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Car seized after driver told Kilkenny gardai: ‘I won’t pay for insurance’

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2024 0

Kilkenny gardaí seized a car after the driver brazenly told them: ‘I won’t pay for insurance.’ Gardaí confirmed the vehicle was stopped by members of the Carlow-Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit. A local Garda spokesperson said the driver will face a date in court “for this an his previous transgressions on four wheels and two”. They […]

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Several speeding motorists clocked over the limit on Kilkenny motorway

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2021 0

Several motorists were clocked driving over the speed limited by Kilkenny gardai just hours after they had given road safety talks at a number of local schools. The speeding motorists were clcoked on the M9 motorway on Friday. A locla Garda spokesperson confirmed: “This morning Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit called to a number of schools […]

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New technology helps Kilkenny gardai to take more banned drivers off our roads

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2021 0

Kilkenny gardai have took another two disqualified drivers off the county’s roads, thanks to new technology at their disposal. Two drivers who are banned from driving were discovered on our roads this week. Their cars have been confiscated and court appearances to follow. In the latest incident on Thursday evening, Gardaí from Unit C in […]

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Car-azy: Drug driver caught speeding and driving dangerously on Kilkenny road

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2020 0

A driver caught speeding byh gardai in county Kilkenny was also found to be high on drugs. The motorist was arrested by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit while they were on a routine patrol in Clara on Sunday evening. Gardai stopped the car after they clocked the vehicle doing speeds of 120kph in […]

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Driver clocked doing 190kmh in treacherous conditions on Kilkenny motorway

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2020 0

A motorist was clocked almost 200kmh on a Kilkenny motorway in treacherous conditions. The rogue drivers was spotted speeding in the rain by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit at the M9 motorway near Paulstown shortly after 8pm on Thursday. The driver was recorded at speed of 190kmh by officers who set off in […]

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Speed demon clocked doing 185kph on Kilkenny motorway

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2019 0

A man caught driving 65kph over the speed limit on a Kilkenny road is due in court on charges of dangerous driving. Members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit were on the M9, near Paulstown, yesterday evening when they detected a car travelling at over 185kph. The gardai took after the car managed to pull […]

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Car seized as Kilkenny L-driver caught driving unaccompanied with no tax or NCT

By Kilkenny Now 28th October 2019 0

A LEARNER motorist had their car impounded after they were caught driving unaccompanied and with no tax or NCT. The driver was stopped by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit outside Urlingford last week. A local Garda spokesperson said: “Vehicle was not taxed and had no NCT. The driver was driving unaccompanied on a […]

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Learner driver, nine-times over the limit, arrested during Kilkenny Garda operation

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A LEARNER driver, nine times over the drink driving limit, was arrested after he was stopped at a garda checkpoint in a Kilkenny town. The 39-year-old man was stopped on suspicion of drink driving at a checkpoint in Castlecomer yesterday evening. After taking a breath sample, he was found to be nine […]