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Kilkenny gardai reveal tips to protect your home from burglars as winter sets in

By Kilkenny Now 10th November 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai have urged local householders to take some simple steps to protect their homes from burglars as the dark winter evening set in. A local Garda spokesperson said: “Burglary can happen at any time day or night. However during winter months most burglaries occur between 4pm and 9pm. A common explanation for this is […]

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Winter Thor: Gardai launch anti-burglary drive despite drop in break-ins in Kilkenny

By Colin Bartley 6th October 2020 0

Home breaks-ins during the winter months have fallen by close to 40% over the last number of years and gardai plan to keep this figures even lower as they launched an operation aimed at intercepting burglars and preventing break-ins around Kilkenny. Gardai this week launched the Winter Phase of Operation Thor, which will run until […]

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Cash and grab: Hunt on for woman with €200 note stealing goods from Kilkenny shops

By Colin Bartley 2nd April 2020 Post a comment

A woman has been taking goods from shops around Kilkenny after stores refused to accept a €200 note from her. Local gardai are on the hunt for the woman who took a mobile phone from a chemist in Kilkenny city and goods from a store in Freshford after shop attendants refused to accept the note […]

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Gardai swoop on organised crime gang suspected of spate of Kilkenny burglaries

By Colin Bartley 18th December 2019 0

Gardai have made what they are calling “a very significant arrest in relation to ongoing burglaries” in the Kilkenny area. A house was broken into close to Carlow town late last night and as the gang were making their getaway in a silver car with English registration plates, they were intercepted by gardai. The four […]