NEWQUAY native John Kerin has been promoted to the rank as Garda Chief Superintendent.
He was among a number of Super- intendents included on a list for pro- motion, announced last week. The promotion is not likely to take effect until later this year, when a number of vacancies are due to arise across the country.
He is currently Superintendent at Henry Street Garda Station in Lim- erick, having been transferred there from Ennis last March.
He had been based in Ennis since UithatomA COL 07
He had spent over six years at En- nis, having previously been based at Henry Street, between 1994 and Av ereh
During his career to date, he has been involved in many high-profiled investigations in Limerick, not least
the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe. He was killed during an at- tempted raid on a post office delivery van in Adare, Limerick, in 1996.
Mr Kerin was detective inspector at
Henry Street at the time and headed up the McCabe investigation. He had been a uniformed inspector for two years at the time, but was on his first day as detective inspector on the date of the Garda McCabe killing.
Supt Kerin joined the force in 1978 and spent his first eight years in Mal- low where he was promoted to ser- geant. After a further seven years as detective sergeant in Clonmel, he moved to Limerick.
He has also worked in a new post at the Garda College in Templem- ore, where he co-ordinated specialist training courses in criminal investi- gation.
Policing is poised to continue in the Kerin family for many years to come – his daughter Emma passed out at Templemore almost two years ago. She is currently stationed in Galway.