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‘On a spin to clear my head’ – Kilkenny motorist stopped 90kms from home tells gardai at Covid-19 checkpoint in Wicklow Mountains

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2020 0

A Kilkenny motorist was given short shrift after he was stopped at a Covid-19 Garda checkpoint – almost 90 kilometres from home in the Wicklow Mountains. The Castlecomer native was caught at the junction of the scenic Military Road (pictured below) at Glencree, county Wicklow, over the weekend. When quizzed by gardai, the motorist explained […]

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Accused claimed Patricia O’Connor wanted everyone dead, Garda tells murder trial

By Kilkenny Now 22nd January 2020 0

The man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor told Gardai he “let her die because my kids would be safe”, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard. Kieran Greene also told Gardai that Ms O’Connor was not moving after he hit her on the head with a hurley. He further described that living with […]

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‘I threw the pieces all over the place’ – Garda claims man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor said he cut her up

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2020 0

The man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor said he had cut her up and threw the pieces “all over the place up there” in the Wicklow Mountains, a Garda has told the Central Criminal Court. The jury also heard that Kieran Greene (34), who denies murdering Patricia O’Connor on May 29 2017,  said to […]

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Man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman ‘couldn’t live’ with the crime, court hears

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2020 Post a comment

A man charged with the murder of a Kilkenny women whose remains were found in the Wicklow Mountains handed himself into gardai as he “couldn’t live with” what he had done, a court heard today. Kieran Greene (34) of Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham, South Dublin denies murdering 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor (nee Cooke), who was originally from […]

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Accused denies cutting up 61-year-old grandmother and scattering remains in mountains

By Kilkenny Now 14th January 2020 0

A 34-year-old man has denied murdering and cutting up the remains  of a grandmother before scattering her body throughout the Wicklow Mountains. Kieran Greene (34) of Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 denies killing Patricia O’Connor at the same address on May 29, 2017. The dead woman’s granddaughter also denied  dressing up as her grandmother after […]