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06 Sept 2025

Do you remember this infamous Kilkenny robbery?

Kilkenny Live takes you back in time to one of the county's biggest stories

Do you remember this infamous Kilkenny robbery?

Kilkenny Memories - A train robbery took place at Kilkenny Train Station on April 27, 1990. 

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In an RTE News broadcast from the time, Michael Ryan explains how raiders took over the station for several hours, holding staff at gunpoint.

A forklift was also used to remove load of cigarettes from container. - WATCH the RTE News Report Here

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