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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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Local gardai bust drug driver high on cocaine and opiates

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2020 0

Members of the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda Division arrested a motorist after they tested positive for cocaine, opiates and benzodiazepines. The driver was arrested after he was stopped on a local road this week and to be making a ‘non-essential’ journey. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed: “Subsequent oral fluid test proved positive for cocaine, opiates and

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Six drug drivers arrested on local roads in little over a day

By Kilkenny Now 15th May 2020 0

A drug driver caught speeding on the M9 motorway was arrested by local gardai for a second time in the same day for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. Gardai in Kilkenny say they are having great success in detecting people driving while under the influence of drugs during the Covid-19 travel restrictions […]

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Cocaine, cannabis and banned: Driver arrested on the spot after being stopped on Kilkenny road

By Kilkenny Now 9th February 2020 Post a comment

A driver who failed a roadside drugs test in county Kilkenny was arrested on the spot when it emerged he was also a disqualified driver. Members of the Thomastown Roads Policing Unit stopped a vehicle in Bennettsbridge shortly before 10pm on Thursday as part of the Gardai’s month of action enforcing safety in Irish roads. […]

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Drug driver nabbed at Garda checkpoint outside Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

A suspected drug driver was caught with a quantity of cannabis when he was stopped at a Garda checkpoint on the outskirts of Kilkenny city. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after his vehicle was searched on the Hebron Road on Sunday evening and is due to appear in court. A local Garda […]