{"id":611208,"date":"2026-09-01T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611208\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:08:09","slug":"gardai-seek-youths-over-attack-on-south-donegal-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611208\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed seek youths over attack on south Donegal church\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed are appealing for information after rails were damaged and graffiti sprayed on the walls of a historic south Donegal church.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents occurred at the Church Of Our Lady Star of the Sea in Bundoran sometime between August 1st and August 8th, but only recently reported to the guards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been reported that a number of youths have frequently been gathering at that location in the late evening\/night times,\u201d a garda spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the public to contact Garda\u00ed immediately should they ever observe a gang of youths in or around the church grounds. Any type of suspicious activity, people or vehicles in or around a church or any place of worship should always be reported to Garda\u00ed without hesitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who may have relevant information in relation to these acts of criminal damage are urged to contact Garda\u00ed in Ballyshannon on 071-9858530. The Garda Confidential Line may also be contacted on 1800 666 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are appealing for information after rails were damaged and graffiti sprayed on the walls of a historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-611208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}