Search

05 Nov 2025

Criminal damage by fire incident in Kildare prompts garda probe

The incident occurred during daylight hours

Criminal damage by fire incident in Kildare prompts garda probe

Criminal damage by fire incident in Kildare prompts garda probe. FILE PHOTOGRAPH / PIXABAY

An Garda Síochána (AGS) is investigating a criminal damage by fire incident which took place in County Kildare on Halloween.

When asked by the Leinster Leader about this crime, a spokesperson for AGS responded: "Gardaí responded to an incident of criminal damage by fire that occurred at approximately 1.20pm on Friday, October 31 last in the Townpark area of Athy, County Kildare."

The spokesperson added: "Investigations are ongoing at this time."

Anyone with information relating to this incident is asked to contact Athy Garda Station on 059 863 4210.

READ NEXT: Kildare parents urged to take part in largest ever survey on primary school ethos

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.