submission of a file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP).

Tipperary Gardaí Make One Arrest & Seize €90,000 In cash.

Gardaí investigating potential money laundering offences here in the Tipperary Garda Division since early December this year, have yesterday seized over €90,000 in cash and arrested one man, latter understood to be aged in his early 40’s.

Following on from intelligence received by Gardaí, a search operation was conducted at 11 addresses across Co. Tipperary yesterday. These searches included identified residential and business premises, from which the following items were seized during the course of the Garda probe: –

Over €90,000 in cash.
Two Rolex watches.
High value designer goods.
Extensive financial documentation.

The male arrested was detained for questioning at Tipperary Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

We understand the arrested male has since been released without charge, while a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP).

Further investigations are continuing.

Myth Regarding Queen Victoria & Famine Relief Not Justified.

On Monday last, three men, named as Antoin Breathnach, Tom O’Connor and Diarmaid O’Cadhla, all members of a grouping calling themselves “Cork Street Names Campaign”, denied causing actual criminal damage by blackening out the name “Queen Victoria” on Cork street signs, (in both the English and Irish script). All three were oddly described by Judge Paul Kelly, who heard their case, as “people of the utmost sincerity”.

The accused admitted that on February 2nd, 2017, street names at Victoria Road (on both sides of the street), Victoria Cross Roads (on both sides of the street) and Victoria Street on the north side of the city, were damaged by them, using black paint.

However, the Judge pointed out that their actions did not entitle them to break the law, in furthering their deluded convictions. Accepting they did not go out to cause wanton vandalism, he acknowledged it was precise damage in furtherance of a particular view and found the facts proven and under the law was therefore not permissible.

The judge fined each of the three offenders €250 to be paid to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, as a charitable contribution to finalise the matter at Cork District Court.

However, the accused appear to have picked up their knowledge of Irish history from their local pub, from an uneducated republican sympathiser just before closing time, believing the myth that Queen Victoria [known in Ireland in later decades as the “Famine Queen”, following a speech by Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne McBride, (1866 – 1953), long-time love interest of Irish poet W. B. Yeats.] had only donated a miserable £5 to famine relief here in Ireland.

The truth of the matter of course is that Queen Victoria had donated the sum of £2,000, [equivalent of £200,000 today], from her own personal resources, thus making her the largest single donor to Great Famine (1845 1849) relief in Ireland.

She also was patron of a charity that fundraised, publishing two ‘Queen’s Letters’, during Black 47. The first letter was published in March 1847 and the second in October 1847. In these letters she asked people in Britain to donate money to relieve Irish distress. The first letter was printed in the main newspapers and read out at all services in Anglican churches.

Following their publication, a proclamation was announced indicating that March 24th 1847 would be chosen as a day for a ‘General Fast and Humiliation before Almighty God’, with the proceeds to be distributed in Ireland.

The queen’s first letter raised £170,571, (In today’s money multiply by 1,000) the second raised £30,167 (In today’s money again multiply by 1,000).

“Always Engage Brain Before Putting Mouth In Gear“

Gardaí Continue War On Tipperary Drug Dealers

**Picture courtesy An Garda Síochána, Tipperary.**

Gardaí have arrested a woman and seized drugs and cash; same with an estimated street value of €10,000, in the village of Fethard in Co. Tipperary.

As part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of drugs in the Fethard area, Gardaí from the Clonmel District Drugs Unit, assisted by uniform Gardaí from Clonmel, carried out a search at an address at Gort an Óir, on Saturday last, December 5th.

During the course of the search Gardaí seized an estimated €9,200 of suspected cocaine and €1,290 in cash, together with drug paraphernalia including a weighing scales, filling container, a plastic funnel and plastic bags for packaging.

As part of this investigation, three follow-up searches were carried out this evening in Fethard, Co. Tipperary, with the assistance of the Southern Regional Dog Unit. As a result Gardaí seized a small amounts of suspected cannabis and cocaine.

A woman, aged in her 20’s, has since been arrested in connection with the investigation.

Interpol Warn Government Re. Black Market Vaccines

Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, has made direct contact with the Irish Government and other EU member states, warning them to be on high alert regarding the expected sale of fake, black market, Covid-19 vaccines.

Interpol have stated that there is a real possibility that criminal organisations will now begin selling the fake vaccines online.

They state that people should be aware that such sales won’t be actual official vaccines, they won’t work and won’t come with a digital vaccination passport.

This warning comes as an Tánaiste Leo Varadkar officially confirmed that vaccine will be provided to everyone in the Irish state who wants it, at no initial cost.

These vaccines however will cost the Irish State more than €117m, but Mr Varadkar has informed Dáil Éireann that the burden would be met by general taxation, with no further new cost imposition placed on the Irish public.