POLITCIANS in neighbouring Waterford have joined forces in a bid to prevent Kilkenny from becoming the headquarters of the expanded new Garda division. All but one of Waterford’s four local TDs and all 32 councillors have signed a letter to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris urging him to pick Waterford over Kilkenny as the location of […]
By COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY/Carlow garda division is to merge with the Waterford under new restructuring plans announced by the Garda commissioner today. Kilkenny becomes part of the much larger Eastern region, alongside, Wexford, Waterford, Carlow, Kildare, Wicklow, Laois, Offaly, Meath and Westmeath. South Tipperary, from the old South Eastern region, will now moved
DETAILS of a terrifying incident in which a man armed with a knife barricaded himself into his Kilkenny home with his children following a domestic row have emerged. The events, which took place more than a month ago, are detailed in the most recent monthly report by the Garda Commissioner to the Policing Authority. On […]