By COLIN BARTLEY TWO men were arrested after gardai raided a rural Kilkenny premises and found €12,000 worth of cannabis plants growing inside. The raid by the Carlow/ Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit took place in a rural part of North Kilkenny, last Monday. During a search of the premises, plants with a value of €12,000 […]
A VISITOR who was touring around Ireland on a motorbike got a nasty shock when they realised someone had made off with their storage bags in Kilkenny The opportunistic thief stole the motorcycle bags, known as panniers, from the unattended bike and then fled. The bike was parked on Kieran Street in the city on […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN ignored a barring order and viciously assaulted his former partner in Kilkenny. Kilkenny gardai were called to intervene in a domestic violence incident at Wetlands on Saturday evening. Local gardai received a call from a distressed female who said she had been assaulted by the 42-year-old man. Gardaí arrived at […]
By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI are hunting for vandals who caused criminal damage to two cars that were parked in the city over the weekend. They are seeking the public’s help in relation to two separate incidents, one in Ayrefield between Saturday night and Sunday morning and the other at College Avenue, which occurred in the […]
THE cute little Pug puppy who was rescued by Kilkenny gardai after she was found wandering alone on the motorway has won over the hearts of her adopted Garda carers. Officers picked up the distressed dog after she was spotted “making a bid for freedom” on the M9 between the Piltown and Kilkenny exits. Earlier […]
A MAN was arrested after he tried to rob a charity shop in Kilkenny city. The 34-year-old, who is from Kilkenny, entered the shop on upper John Street last Tuesday at around 5.20pm. Seeing the store was empty at the time, he went behind the counter and attempted to open the till. But he was […]
THIS cute little Pug puppy was rescued by Kilkenny gardai after he was found wandering alone on the motorway. Officers picked up the distressed dog after he was spotted “making a bid for freedom” on the M9 between the Piltown and Kilkenny exits. The curious canine is currently a guest of Kilkenny Garda Station, but […]
A MAN was arrested after he threw a beer keg through the window of a well-known pub in Kilkenny city-centre in the early hours of the morning. The incident occurred after 27-year-old was refused entry to the pub on John Street at 2.15am on Saturday morning. Gardai arrived on the scene a short time later […]
GARDAI in Kilkenny seized almost €3,000 of drugs in two similar raids on houses in Kilkenny city in the space of less than 24 hours. Drugs with a combined estimated value of €1,000 were found during a planned raid on a house in the Vicar Street area of the city at 8pm last Wednesday. A […]
TWO thieves were caught red-handed trying to steal valuable power tools from a building site in Kilkenny city-centre over the bank holiday weekend. The attempted robbery occurred at Evan’s Lane, just off John Street, at around 3.50am on Easter Sunday morning. Gardai rushed to the scene after receiving a call from a security monitoring company. […]