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Two drink drivers nabbed within minutes at Covid checkpoints outside Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2020 0

Two drivers were caught over the legal alcohol limit at two separate Garda checkpoints in Thomastown. The checkpoints were set up to police the Level 3 restrictions that came into effect this week to combat the spread of Covid-19. The two drink drivers were caught within moments of each other at checkpoints set up around […]

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Drink and drug driving arrests double in Kilkenny despite 70% fall in road users

By Kilkenny Now 30th July 2020 0

There has been a near 20% increase in the number of people tested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Kilkenny roads in the first six months of the year. A report released today by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Ireland (MBRI) shows there have been more than twice as many […]

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Drink and drug driving madness: Kilkenny gardai issue appeal as drugged-up motorist clocked doing 171 kmph

By Kilkenny Now 26th July 2020 0

Seven drink and drug drivers were busted by local gardai in the space of seven days. Kilkenny gardai have renewed appeals to motorists not to drink under the influence of an “intoxicant” as they confirmed the latest arrests. On Friday, gardai in neighbouring Carlow arrested a driver who was clocked speeding at 171 kmph before […]

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Warning as drink-driver caught over four times legal limit on Kilkenny road

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny have once again been busy taking dangerous drivers off the county’s road this week. One driver who was found to be driving under the influence of cocaine and cannabis had his car seized as it was neither insured nor taxed, while another driver was found to be four-times over the legal alcohol […]

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CAR-AZY: Drink driver was 15 times over legal limit, banned motorist also arrested by Kilkenny gardai

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

The fight against crime hasn’t been put on hold as a result of the Covid-19 emergency, local gardai have warned. Officers in the Kilkenny-Carlow Division have made a number of arrests in recent days in spite of the lockdown. Yesterday in Glenmore in the south of the county gardai stopped a disqualified driver who had […]

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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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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 […]