COURT APPEARANCE FOLLOWING INCIDENT AT BALLINASLOE MAYOR'S HOUSE

Date Published: 17-Sep-2012

A man is due to appear in court in Galway this morning in connection with an incident at the home of Ballinasloe’s Mayor Carmel Greally in the early hours of Saturday morning.

It is understood that when the Mayor arrived home after attending the Municipal Authorities Conference at 4 am she discovered an intruder in the house and confronted him.

Mayor Greally raised the alarm and the Gardai were alerted.

One man was later arrested and detained at Ballinasloe Garda Station over the weekend.

He was charged last evening (Sunday) in connection with the incident and is to appear in Galway Court this morning.