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Kilkenny drivers urged to slow down as six more people killed on our roads

By Kilkenny Now 1st January 2020 0

Kilkenny drivers have been urged to slow down and take more care after it was revealed that six more people lost theirs lives on Irish  roads in 2019 compared to 2018.# Six people were killed on Kilkenny roads in 2019. A total of 148 people lost their lives in 2019, compared to 142 in 2018, […]

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Kilkenny motorists could face €2,000 fine for speeding

By Kilkenny Now 19th November 2019 0

Kilkenny motorists caught speeding could face increasing fines depending on how fast they were going over the speed limit. Transport Minister Shane Ross is to ask Cabinet to sign off on his revised plans to introduce graduated speeding penalties. Under Minister Ross’s proposals, those caught driving up to 10kphover the limit would get  two penalty points […]

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Free tyre tests for Kilkenny motorists

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY motorists are being urged to get their tyres checked as part of road safety week as good tyres save lives. Today is national tyre safety day and the Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Síochána and the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA), have teamed up to remind all Kilkenny road users […]

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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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McGuinness and Funchion sought to fast-track tests for Kilkenny learner drivers: report

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2019 0

TWO local TDs are among a raft of opposition and Government deputies and ministers who have sought to fast-track driving tests for their constituents. Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness and Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion contacted the Road Safety Authority to make representations on behalf of their learner drivers in Kilkenny, according to a report in […]