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Massive search operation underway for woman (30s) missing in mountains

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2021 0

A huge multiagency search operation is underway close to county Kilkenny. A woman in her 30s has been missing in the Comeragh Mountains since yesterday and was forced to spend the night somewhere in the mountain range. The South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association (SEMRA) including members from Kilkenny are at the scene, as are the […]

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Gardai hunt arsonist who broke into WIT overnight and started fire in college

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai were called to the scene of a fire at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), where one-in-four of all Kilkenny students attend, overnight. The blaze is believed to have been started deliberately and gardai have captured CCTV footage of a suspect leaving the rear of the college. Local gardai confirmed they were notified of the […]

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Busted: Driver (22) caught with €52,000 worth of cocaine in car at Waterford checkpoint

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

Gardai seized €52,000 worth of cocaine  after it was discovered in a car at a checkpoint outside a county Kilkenny village last night. Gardai had set up a Covid-19 checkpoint at the Grannagh Junction Roundabout at the entrance to the M9 motorway. Shortly after 11.30pm a vehicle was stopped and gardai became suspicious of the […]

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Conmen pretending to be from Red Cross preying on Kilkenny elderly in fake coronavirus test scam

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2020 0

Some scurrilous people have been praying on South Kilkenny and Waterford’s elderly pretending to be the local Red Cross, in an effort to relieve them of their money. Late last night it came to the attention of the Waterford Branch of the Red Cross that con-artist were going door-to-door impersonating Red Cross members, asking for […]

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Chaos as four gardai hospitalised after attempting to arrest man

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FOUR gardai were hospitalised after they were attacked by a man they were attempting to arrest. The incident occurred just off Rice Bridge in Waterford city in the early hours of this morning. The gardai, who were on duty at the time, were called to a public order disturbance on Bridge Street […]

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Garda divisions: Minister claims changes are ‘win-win’ for Kilkenny, but fears grow over rural crime

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE announcement that Kilkenny will be the headquarters of the newly formed Eastern Garda region has been described as a ‘win-win’ by a local Minister, despite the county losing the divisional headquarters to Waterford. Another Kilkenny TD has called the loss of the divisional HQ “disappointing” but will accept the decision if […]

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Crime gang terrorise vulnerable pensioners, four homes in Kilkenny ranscaked

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY gardai are hunting a gang who subjected vulnerable pensioners to terrifying ordeals during a spate of violent break-ins over the past 24 hours. Gardai are investigating the possibility the same gang is behind four separate robberies in South Kilkenny and three robberies in neighbouring county Waterford yesterday. Four homes were broken […]

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Two organised crime gang suspects arrested in dramatic Garda raids

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI have arrested two men following raids targeting organised crime gangs in the region. A number of vehicles, along with mobile phones and other forms of technology, were seized during the raids which took place yesterday morning. The gardai targeted two locations in the South East, a lock-up premises and a recycling […]