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APPEAL: Concern for elderly lady (80’s) missing in Kilkenny since this morning

By Kilkenny Now 23rd August 2019 0

GARDAI have issued an urgent appeal for help in finding an elderly Kilkenny lady who has been missing since this morning. The woman in her 80’s was last seen driving a car in Graiguenamanagh at 11.30 am. She was spotted before this driving the silver Toyota Yaris, with an 06-D registration plate, in the Rower-Inistioge […]

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Car crashes into county Kilkenny house, woman rushed to hospital

By Kilkenny Now 20th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A WOMAN was rushed to hospital this afternoon after the car she was driving smashed into a house. The crash happened at Seven Houses Cross on the Kells-Kilkenny road early this afternoon. The car the woman was driving was involved in a crash with another car before hitting the house. The woman […]

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Kilkenny has lowest level of 24-hour Garda cover in country

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY comes rock bottom of all the Garda districts in the county when it comes to 24-hour cover. The Kilkenny-Carlow division came joint last of all the Garda districts who have stations opened 24-hours a day. Just three of the 27 stations – Kilkenny, Thomastown and Carlow – in the division are […]

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BREAKING: Clueless internet scammers attempt to hustle Garda at Kilkenny station

By Kilkenny Now 10th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY INTERNET scammers got a bit of a shock when they discovered the person they were trying to scam was in fact a garda on duty in a Kilkenny Garda station. The online hustler was cold calling and thought they had hit upon an unsuspecting member of the public. Instead, they dialed Thomastown […]

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Drippy burglar makes off with everything but the sink

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI are looking to tap up some information and find the person who burgled a new build and made off with the bathroom fittings. The burgled house is under construction in Summerhill, Thomastown and is nearing completion.  The burglar broke in through the front door, took the fittings and then left through […]

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Missing Kilkenny based trucker found safe and well

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY based trucker who went missing in the South of France has been found safe and well. Victor Brennan Transport, based in Knocktopher, made the appeal yesterday morning after a driver had not made contact with them since Friday. Rene Champaud, originally from South Africa, made contact last night and is […]

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UPDATE: man killed in tragic Kilkenny accident named as investigation is launched

By Kilkenny Now 25th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE MAN killed after being hit by a truck in Kilkenny yesterday has been named. 40-year-old Chris Hegarty, from Castlelyons, Co. Cork, was pronounced dead at Waterford University Hospital yesterday evening. The tragic incident happened on the N25 at Gaulstown, near Glenmore at 3 pm yesterday. This Health Information and Quality Authority […]

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UPDATE: Man (30s) killed after being struck by truck in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN in his 30s has been killed after being hit by a truck in Kilkenny this afternoon. The tragic incident happened on the N25 at Gaulstown, near Glenmore shortly before 3 pm. Gardai in the Thomastown District are at the scene and the road has been closed to allow for a […]

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Man killed after being hit by truck in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A PEDESTRIAN has been killed after being hit by a truck in Kilkenny this afternoon. The incident, in which a man died, happened on the N25 at Gaulstown, near Glenmore shortly before 3 pm. Gardai in the Thomastown District are at the scene and the road has been closed to allow for […]

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ALERT: Garda warning after spate of car break-ins across Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY car owners are being warned to be more careful when leaving their cars not to have any possessions left on display inside their vehicles. The call comes from Kilkenny Garda after a noticeable increase in car burglary’s around the county in recent weeks. The latest car break-in happened in Thomastown over […]