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Father of well-known GAA star investigated over alleged sex attack, young woman treated at Waterford hospital

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2020 0

A young woman was treated at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) this week after she was allegedly seriously sexually assaulted by the father of a well-known GAA star. It is alleged the attack on the woman, who is in her 20s, took place at a gathering at a house in a town in the South East […]

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Well-known sports star accused of sexually assaulting woman outside pub

By Kilkenny Now 13th October 2019 0

GARDAI are investigating an allegation of sexual assault against a well-known sports figure who is already at the centre of a rape inquiry. It is understood the alleged assault on a female victim occurred on Friday at approximately 9pm near a pub in a suburb in Dublin’s southside. A statement from the Garda Press Office […]

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Four teens arrested in Kilkenny over serious sexual assault

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FOUR teenagers were arrested in Kilkenny this morning in connection with a serious sexual assault on three teenage girls. The alleged incident took place at Burrow in Courtown, Co Wexford around midnight on Sunday, July 28. Four males, three juveniles and one adult (over 18) have been arrested on suspicion of rape. […]

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Gardai seek man who helped teen girls in wake of horror sex attacks

By Kilkenny Now 13th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI are looking to track down a man who may have vital information regarding the alleged sexual assault carried out on teenage girls at a county Wexford beach recently. The young men suspected of carrying out the alleged attacks have links to Kilkenny. Gardai are now trying to find a man who […]

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Kilkenny youths suspected of horror sex attacks on teen girls ‘still in Ireland’

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI believe the main suspects in the alleged sexual assault carried out on teenage girls at a county Wexford beach recently are still in the country. Despite questioning a number of males, and carrying out a raid in Kilkenny last weekend, no arrests have been made in connections with the alleged triple […]

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30 arrested in major Garda crackdown on criminals in South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

THIRTY people have been arrested for a wide range of criminal activities as part of a major Garda operation involving up to 60 gardai in the Thomastown area today. The arrests are part of the latest Garda Operation Storm – the 30th such crackdown in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division over the past four years. Nineteen […]