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€1.2 million Kilkenny drugs bust, two men arrested

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2021 0

Two men are in custody following the discovery of €1.18million worth of cannabis in county Kilkenny yesterday evening. The 59kg of the drugs were found during a planned operation between the Revenue Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB). The discovery comes as a major blow to what gardai have […]

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Conmen posing as council staff targeting Kilkenny’s elderly

By Kilkenny Now 22nd July 2021 0

Men posing as county council workers have been targeting Kilkenny’s elderly trying to extract cash from them or rob their belongings. Kilkenny County Council has issued an urgent appeal urging people to be vigilant to cold callers. And if residents encounter these men to immediately contact the gardai. The men, three in all wearing hi-vis […]

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House ransacked during daylight burglary in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 8th July 2021 0

A house was ransacked after been broken into in broad daylight in Kilkenny. The break-in occurred at a house on College Road between 3pm and 5pm on Monday afternoon. The burglars gained access by breaking a window at rear of the house. Once inside the burglars turned the house over but it appears they left […]

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Vandals smash windows of car parked outside Kilkenny church

By Kilkenny Now 2nd July 2021 0

Vandals smashed the windows of a car parked outside a church in Kilkenny. The incident occurred at St John’s Church car park on the Old Dublin Road sometime between late last Monday and the early hours of Tuesday morning. Gardai confirmed the windscreen of a Suzuki 4X4 was smashed in what appears to be an […]

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Vandals smash windows of van parked in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2021 0

Vandals smashed in the windows of a work van that was parked overnight in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred sometime bewteen 11pm on Tuesday and 7.45am on Wednesday. The van, a red Volkswagen Caddy, was parked up at St Kieran’s Crescent at the time. Despite breaking the passenger and driver windows, nothing was taken and […]

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Significant rise in sex and drug offences in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 18th June 2021 0

There was a noticeable increase in sexual offences and drug arrests in the Kilkenny Garda Division over past 12 months. But over the same period there has been a significant drop in the number of thefts and public order incidents in the county. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show the impact […]

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60 gone in seconds: Full extent of cycle of crime in Kilkenny revealed

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2021 0

A total of 60 bikes have been stolen in the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda region since the beginning of 2020. But on a positive note, two third of the bicycles have been recovered. That success ratio is among the best for any garda region in the country. Nationally, less than one-third of all bikes stolen are recovered. […]

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Car vandalised outside house in Kilkenny city as owner slept

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2021 0

Vandals ripped the wipers off the windscreen of a car parked outside its owner’s house in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred at St Kieran’s Crescent in the early hours of Sunday morning as the owner was asleep. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed the wipers on the front windscreen of the black Kia Cee’d were snapped […]

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Five arrested after Kilkenny seaches as part of organised crime probe are released

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2020 0

Five men arrested this week following searches in Kilkenny in relation to horse passports and micro-chip tampering have been released without charge. The five were arrested on Tuesday, June 30, on charges of participation in a criminal organisation contrary to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006. All the men arrested were aged between […]

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Balaclava-wearing burglar armed with hunting knife caught trying to break into premises in Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2020 0

A man wearing a balaclava in possession of a hunting knife was arrested after trying to force his way into a premises in Kilkenny city. Garda responded to an incident at Church Lane in Kilkenny City at 8.50am on Thursday morning. When they arrived at the scene, the man in the balaclava was in a […]