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Case No. 30012Burglary · Co. Kilkenny · 17 Sep 2021

Callan burglary and Kilkenny assault under investigation

A break-in at a commercial premises in Callan, Kilkenny, occurred around 2am on Friday morning, 17 September 2021, when a number of windows were broken. A man in his twenties was struck by a man described as wearing dark grey shorts and a black top on The Parade, Kilkenny, shortly after midnight on Saturday night, 18 September 2021, and was taken to St Luke's Hospital by ambulance. Gardaí in Callan and Kilkenny are investigating both incidents and have appealed to the public for information and dashcam footage.

  1. Reported20 Sep
    2 reports
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A break-in occurred at a commercial premises in Callan, Kilkenny, where a number of windows were broken.
  • A man in his twenties was struck by a man described as wearing dark grey shorts and a black top on The Parade, Kilkenny.
When
  • The break-in occurred around 2am on Friday morning, 17 September 2021.
  • The assault occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday night, 18 September 2021.
Investigation
  • Gardaí in Callan are investigating the break-in and appealing for information from the public.
  • Gardaí in Kilkenny are investigating the assault and appealing for information and dashcam footage.
Other details
The injured man was taken to St Luke's Hospital by ambulance.
11 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA male in his twenties was struck by a man (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe man was described as wearing dark grey shorts and a black top (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatA break-in occurred at a commercial premises in Callan (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatA number of windows were broken (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whereThe assault took place on The Parade, Kilkenny (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe incident occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday night (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe incident occurred around 2am on Friday morning (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationGardaí in Kilkenny are investigating the assault (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are appealing for information and dashcam footage (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationGardaí in Callan are investigating the break-in (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are appealing for information from the public (kilkennypeople.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 20 Sep2021
    Reportedkilkennypeople.ie, follow-up
    Gardaí appeal to the public for assistance on Callan break-in

    Gardaí are appealing for information about a break-in at a commercial premises in Callan where windows were broken in the early hours of Friday morning.

  2. 20 Sep2021
    Reportedkilkennypeople.ie, first report
    Man hospitalised following violent attack in Kilkenny City centre

    Initial report of the assault with Gardaí appeal for information and dashcam footage.

    victim, twenties, malesuspect, male