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 A male, aged 36, has been arrested in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, following a joint planned Garda drugs operation.
Those involved included Revenue Officials, Customs Service, Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, together with the Nenagh Divisional Garda Drugs Unit.
Around 2 kilos of Cannabis Herb was understood to have been recovered following the raid, reportedly with an estimated street value in excess of €40,000.
The man arrested at the scene, is presently being detained at Nenagh Garda Station under provisions laid down by Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
 Mr Harry Gleeson President Michael D. Higgins has officially granted Ireland’s first posthumous pardon to a man from Co. Tipperary; hanged for murder over 74 years ago.
Mr Harry Gleeson was hanged having being wrongfully convicted of the murder of a mother of seven, namely Miss Mary ” Foxy Moll” McCarthy, in New Inn, Co. Tipperary. Mr Gleeson was executed by the then British hangman Albert Pierrepoint (1905 – 1992) in Mountjoy jail in April of 1941.
A recent review of the case found that then Gardaí and the Prosecution had withheld crucial information and fabricated evidence against Mr Gleeson, thus securing his execution.
The granting of this posthumous pardon yesterday by the Irish President, completely clears Mr Gleeson’s name and it is hoped that same, however late, will serve as a tribute to his memory.
It is understood that the government through the Department of Justice have expressed sympathy to Mr Gleeson’s family and indicated their intention to hold a commemorative event for family members, early in the New Year, when a more detailed explanation of the pardon will be forthcoming.
Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis.
 A local Thurles man, aged 27, has appeared in court today; charged with the multiple stabbing of another male in his early 20’s; just outside Thurles Town centre, between 9.30pm and 9.45pm on last Saturday night. The accused attacker was arrested by Thurles Gardaí on Sunday morning and subsequently charged with assault, causing bodily harm.
The arrested man has been named as Mr Stephen Quinlan, with an address at Seskin, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. He was brought before Tipperary Town District Court today charged with several alleged offences including:- ‘Assault causing harm,’ ‘Criminal damage,’ ‘Possession of stolen property’ and Possession of drugs.
The youth who received several stab wounds in Saturday night’s incident, is understood to be in his early 20’s. He was rushed to hospital where he was treated for his injuries, before being later released.
Following objection by Thurles Gardaí to Mr Quinlan bail, the accused was remanded in custody to Limerick Prison until next Friday, when he will again be taken before Nenagh District Court to answer the charges.
As part of the continuing commitment of Chief Superintendent Catherine Kehoe, of the Thurles Divisional Headquarters, to crack down on rural crime, Garda Chris Verling will now join his colleague Garda Mark Conway in Littleton this week.
Garda Verling will take up his post for an initial period; at least to the end of January 2016.
Garda Verling has spent the last 8 years stationed here in Thurles, with the most recent 4 years attached to the Community Policing Unit.
Mr Verling has been widely involved in a variety of community groups, projects and charity fund raising events here in Thurles; a role that we hope he will still continue in both Littleton and the Thurles area.
News of his new appointment has been warmly welcomed by the community of Littleton.
 Tipperary Gardaí are today probing the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body at a Tipperary recycling plant.
The body of a male believed to be in his mid 40’s was located at the AES recycling plant in Nenagh shortly before 10:00am this morning.
Reports, yet to be confirmed, state that the man’s body was located by workers shortly after they arrived for work at the AES Recycling Centre at Springford Cross, on the outskirts of Nenagh town.
Nenagh Gardaí were called to the scene and the area was immediately preserved for further examination.
The man, who has not yet been identified, was later taken to the University Hospital in Limerick, where a post mortem examination by the State Pathologist is expected to be being carried out later today.
The scene remains sealed off this evening and Nenagh Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information to Telephone: (067) 50450.
UPDATE: The body of the deceased male found at the AES recycling plant in Nenagh by workers after they unloaded rubbish from a truck for sorting, is now believed to be a foreign national who had been living rough in Limerick City.
The State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy has conducted a post mortem. The man was sleeping rough and may have gone to sleep in an industrial skip where he probably passed away. Evidence shows that the deceased was already in poor health, according to a Garda source.
Foul play is therefore not suspected and his next of kin are being contacted by the Gardaí.
Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis.
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