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Case No. 7457Burglary · Co. Galway · 4 Oct 2023

Break-ins at Hughes pub and Shiven Rovers AFC, Galway

Gardai are investigating break-ins at Hughes pub on Ballinamore Bridge and Shiven Rovers AFC in the Ballybaun area of County Galway, in the early hours of Wednesday 4 October 2023. The sources describe a pub and a sports club and do not name any victim or suspect. The time at Hughes is given as around 5am to 5:30am in the article and as 4:57am to 5:25am in a social media post. No arrest or charge has been reported, and the latest development is a social media appeal for anyone who passed or saw anything suspicious to come forward.

  1. Reported4 Oct
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  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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What happened
Break-ins were reported at Hughes pub and at Shiven Rovers AFC, a sports club.
Where
Hughes pub is on Ballinamore Bridge, and both premises are in the Ballybaun area of County Galway.
When
  • The break-ins happened in the early hours of Wednesday 4 October 2023.
  • The article gives the time at Hughes as around 5am to 5:30am, while a social media post gives 4:57am to 5:25am.
Investigation
  • Gardai are investigating the break-ins.
  • A social media post appealed for anyone who passed or saw anything suspicious at the time to come forward.
Charges
No arrest or charge has been reported.
Other details
  • The report was published by galwaybeo.ie on 4 October 2023.
  • Two separate burglaries in Headford, mentioned in the same article, are not part of this case.
4 statements extracted from the articles
  • whereThe break-ins occurred at Hughes pub on Ballinamore Bridge and Shiven Rovers AFC, both in the Ballybaun area. (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whenThe break-ins happened in the early hours of Wednesday 4 October 2023. (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whenA social media post gave the time at Hughes as 4:57am to 5:25am. (galwaybeo.ie)
  • investigationA social media post appealed for anyone who passed or saw anything suspicious to come forward. (galwaybeo.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 4 Oct2023
    Reportedgalwaybeo.ie, first report
    Galway pub serious crime as gardai investigate after ‘suspicious’ incident

    First report of the break-ins. It also mentions two separate burglaries at Naomh Padraig National School and Cloghanover Community Centre in Headford, which are not recorded here as they are a different incident.