An investigation has been launched following an attempted break-in at the Catholic Cathedral in Kilkenny city. The attempted burglary occurred at St Mary’s Cathedral on James’s Street sometime between 5.30pm on Wednesday, October 21 and 12pm on Thursday, October 22. When the Cathedral was opened on Thursday it was noticed there was damage and marks […]
A burglar from into a property in Kilkenny city overnight before making off with a handmixer and a barber set. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed the break-in occurred at a garden shed in the Ayrfield area of the city overnight between August 12 and August 13. Gardai have urged witnesses or anyone who may have […]
A man has been hospitalised following a serious assault in Clonmel that occurred when he chased two men who had just broken into his house. The man, in his 30s, was rushed to hospital following the assault and remains in a serious condition, although gardai believe his injuries to be non life-threatening. The incident happened […]
An expensive lawnmower and two bicycles were taken during a break-in of a house in county Kilkenny earlier this week. The incident happened at a property in Danesfort between 10pm on Monday and 9am on Tuesday. The burglars firstly broke into a stable on the property and stole a red Honda HRX self-propelled lawnmower, which […]
A burglar went to the effort of carefully cutting glass out of the window of a Kilkenny house in an effort gain entry before, it appears, eventually deciding against it. The bizarre breakpt occurred at a house in Coolgrange on the Grange Road in Kilkenny between 7pm and 8pm last Tuesday, June 2. The homeowner […]
Valuable tools and machinery were taken from a shed during a break-in at a premises in county Kilkenny. The incident happened at Ballymac between Callan and Cuffesgrange between 9.30pm last Thursday, May 21 and early last Friday, May 22. The burglars broke forced their way into a number of sheds on the property by forcing […]
Gardai are on the lookout for a Kilkenny burglar who broke into a training centre and stole expensive equipment from the building. Two cameras were stolen from a technology and media training centre on Connolly Street in Kilkenny City between noon on Friday, April 24 and 2pm on Monday, April 28. The burglars got into […]
A Kilkenny man has been handed an 18-month jail sentence for a farm robbery where the owner and his son took on five intruders which led to a manhunt involving the garda helicopter. Edward Carthy (25), of 27 Rioch Street, Kilkenny was sentenced to three-years in prison with the final 18-months suspended for burglary and […]
A 31-year old man has appeared in court in relation to burglary where €25,000 worth of tech goods were stolen from a Kilkenny store. The man was arrested yesterday in Mullingar, county Westmeath in connection with the burglary at the DID Electrical store in the Kilkenny Retail Park at Smithlands on the Ring Road, in […]
A gang made off with a haul of high-end TVs, smartphones and smartwatches in a daring raid on a Kilkenny business overnight. Gardai are hunting the gang who broke into the DID Electrical outlet at Smithlands on Kilkenny’s Ring Road in the early hours of this morning. The gang made off with thousands of euros […]