'He'd want to be locked up' - Disqualified driver in Kilkenny caught by gardaí

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Driver with ‘outstanding warrants for their arrest’ crashed into the gates of a local school in Kilkenny

An Garda Síochana in Kilkenny have reported a shocking incident where a disqualified driver was apprehended on the grounds of a local school recently.

Kilkenny RPU detected the car in Kilkenny and arrested the driver.

Gardai confirmed the driver was not a student, teacher, employee or parent of the school.

The suspect had been disqualified previously and recently completed a period in custody for road traffic offences, gardaí reported.

“With outstanding warrants for their arrest, the individual is expected to be before the courts shortly,” said gardai in Kilkenny.

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Gardaí shared the incident to their social media page and it has received a lot of attention from angry people in the local community in Kilkenny.

One person said: “He'd want to be locked up for attention to harm cos that's what he's at going to kill someone. Fair play to the Garda for getting him”.

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