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Gardai out in force on Kilkenny’s roads ahead of Bank Holiday: region’s top cop

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 Post a comment

Gardai will be out in force on Kilkenny’s road in the countdown to the busy June Bank Holiday weekend. The warning comes from the most senior Garda in the Eastern Region, which includes Kilkenny, made a personal appeal to local motorists to never drink under the influence of alcohol or drugs ahead of the Bank […]

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Road closed after another serious accident on Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death‘

By Kilkenny Now 7th February 2020 0

Emergency services have rushed to the scene of yet another crash on the Kilkenny road dubbed “the road of death.” The N24 road southbound between Carrick-on-Suir and Piltown is currently closed following a two-car collision that happened around 6.20pm at the junction known as the Sweep – the scene of numerous serious incident over the […]

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Gardai to mount checkpoints on Kilkenny roads in month of action

By Kilkenny Now 1st February 2020 0

Gardai will be out in force on Kilkenny’s roads for the month of February as part of a month of action to improve road safety. The initiative follows the news there was an increase in deaths on our roads in 2019 compared to 2018. Last year 148 deaths were recorded on Irish roads, up from […]

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#ProjectEDWARD: Death toll on Kilkenny roads rises

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FIVE deaths have been recorded on Kilkenny roads so far this year, up from two deaths in the whole of 2018. An Garda Síochána is calling on all Kilkenny road users to drive safely today, this year’s European Day Without A Road Death (#ProjectEDWARD). This is the fourth year for #ProjectEDWARD, an […]

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ALERT: Major Garda crackdown on motorists using mobiles over Easter

By Kilkenny Now 18th April 2019 0

KILKENNY motorists have been urged to put their mobile phones away while driving as gardai prepare to launch the biggest Easter road safety campaign in recent years. The campaign comes against the backdrop of an alarming rise in road fatalities, which are up 11% on 2018. There has also been a massive 24pc hike in […]

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‘Slow down, arrive alive’ – Garda warning as speeding motorists clocked on M9

By Kilkenny Now 23rd March 2019 0

MOTORISTS beware – gardai from the Kilkenny-Carlow division have been out in force in recent days as the level of road fatalities continues to soar. Several drivers were clocked at speeds of up to 155km/h on the M9 yesterday. Kilkenny gardai confirmed: “Speed checks on M9 yesterday evening, numerous offences detected. Let’s slow down and […]