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 Three garda officers were brought by ambulance to Portlaoise General Hospital early on Saturday morning, having narrowly escaped more serious injury, when thieves unhitched a trailer attached to their stolen vehicle, during a high-speed chase.
The incident began at around 1.30am on Saturday morning last when a garda patrol car, near Templemore, encountered a blue Isuzu Trooper 4×4, which had been stolen near Thurles on Thursday last. The Isuzu is understood to have been towing a trailer containing a quad bike, tyres, a power washer and miscellaneous other items.
The 4×4, containing 3 people, failed to stop when signalled to do so, instead taking off at high speed and taking advantage of a maze of local rural roads in the area to escape detection.
During the chase which ensued, one of the occupants emerged from the back of the jeep and threw stolen tyres, tools and bars at the following patrol car. As the vehicle chase continued towards Borrisoleigh, another of the thieves emerged from the 4×4, unhitching the trailer and its contents, in a bid to crash it into the garda patrol car. Failing in their bid to halt the pursuing car, the thieves next turned their vehicle around and rammed it into the patrol car on several occasions.
When the patrol car eventually managed to corner the stolen vehicle, the three thieves fled through adjoining fields. However officers did manage to capture one of the occupants, detaining him. Gardai continue in their hunt for the other two men involved.
During the incident one of the officers did sustained minor back injuries, but all three were released from hospital later in the day.
The arrested man was last night being questioned at Templemore garda station and Gardai have established that the trailer and quad bike were stolen near Nenagh.
Gardai are appealing for anyone who may have information to contact Templemore garda station on 0504-32630.
 Two local men are being treated in hospital following a shooting incident at Townpark, Templemore, Thurles, Co Tipperary, at about 2.00 am this morning.
The men, aged 20 and 22, were taken to South Tipperary General Hospital. While their injuries are stated not to be life threatening, one of the men has since been transferred to Cork University Hospital.
Regarding injuries sustained, one man is believed to have suffered a shot wound to the back, while the second man has injuries to his hand. One of the victims is understood to be well known to Gardaí.
The scene of the shooting has been sealed off for a forensic examination and to date no arrests have been made or indeed the weapon used in the shooting has not been recovered.
Gardaí are now appealing for anyone with information about this incident to contact them at Templemore Garda Station on Tel: 0504-32630, or the Garda Confidential Line 1800-666111, or any garda station.
 It is a sad fact that we have to now include a new Crime category on the Thurles.info website. Despite government and Garda reassurance that crime is on the decrease country-wide, there has certainly been an upsurge in criminal activity around the Tipperary area recently. In fact, our most recent Opinion Poll seems to strongly suggest that criminal activity is going unreported to the Gardaí in the Thurles area!
In the last couple of weeks there has been several incidents that has been causing concern to Thurles residents. There was the Masked Vandals Smashing Car Windows incident at the Halloween weekend, but nothing seems to have been done about it. Also, there has been several large drug seizures in recent weeks which has been causing concern that gangland style criminal activity, which is increasingly related to gun crime, is also on the increase.
Indeed, just last night two men were shot in Templemore Town Park which is just a mile down the road from the national Garda Headquarters. (full story will be posted later today)
Remember, if you witness a crime or have any information about criminal activity you can call Crime Stoppers in the strictest confidence on 1850 250025 or visit their website at www.crimestoppers.ie or contact the Thurles Garda Station at (0504) 25100.
An Garda Síochána are today questioning three men and two women after a sawn-off shotgun, ammunition and cash were recovered by garda officers, who stopped a car on the M7 near Knockalton, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.
The occupants of the vehicle, three men with ages ranging between 19, and 22 years respectively, and two women aged 19 and 20 years were arrested at the scene and are being held at Nenagh, Thurles and Templemore Garda Stations, under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act.
Under Section 30, a member of the Gárda Síochána may without warrant stop, search, interrogate, and arrest any person, or do any one or more of those things in respect of any person, whom he suspects of having committed or being about to commit or being or having been concerned in the commission of an offence under any section or sub-section of this Act.
Whenever a person is arrested under this section, he may be removed to and detained in custody in a Gárda Síochána station, a prison, or some other convenient place for a period of twenty-four hours from, the time of his arrest and may, if an officer of the Gárda Síochána not below the rank of Chief Superintendent so directs, be so detained for a further period of twenty-four hours.
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