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Speed demon clocked doing over 200km/h on Kilkenny motorway

By Kilkenny Now 10th December 2021 0

A speeding motorist was clocked doing over 200km/h on a local motorway. The driver of the Audi was pulled over by members of the Roads Policing Unit after they whizzed past officer doing 201km/h on the M9. Gardai confirmed the rogue driver was arrested and charged with dangerous driving. A local Garda spokesperson commented: “Couldn’t […]

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L-driver clocked doing 154km/h on Kilkenny road has car seized

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2020 0

An unaccompanied learner driver had their car seized after they they were clocked doing 153km/h on a county Kilkenny road. A local Garda spokesperson said the driver was caught speeding on the M9 yesterday evening. The spokesperson confirmed: “Fixed charge penalty notice issued. Driver was unaccompanied on learner permit and vehicle was seized under Clancy […]

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Ice, vice, crazy! Kilkenny gardai clock driver doing 180kph in freezing fog

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

A motorist who emerged from the freezing fog on a Kilkenny road doing close to 180kph got a nasty shock when he was chased down by the gardai. Thomastown Roads Policing Unit were out on the M9 Motorway near Paulstown just after 9am, when a car whizzed passed doing 173kph on the icy roads and […]

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Speeding motorist clocked doing 178kph on M9, then fails drugs test

By Kilkenny Now 22nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A DRIVER who was stopped on the motorway after being clocked doing almost 180mphh on the motorway by local gardai was arrested after he failed a drugs test. Members of the Kilkenny-Carlow Roads Policing Unit detected a car travelling at 178kph on the M9 motorway just before midnight on Sunday. After being […]

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Gardai arrest speeding motorist clocked doing 187km/h on M9

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2019 0

A SPEEDING motorist was arrested after he was clocked doing 187km/r on the M9. The driver was detected doing speeds of almost 70km/hr over the motorway speed limit on Thursday night by members of the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda Road Policing Unit. They immediately pursued the driver and ordered him to pull over. Local gardai confirmed the […]

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Speeding motorist clocked doing 173km/hr on M9 at Paulstown

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2019 0

A SPEEDING motorist was arrested after they were clocked doing 173km/hr on the M9 at Paulstown yesterday evening. The driver was caught red-handed (pictured below) by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit who were out in force for the busy bank holiday weekend. They pursued the speeding driver before ordering him to pull over. […]

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Speed demon clocked doing 212km/h on the M9

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2019 0

A MOTORIST has been clocked doing speeds of up to 212km/h on the M9. The rogue driver appeared to be something of a hurry when he was caught zooming down the motorway. But he ended up having to do a detour to a local Garda station after he was caught on camera (picture below) by […]