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Vandal smashes in front door of house in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

A vandal smashed a pane of glass in the front door of a house in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred at a property in the Seville Grove area on the Callan Road at around 9.30pm on Saturday. Gardai are investigating the incident. They have urged potential witnesses or anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in […]

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Window of Kilkenny city house smashed in while shocked owner was still inside

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2020 0

A Kilkenny city homeowner was left shaken after a window was smashed in while they were inside the house. The incident occurred at a property in the College Avenue area on the Callan Road shortly before 10pm on Tuesday. Gardai in Kilkenny are appealing for witnesses. They have urged anyone with information about the incident […]

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Thug threw rock through window of Kilkenny apartment while resident was inside

By Kilkenny Now 2nd July 2020 0

A Kilkenny city resident was left shaken after a rock was thrown through the upstairs window of their apartment while they were inside. The incident occurred at an apartment at College Avenue on the Callan Road shortly before 11pm last Wednesdsay night. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed: “The apartment’s occupant was inside at the time […]

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Lucky escape for woman whose car was stoned by teens on Kilkenny road

By Colin Bartley 10th March 2020 0

A traumatised woman who had a lucky escape after the car she was driving was pelted with stones by a group of youths hiding out on a Kilkenny construction site. The woman was driving her Kia Sportage along the Callan Road in Kilkenny at 6.25pm on Sunday, March 8 when her car was targeted, causing […]

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Thieves target Kilkenny relief road construction site and steal expensive equipment

By Colin Bartley 3rd March 2020 0

Thieves broke into a large construction site in Kilkenny over the weekend and made off with some expensive equipment belonging to the main contractor. The thieves managed to gain entry to the site of the Kilkenny inner relief road close to the Callan Road roundabout between 6pm on Friday 27 and 7am on Saturday 28 […]

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Five months of traffic delays expected for new road build in city

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY SERIOUS traffic delays are expected in Kilkenny for the next five months, to facilitate the construction of a new road. The delays will mainly affect traffic using College Road and the Old Callan road in the city. Kilkenny County Council is closing Circular Road next Monday. It will remain closed until November, […]

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‘Lucky no one was seriously injured’ – thugs smash window of moving car

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A NUMBER of moving cars sustained damage when they were targetted by people throwing stones at them on Friday night. This serious incident happened on the Callan Road just after 9 pm. One car had its passenger window smashed as it was driving on the Callan Road, while a second car had […]

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Firefighter arrested for drink driving while on duty in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 10th May 2019 0

A FIREFIGHTER was arrested after he was found to be over the limit while driving a fire truck in Kilkenny city. The firefighter was stopped at a checkpoint over the bank holiday. He was driving a fire truck on the Callan Road at around lunchtime on Sunday when he was breathalysed by gardai. KilkennyNow.ie has […]

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Traffic disruption to last 10 months as work on 500 new homes in city gets underway

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2019 0

BUILDING work got underway this morning on a major development that will see the construction of 500 new homes and three new schools on the outskirts of Kilkenny city. The construction work will cause major traffic disruption in the area for the next 10 months. Kilkenny County Council said: “Traffic Lights will be in operation […]

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Kilkenny’s Western Environs: Where the streets have new names (even though they don’t exist yet)

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2019 0

THEY may not even exist yet, but that hasn’t stopped Kilkenny County Council’s rather grand sounding ‘infrastructure naming committee’ from naming some of city’s planned new roadways. A few eyebrows were raised this week after new monikers were slapped on streets and parks to be constructed as part of the Western Environs project. The city’s