Local garda chiefs on the move

Athlone's Superintendent Aidan Minnock, a native of Tullamore is moving to the Garda College in Templemore.

Supt Minnock took up the post in the late summer of 2019, having previously served as inspector in Athlone for seven years.

ABOVE: Left, the new Supt, David Nolan and right, the outgoing Supt Aidan Minnock.

He has been replaced today by Offaly native Supt David Nolan, who had been superintendent in the Nenagh District of Tipperary since March 2018.

It is one of a number of appointments made today, resulting from recent promotions and consequential allocations.

Elsewhere, another local Garda officer, Supt John Lawless has moved on from being superintendent in the Birr district, where he was appointed in July, to Portlaoise.