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Gardai probe link between house burglaries in Kilkenny city

By Colin Bartley 9th July 2021 0

Gardai are investigating a potential link between two burglaries in Kilkenny city. In the first incident, a house on the Circular Road was broken into sometime between 3pm and 5.45pm on Monday. A local Garda source confirmed the burglars gained access after forcing open a door at rear of the house. They then ransacked the […]

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Burglars strike twice in the same area of Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 6th July 2021 0

Gardai are investigating two burglaries that took place in the same part of the city yesterday afternoon. The break-ins occurred in the College Road and Circular Road area of Kilkenny. And gardai are appealing for the public’s help in tracking down the thieves. A Local Garda spokesperson said: “Gardai in Kilkenny are appealing for your […]

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Kilkenny crime stats: Huge drop in break-ins across city and county

By Colin Bartley 16th June 2021 0

There has been a 44% decrease in the number of residential burglaries in Kilkenny over the past 12 months, new figures reveal. The statistics were published by local gardai to mark the publication of the third EU Wide Focus Day on Domestic Burglary. The survey found almost 25% of residential burglaries in Kilkenny over the […]

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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 […]