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Neglected horses rescued and outhouses demolished in Kilkenny city operation

By Colin Bartley 19th May 2021 Post a comment

A number of horses were rescued from lands in Kilkenny in a multi-agency operation earlier this week. The horses were taken from lands on the Hebron Road in the city in a planned operation organised by Kilkenny County Council and gardai, with the assistance of animal welfare agencies. The council also removed some buildings erected […]

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‘Busy couple of nights on patrol’ – drugs drivers arrested in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2021 0

Two drug drivers were arrested after they were stopped by gardai in Kilkenny in recent days. The first drivers was arrested after they were stopped on the Hebron Road area of the city on Wednesday night. The following night after driver was arrested after they failed a drugs test at a checkpoint on the College […]

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Driver lucky to escape injury after car comes under fire from ‘balls of mud’ on Kilkenny road

By Colin Bartley 24th March 2021 0

A motorist was lucky to escape injury when their moving car was pelted with mud on a road in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred on the Hebron Road at around 7.30pm on Saturday. A Garda spokesperson confirmed the car was suddenly struck with balls of muck and mud. The driver was able to maintain control […]

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Kilkenny bus attacks: Stone-throwing vandals smash window of moving coach

By Colin Bartley 22nd March 2021 Post a comment

The window of another Kilkenny City Bus were smashed after coming under attack after dark. It is the second time in the space of a week that the public transport service was targeted by strone-throwing vandals in the Hebron area of the city. In the latest incident, the bus was approaching the Hebron Road Roundabout […]

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More bus terror in Kilkenny as vandals smash windows of moving coach

By Colin Bartley 17th March 2021 0

A bus has had windows smashed as it drove along a road in Kilkenny city. It is the third such attack in just over a month – and the fourth incident of its kind in Kilkenny this year. The latest attack on a Kilkenny City Bus, occurred in the Hebron area shortly after 11pm on […]

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Kilkenny Bus service temporarily suspended after another attack on coach in city

By Colin Bartley 9th February 2021 0

One route on the Kilkenny City Bus Service was suspended late last night as yet another bus came under attack and had windows smashed. The incident on the KK2 route occurred on the Hebron Road early yesterday evening, close to where another bus was attacked last week. In the latest incident, a number of windows […]

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Vandals smash window of moving Kilkenny city bus while passengers were inside

By Colin Bartley 5th February 2021 0

The Kilkenny city bus service has been targeted yet again after thugs threw a rock at a coach while it was carrying passengers. The incident occurred at around 3.30pm on Thursday as the bus was travelling along the Hebron Road. A loca Garda source confirmed a rock was thrown at the bus, smashing a window […]

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We’re lovin’ it: Kilkenny McDonald’s restaurant reopens for dine-in customers

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2020 0

The popular McDonald’s restaurant on Kilkenny’s Hebron Road is to reopen its dine-in service area from this afternoon. The company says the decision was made following the successful reopening of the drive-thru and takeaway in recent weeks. The Kilkenny fast food restaurant is among 27 nationwide that will restart dine-in services today, with a range […]

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Vandals set CCTV camera ablaze in Kilkenny

By Colin Bartley 28th March 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny are hunting for vandals who set a CCTV camera system alight. Gardai noticed a telegraph pole spewing flames while on patrol on the Hebron Road in the early hours of last Saturday. Once they got closer, they saw a CCTV camera, which was attached to the pole, had been set alight. Kilkenny […]

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Neglected horses in Kilkenny linked to children to allow owners escape prosecution

By Kilkenny Now 24th January 2020 0

The owners of horses left neglected in Kilkenny city are avoiding prosecution by linking the animals’ documents to young children. The revelation emerged as gardai in the city rounded over a dozen horses in the city over the past week. As a result of their efforts, several of these have already been re-homed. However, their […]