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Motorists clocked way over speed limit as Storm Dennis raged

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

Rogue drivers were clocked driving over the legal speed limit on the M9 Motorway even as Storm Dennis made driving conditions trecherous. Gardai the Kilkenny-Carlow division reported a number of motorists driving at excessive speeds in spite of the poor conditions. A local Garda spokesperson urged people to: “Please slow down and expect the unexpected, […]

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Planners to rule on major redevelopment of well-known county Kilkenny garage and shop

By Colin Bartley 12th February 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council is considering plans for a major redevelopment of a well-known county Kilkenny petrol station and store. Last year Carroll’s Centra and Emo Oil in Knocktopher applied to the local authority for permission to redevelop the shop and forecourt to keep it in line with the needs of the 12,000-plus people it serves. […]

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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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Motorway in Kilkenny closed due to serious accident this morning

By Colin Bartley 9th January 2020 0

A section of Motorway in county Kilkenny remains closed this morning following a serious accident. The M9 southbound is expected to remain closed until later this morning between Junction 7 Paulstown and Junction 8 Kilkenny/ Temple Martin following a collision. The incident happened at around 8am and it is reported that a least one lorry […]

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Motorway drama as Kilkenny gardai chase down driver doing 190kph on M9

By Colin Bartley 29th November 2019 Post a comment

A speeding motorist was arrested after he was clocked doing 190kph on the M9 in county Kilkenny. Members of the Thomastown Road Policing Unit detected the driver doing 70kph over the motorway speed limit this morning on the M9 at Ballygeardra, Knocktopher. The unit immediately went in pursuit of the driver and ordered them to […]

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M9 Motorway in Kilkenny down to single lane following crash

By Colin Bartley 22nd November 2019 0

Emergency services are rushing to the scene of a crash on a Kilkenny motorway. The incident happened just before 6pm on the M9 Motorway southbound. The motorway is down to one lane between junction 9, Kilkenny South and junction 10, Knocktopher. Extra care is required on the stretch of road due to the heavy rains […]

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Speed demon clocked doing 185kph on Kilkenny motorway

By Colin Bartley 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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ROADS ALERT: Kilkenny gardai out in force on M9, motorist clocked doing 162kmph

By Kilkenny Now 28th September 2019 0

KILKENNY motorists are being urged to slow down on our roads this weekend as torrential rainfall makes driving conditions treacherous. Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford and Munster were included in a 24-hour status yellow rainfall warning issued by Met Éireann, which came into effect at 12pm today. Meanwhile, traffic gardai were out in force on the M9 […]

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Terrifying M9 crash causes motorway closure in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A SERIOUS crash on the M9 motorway in Kilkenny is causing chaos for commuters this morning. The M9 southbound is now closed from Junction 11, Mullinavat to the end of the motorway at Grannagh following the serious crash. Huge tailbacks are being reported. In the single-vehicle accident, a car veered off the […]

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BREAKING: M9 Motorway closed following serious accident, ploughing traffic diverted

By Kilkenny Now 19th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE M9 has been shut down in both directions following a serious accident in the last hour. The emergency services are asking people attending the Ploughing Championship to avoid the M9 and find alternative routes. Gardai rushed to the scene and immediately closed the motorway between Junction 4, Castledermot and Junction 6, […]