Suspect man photographs school pupils

PARENTS in Tralee have been warned to be on the look out after a suspicious man was seen trying to photograph children in the town park and in an estate in the town.

The first incident occurred in Tralee Town Park in the middle of last week when a group of young school children were in the park with their teacher collecting items for their nature class.

The teacher became concerned when she saw a man with a camera who was clearly attempting to take photographs of her pupils.

She confronted the man who then hid his camera under his jacket and quickly left the area.

The second incident took place in the Mitchels Avenue area on Tuesday morning.

A mother – who contacted The Kerryman to alert the public to the issue – was walking her child to school when she spotted a man near a car with a camera trying to photograph children on their way to school.

The woman’s daughter – a pupil who had been in the class group in the park – then told her mother that the man at the car was the same man her teacher had confronted.

The mother approached the man but he got into the car and left the area. She then alerted gardaí who said they had received other calls about the suspicious man and were investigating the matter.

The man is described as being white with an Irish accent and aged in his mid forties. Anyone with additional information or who encounters the man is encouraged to contact gardaí.