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Bungling burglars break into empty house in centre of Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2021 0

Hapless would-be thieves broke into a vacant house in the centre of a county Kilkenny town before fleeing empty handed. The incident occurred at a house on Chatsworth Street, Castlecomer sometime between Thursday, January 21 and Thursday, January 28. A local Garda source confirmed the burglars gained entry by forcing open a window at the […]

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Grass them up: Thieves steal ride-on mower from county Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 29th August 2020 Post a comment

A ride-on lawnmower and strimmer were stolen during a break-in at a house in county Kilkenny. The burglary occurred from the garage of a house in Maudlin, Castlecomer between 10pm on Monday night and 9am on Monday morning, when the owner noticed the machinery was missing. The stolen ride-on mower is a red Castlegarden mower […]

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Cath-burglar: Gang stealing engine parts from parked cars in rural Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2020 0

Gardai are on the hunt for a gang who are roaming around Kilkenny and stole engine parts from cars parked in public spaces. The thieves took catalytic converters from three cars parked in the centre of three Kilkenny towns and villages over the course of one day last week. The first catalytic converter was taken […]

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Bungling burglars bail-out after waking Kilkenny publican during botched break-in

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 0

Burglars who broke into a popular county Kilkenny pub fled empty-handed after being rumbled by the bar owner. A number of men forced their way into a bar on the Square in Castlecomer around 3am on Tuesday. The bar owner was woken by a loud bang downstairs, he then heard voices coming from the private […]

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UPDATE: 33 arrested in day long crime crackdown by Kilkenny gardai

By Kilkenny Now 25th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI have arrested 33 people and recovered a quantity of drugs, as part of Operation Storm aimed at preventing crime in county Kilkenny. One man appeared in court earlier today and more have been charged in relation to various crimes today. Over 120 gardai took part in the operation including 26 trainee […]

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Learner driver, nine-times over the limit, arrested during Kilkenny Garda operation

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A LEARNER driver, nine times over the drink driving limit, was arrested after he was stopped at a garda checkpoint in a Kilkenny town. The 39-year-old man was stopped on suspicion of drink driving at a checkpoint in Castlecomer yesterday evening. After taking a breath sample, he was found to be nine […]

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Kilkenny ‘battery burglars’ strike again, gardai still in the dark

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY gardai have been left in the dark as they continue to hunt for burglars who have been stealing industrial battery packs used in emergencies as-back up power. And the cheeky thieves have stuck the same area for a second time in the space of one week. This time the thieves targeted […]

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Thieves smash window of car parked in county Kilkenny town, ‘personal’ items stolen

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

THIEVES broke into a family car that was parked in a county Kilkenny town and stole personal items from the glovebox. The family SUV, parked on the street in Clough, Castlecomer, was targeted sometime between 8.30pm and 9.30pm last Friday. The passenger window was smashed and personal items were taken from the glove box. A […]