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Bungling burglar flees empty handed after botched break-in at home in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

A hapless burglar made repeated attempts to break into a home in county Kilkenny before eventually climbing in through the front widow – and then fleeing empty handed. The attempted break-in occurred at a property in the Skehana area of Castlecomer between 7.30pm and 8.20pm last Friday. A Local Garda spokesperson confirmed the would-be burglar […]

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Masked thieves spotted fleeing the scene after breaking into home in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2020 0

Gardai are hunting for a gang of four thieves who broke into a house in Kilkenny city and ransacked the property. The break-in occurred at the house in Springfield on the Waterford Road at around 9pm on Saturday. Four men, believed to be in their late teens to early 20s, were seen running from the […]

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Burglars ransack home in Kilkenny town while owners were away

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

Burglars broke into a county Kilkenny home while the owners were away over the Christmas holidays and ransacked the property. The break-in at the property in Westcourt Demesne, Callan, occurred sometime between Tuesday, December 31 and January 12. A Garda spokesperson confirmed: “A window at the rear of the house was forced open. All rooms […]

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Stash of cash stolen during break-in at county Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 16th November 2019 0

A shocked county Kilkenny homeowner returned to their house to discover a burglar had broken in and stolen their cash. The break-in occurred at an address on Lower Bridge Street, Callan, sometime between 5pm on Wednesday and 12.30am yesterday. A local Garda spokesperson said: “The homeowner returned home to find the door had been forced […]

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Distraught Kilkenny woman returns home to find home ransacked and cash stolen

By Kilkenny Now 7th November 2019 0

A county Kilkenny woman returned home to discover her home had been broken into and some cash in foreign currenty had been stolen while she was away. The break-in occured at a house in Pollagh, Skeoughvosteen, Goresbridge, sometime between 9.40am last Saturday and 5.30pm on Sunday. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed: “The homeowner returned to […]

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Gardai probe bizarre break-in at county Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 22nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY BURGLARS forced their way into a vacant county Kilkenny house but then fled without stealing anything. The thieves forced their way into the house at Kilrush, Freshford, between 12.30pm last Thursday and 9.30am on Friday. The burglars forced open a window at the back of the house, which was vacant at the […]

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Burglars steal ‘substantial’ amount of cash after breaking into Kilkenny family’s home

By Kilkenny Now 21st October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THEIVES made off with a substantial amount of cash after breaking into and ransacking a home in county Kilkenny. The burglars broke into a house in Barracore, Goresbridge, sometime between 1.30pm on Friday and 1.45am on Saturday. The burglars gained entry by forcing open a front window. They then proceeded to ransack […]

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Burglar breaks into home in Kilkenny city, ransacks house and shed

By Kilkenny Now 20th October 2019 0

A BURGLAR broke into a home in Kilkenny city overnight and ranscaked the property. The break-in occurred at a house in MacDonagh Street at around 3.30am on Thursday. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed: “Entry was gained via a back window, a bedroom and the shed were ranscaked, nothing was taken.” Gardai have asked potential eyewitnesses […]

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Shocked Kilkenny city resident woken by thieves trying to break into his car

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2019 0

A KILKENNY city householder was woken by the sound of thieves trying to break into his car. Gardaí are investigating the attempted break-in at The Weir on the Castlecomer Road in the early hours of Monday morning, shortly before 1am. A Garda spokesperson told KilkennyNow.ie: “The owner of the car, a 162 KK white BMW […]

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Gardai probe overnight break-in at business premises in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 3rd September 2019 0

GARDAI are hunting a burglary at a business premises in Kilkenny city. The break-in at the commercial premises at the Hebron Road Industrial Estate occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning. A local Garda spokesperson told KilkennyNow.ie: “Security discovered on routine checks that a window had been forced open and that drawers and presses […]