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‘Double Trouble’ for Kilkenny motorists under plans to increase penalty points on Bank Holidays

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2020 0

Penalty points for speeding and dangerous driving look set to double on Bank Holiday weekends on Kilkenny roads under new gardai plans. The new rules could be implemented under a set of new road safety plans by gardai targeting periods when traffic volumes are at their heaviest. Gardai have consistently urged drivers to slow down […]

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Road rage as Kilkenny drivers face harsh new penalities under new laws

By Kilkenny Now 26th November 2019 0

Kilkenny drivers will be hit with increased penalties depending on how fast they are caught driving above the speeding limit under new laws approved by the Government today. Transport Minister Shane Ross has long campaigned to bring about changes to Irish driving laws by implementing a graduated speeding penalty system that would see drivers travelling […]

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Ice, vice, crazy! Kilkenny gardai clock driver doing 180kph in freezing fog

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

A motorist who emerged from the freezing fog on a Kilkenny road doing close to 180kph got a nasty shock when he was chased down by the gardai. Thomastown Roads Policing Unit were out on the M9 Motorway near Paulstown just after 9am, when a car whizzed passed doing 173kph on the icy roads and […]

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Speed demon clocked doing 212km/h on the M9

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2019 0

A MOTORIST has been clocked doing speeds of up to 212km/h on the M9. The rogue driver appeared to be something of a hurry when he was caught zooming down the motorway. But he ended up having to do a detour to a local Garda station after he was caught on camera (picture below) by […]