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Case No. 12903Dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, no insurance · Co. Kilkenny · 17 Aug 2025

Driver charged after refusing to stop and ending up on farmland in Outrath, Kilkenny

A driver in a grey Mondeo refused to stop at a routine traffic stop on the Ring Road in Kilkenny on 17 August 2025, committed several counts of dangerous driving, and ended up on farmland in the Outrath area where a local landowner helped gardaí locate and arrest him. He was charged with five counts of dangerous driving, no driving licence (disqualified) and no insurance.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Charged18 Aug
    2 reports
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
9 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe driver was in a grey Mondeo (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe driver was followed and committed several counts of dangerous driving (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe driver failed to stop at a routine traffic stop on the Ring Road in Kilkenny. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe driver was followed for a period of time while refusing to stop and committed several counts of dangerous driving. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whereThe driver made a wrong turn and ended up on farmland in the Outrath area (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whereAfter making a wrong turn, the driver ended up on farmland in the Outrath area. (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe incident occurred on Sunday 17 August 2025 (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationThe landowner assisted gardaí from Unit D and the Detective branch in locating the suspect (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • chargeThe suspect was charged with five counts of dangerous driving, no driving licence (disqualified) and no insurance (kilkennypeople.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 19 Aug2025
    Chargedkilkennypeople.ie, first report
    ICYMI: Local landowner comes to the rescue as Kilkenny gardaí forced to chase driver

    Reports the initial incident, the chase, the landowner's assistance in locating the driver, and the resulting charges.

    suspect
  2. 18 Aug2025
    Chargedkilkennypeople.ie, follow-up
    Kilkenny gardaí hunt down 'dangerous' driver in Ring Road chase

    Provides garda spokesperson quotes confirming the chase details and the specific five charges: five counts of dangerous driving, no driving licence (disqualified) and no insurance.

    suspect, male