Search

08 Dec 2025

Gardaí investigate second arson attack in Ballyragget

Tractor set on fire in middle of town

Gardaí are investigating a second arson attack in the North Kilkenny town.

A tractor was set on fire between 7.30pm and 8pm at The Square on Friday evening.

A technical examination of the scene has taken place.

Gardaí are investigating whether the incident is connected to another suspected arson attack which took place on February 28.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Kilkenny gardaí on (056) 7775000.

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.