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‘Absolutely staggering’ – drivers clocked 70kmh over speed limit on Kilkenny motorway

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2020 0

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána have expressed concern at the number of drivers who are being clocked speeding on Kilkenny roads in spite of the Covid-19 restrictions. Sixteen pedestrians nationally have been killed up to the 29 April 2020 – which is double the number of deaths up to the same […]

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Road rage as Kilkenny drivers face harsh new penalities under new laws

By Kilkenny Now 26th November 2019 0

Kilkenny drivers will be hit with increased penalties depending on how fast they are caught driving above the speeding limit under new laws approved by the Government today. Transport Minister Shane Ross has long campaigned to bring about changes to Irish driving laws by implementing a graduated speeding penalty system that would see drivers travelling […]

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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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Over 1,000 motorists now waiting for a driving test in Kilkenny: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2019 0

MORE than 1,000 motorists are waiting for a driving test in Kilkenny, new figures reveal. A total of 476 are waiting for an appointment for the Kilkenny centre, while a further 617 who already have an appointment are still waiting to do the test. Figures released by Transport Minister Shane Ross show that the average […]

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BREXIT BREAKING: Theresa May limps on after surviving vote of no confidence

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2019 0

THERESA May has won a vote of no confidence in her government even as the embattled British prime minister struggled to make progress on breaking the Brexit deadlock in parliament. Mrs May survived the attempted coup by 325 to 306 votes in the House of Commons tonight. Both Conservative Eurosceptics and the Democratic Unionists MPs who […]

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‘Serious concerns’ raised over Ross’s controversial new anti-speeding penalties

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2018 0

THE Government’s top lawyer has raised serious concerns about controversial new anti-speeding measures proposed by Transport Minister Shane Ross. Ross’s plans have been widely condemned as another attack on rural Ireland. They have also been heavily criticised by the Dublin-based minister’s Fine Gael colleagues in government. Under his proposals, drivers