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

By Kilkenny Now 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 Kilkenny Now 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 Kilkenny Now 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 Kilkenny Now 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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Bus-ted! Gardai patrol new Kilkenny City Bus Service

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai appear to be wheely excited by the city’s new bus service. Officers have been showing a presence on the new coaches to make sure everything is above board for the many passengers using the service since it launched in late December. And our boys in blue were quick to give the new service […]

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All aboard! 10,000 commuters use new Kilkenny City Bus Service

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2020 Post a comment

Almost 10,000 Kilkenny passengers have used the new city bus service since it came into operation just over a month ago. The figures were revealed as the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Kilkenny County Council formally launched the KK1 and KK2 bus routes in the city centre yesterday. The two routes, operated by City Direct […]

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LATEST: New Kilkenny City Bus Service veered off course by ownership row

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2019 0

Commuters hoping to use the new Kilkenny Bus Service to get them to work may have to wait until next week to avail of the service after a landownership issue has curtailed its operations. On just the second morning of the Kilkenny City Bus service, passengers hoping to get on at the Purcellsinch stop were […]

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Setback for Kilkenny City Bus service on just second day of operation

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2019 0

There has been a setback for the Kilkenny City Bus Service on just its second morning of operations as some of the services have had to be curtailed. The stop at the beginning of route KK2, Purcellsinch is currently out of service. All buses on that route are are now starting and finishing at Leggetsrath. […]

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Just the ticket – Kilkenny City Bus service carries its first passengers

By Kilkenny Now 18th December 2019 Post a comment

The wheels of the Kilkenny City Bus are finally going round and round as the new public transport service carried its first passengers this morning. At 7am the first buses pulled up to the new bus stops at PurcellsInch and Loughboy, the doors opened and the passengers hopped on. Despite the driving rain and high […]

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Happy Christ-bus! New Kilkenny city service to start next week

By Kilkenny Now 9th December 2019 0

Kilkenny commuters could be in line for a big Christmas present after it emerged the new city bus service could start as soon as next week. The service, which has been beset by delays mainly due to the delivery of the buses, is ready to accept the full fleet of seven state-of-the-art city adapted vehcciles […]