Tubbercurry this evening ~6:45pm?

Xiney

passing through this evening on our way back to Galway and there was some commotion on the main street - Gardai car pulled up to a shop which had its glass front door put in, some glass bottles on the road around & the Garda went into this boot quick when he got there. Loads of people around watching but I'm not the type to hold up traffic while I rubberneck :P


Anyway, anyone know what went on?

western red

some loony decided to smash in to it, and throw a load of
stock out on the road,, perfumes, pills etc,,,,think he done
a bit of damage in super valu as well,,

lilblackdress

A man broke into the chemist, took 2 bottles o meds with a bottle of wine and then broke the bottle o wine and slit his wrists.... and then broke a couple more windows! :eek: Very strange sight!

Xiney

Jesus. That is something alright. I guess he had a first aid kit in his boot.

YeatsCounty

Some, err.....choice quotes in the Weekender's article on the incident.

AN angry Tubbercurry man has spoken of his shock and horror after telling how ordinary people had to partially cordon off their town as a drug-crazed giant from Sligo town ran amok less than 200 yards from an empty garda station.

There were no gardai in the town to deal with the situation and locals had to direct traffic as the six foot plus muscular man terrorised the town, swallowing drugs, smashing windows and roaring and shouting obscenities.

Sligo Weekender Tubercurry correspondent Jackie Coogan who witnessed the incident, said that having an empty garda station in the second largest town in Sligo was about as useful as “teats on a bull”.

The disturbing incident occurred as Sligo Fine Gael mayor Matt Lyons called on gardai to make better use of CCCTV as the city reeled from three major assaults in the space of 24 hours.

The assaults come three weeks after 60 year-old Cyril Moran died from head injuries sustained in an attack in his home in Cartron Point on August 5.

No arrests have been made as gardai are hunting thugs who mugged a nurse as she walked to work in an alleyway at Riverside, and others who robbed and assaulted 88 year-old Hughie Harte in Abbeyville Park in broad daylight.

A thug also assaulted John “Gerry” Goodwin in Stephen Street Car Park.

Mr Harte was knocked to the ground by a man in a balaclava who followed him to his home. The nurse was forced to hand over personal items.

All three victims are recovering from their injuries in incidents which occurred on August 19-20.

It is believed the man in Tubbercurry caused an estimated total of €4,000 damage to three different premises in the town before the drugs he swallowed slowed him down enough to allow gardai and the ambulance service bring him to hospital.

“It took gardai half and hour to arrive from Ballymote and all they were concerned about was stopping people taking pictures of the man and destruction that was wreaked upon our town.

“I have the utmost respect for the gardai but we are being badly let down in this town.

“This crazed man was running out in front of cars and we had to effectively do a partial cordoning off job on our town to make sure he wasn’t killed or cause some serious injury.

Mr Coogan was one of several shocked eyewitnesses who saw the man running into Surtis supermarket and smash bottles of wine on the ground.

“He was picking up wine bottle in Surlis’s and then letting them fall on the ground.

“He then made straight for Barry’s chemist and put his foot through the glass windows.

“It was like something out of a horror movie.

“He was smashing bottles and grabbing as many drugs as he could.

“This man was a bit like that BA character in the A Team but it was not funny.

“He was running up and down the street roaring like a lunatic.

“This fellow was apparently after having some domestic difficulties and he decided to take it out on the rest of us.”

Mr Coogan said the man then wrapped his anorak around his fist and smashed the window of McCarrick’s estate agency.

“We were all terrified of him because we did know what he was going to do next.

“Eventually two girls came and two fellows tried to pacify him as he lay in Barry’s chemist.

“Then the gardai and an ambulance came to take him away.

“The gardai came from Ballymote and it took them half an hour.

“It is very simple.

“We need a 24 hour garda presence here and we have CCTV to help them.

“The gardai who work here unfortunately don’t live here and we are very vulnerable.”

Tubbercurry gardai confirmed that a man had been brought to hospital following an incident at a pharmacy in the town.

They said that no arrests had been made in connection with the incident.

Meanwhile Sligo Mayor Matt Lyons has warned that some young people are no longer reporting crimes to the gardai because there is “no point”.

“More cases are not being reported.

“I know gardai have a presence in the town but if this continues gardai will have to step up their presence and make better use of their CCTV cameras.

“Nobody has been arrested yet.

“People are wondering who is going to be next.

“People should report anything suspicious to the gardai.

“But some young people say what is the point?

“A man with a knife came up and demanded money off two young fellows some time ago and luckily they fought him off.

“But the gardai should be informed about these things.

“Anybody who sees anything suspicious should report it.

“The most disturbing thing about these attacks is that some of them are happening in broad daylight under CCTV cameras and not all of the assailants are masked.

“I intend contacting the Chief Superintendent about the matter.

“We don’t want to keep reading bad publicity about Sligo in the national press.

‘But hopefully the gardai will catch these individuals and put them behind bars.”

Sligo Weekender tried to contact Inspector Sean MacGinty for a response to the mayor’s concerns.

We were told he was not available but our message would be passed on.

There was no response.

RolandIRL

guy broke windows in the pharmacy, surlis' and the auctioneers afaik. apparently the gardai were more interested in stopping people taking photos than the crime scene.

i've heard it from a few people now that the same guy stole some money from one of the hairdresser's in tubber a few weeks ago.

lubie76

So anyone got any of these photos of this supposedly giant sized BA or did the Ballymote Gardai manage to talk down all the witnesses?

UrbanSea

That's ridiculous that Tubbercurry doesn't have any active Gardai stationed there. After all,doesn't Collooney even have one?