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Car smashed up in driveway of Kilkenny home as owner looked on in horror

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

A car parked in the driveway of a home in county Kilkenny was smashed up while the horrified owner looked on from inside the house. Gardai are investigating what is being called “an act of wanton vandalism”. A man was seen running from the scene and jumping into a waiting car after smashing the front […]

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‘Significant arrest’ made by Kilkenny gardai in hunt for woman scamming businesses around the country

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai have made a “significant arrest” in the hunt for a woman pulling off an elaborate scam that targeted business all over the country. The suspect and a male accomplice were this evening charged with seven and six offences respectively, including burglary and theft, at a sitting of Kilkenny District Court. Over the past […]

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CSO crime figures show increases in theft and fraud in Kilkenny as burglary figures fall

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2020 0

There was a noticeable increase in incidents of theft, fraud and drug offences in the Kilkenny Garda Division in 2019, however, burglaries overall decreased. The figures were revealed in the Crime Statistics for Kilkenny published today by the Central Statistics Office. The number of fraud cases in the Kilkenny Garda Division increased by more 20% […]

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Kilkenny man jailed for 18 months following farm burglary which led to Garda chopper hunt

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2020 0

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 […]

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Hunt on for arsonist who torched car in centre of Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 12th March 2020 0

A car parked outside a residential unit was torched in the centre of a Kilkenny town in an apparent arson attack. The torched car was parked outside of Stone Court, beside the Fairgreen in the centre of Ballyragget. The incident happened sometime between 2am and 2.30pm on Wednesday morning. Emergency services rushed to the scene […]

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Cons and Roses: Kilkenny people urged to be wary of Valentine’s ‘romance fraud’

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2020 2

St Valentine’s day is said to be the most romantic day of the year, but it can also have the opposite effect of making people feel lonely – and there are people out there only too willing to exploit this loneliness. This Valentine’s Day, gardai are urging people in Kilkenny to be aware of ‘romance […]

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Man who died following Kilkenny assault named as father-of-five Liam Edward O’Sullivan

By Kilkenny Now 8th February 2020 0

The man who died following an alleged assault in Kilkenny on Thursday morning has been named as father-of-five Liam Edward O’Sullivan aged 46. Mr O’Sullivan died as a result of a head injury and while a post-mortem examination has been completed,  Gardaí  are not releasing the results for operational reasons. A man arrested in connection […]

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UPDATE: Man (46) in critical condition after early morning assault in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 6th February 2020 0

A man in his 30’s remains in custody this afternoon in relation to a violent assault that occurred in Kilkenny city in the early hours of this morning. A 46 year old man is understood to be fighting for his life in St Luke’s General hospital after sustaining serious head injuries following the assault at […]

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Man who rammed Kilkenny Garda car following chase wrong way down M9 remanded to prison

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2020 0

A  man in his late 20s is due back in court next week after ramming a garda car in Kilkenny following a high-speed chase the wrong way down the M9 motorway. The motorway was closed off for a time late on Sunday evening following the chase which started in Carlow and ended dramatically when the […]

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Man four times over the limit caught driving truck erratically around Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2020 0

A man has been remanded to prison after being found at more than four times over the limit while driving an arctic truck around Kilkenny city. Kilkenny Gardai members came across the erratically driven truck, while they were on High Street in the city as part of Operation Citysafe last Saturday evening. The driver of […]