Vandals caused damage to a car parked at an estate in county Kilkenny. The incident occurred at Marble Court, Paulstown at around 11.30pm on Thursday night. A local Garda source confirmed the vehicle’s exhaust pipe was damanged. They added: “The white Renault Megane was parked in front of a house when the damage occurred. Gardaí […]
Parents, guardians and students in Kilkenny are being urged to have their say on school transport and help ensure the service meets the country’s current and future needs. The call from Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan comes as Education Minister Norma Foley opened a consultation process with stakeholders as part of the review of the […]
A boil water notice that has been imposed upon county Kilkenny community for more than seven months has finally been lifted. Works on the Paulstown, Choill Rua water supply have been completed and those using the service can now resume normal use of the water supply for drinking, food preparation and brushing teeth, Irish Water […]
A driver stopped on the M9 motorway in county Kilkenny for speeding was found to have all the drugs detectable on the gardai machine in his system. Gardaí from Thomastown Roads Policing Unit stopped a motorist doing 159 kph in a 120kph zone on the M9 near Paulstown on Friday evening shortly after 9pm. When […]
Two disqualified drivers were arrested after they were stopped at separate Garda checkpoints in county Kilkenny. In the first incident, the disqualified motorist was caught red-handed by gardai conducting speed checks on the M9 at Paulstown who was clocked driving at excessive speed. A Garda spokesperson confirmed: “With use of Garda mobility device, it was […]
Six Kilkenny buildings of historic significance will benefit from over €300,000 in new conservation funding. A total of €312,000 has been allocated for the buildings as part of the Government’s Historic Structures Fund 2021. The announcement was made by Kilkenny TD and Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan, who confirmed a total of €3 million in funding […]
A man is being treated at a Dublin hospital after he was seriously injured during a road accident in Kilkenny. The motorcyclist, who is in his 50s, was airlifted to Tallaght Hospital following a collision with a van on the Gowran to Paulstown road at around 11.15am yesterday. The area was initially sealed as it […]
Gardai are on the hunt for vandals who caused damage to a church in county Kilkenny over the weekend. The incident occurred at the Church of the Assumption in Paulstown on Saturday afternoon. A local Garda source said vandals entered the church sometime between 9am and 5.45pm. They broke a speaker in the gallery and […]
Plans for a large development of family homes in county Kilkenny village are dead in the water after An Bord Pleanála decided to uphold the local authority’s decision to deny the application. In June 2020, Kilkenny County Council made the decision not to give the go-ahead to developer John Staunton’s plans to build 42 homes […]
Ten speeding motorists will be hit with fines after they were clocked driving way over the limit through a Kilkenny village. The motorists were detected driving at speeds between 75kmph and and 91kmph in a 50kmph zone by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit in Paulstown earlier this week. Gardai confirmed fixed charge penalties […]