Search

06 Dec 2025

Night porter rushed to hospital following headbutt at Kilkenny hotel

Night porter rushed to hospital following headbutt at Kilkenny hotel

A night porter sustained facial injuries after he was headbutted in an unprovoked assault at a Kilkenny City hotel in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The incident happened at approximately 5am on March 1. Gardaí are also investigating an attempted burglary at the premises and both incidents are believed to be connected.

A suspect has been arrested and is due to appear in court in connection with the incident over the coming weeks.

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.