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PICTURES: Popular Kilkenny sergeant retires from the Force

After 40 years of dedicated service, Sergeant Ted Hughes, who was stationed at Thomastown Garda Station has retired.

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Superintendent Anthony Farrell congratulated his colleague on an impressive career and wished him the best in his future.

"Ted had a tremendous ability to connect with people, especially the vulnerable in our community. Because he genuinely cared, he had an ability to listen to people and to understand a situation. He really was the epitome of a community policeman putting organisational needs of keeping our own communities safe, sometimes above his own."

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