One person arrested in Kilkenny over the weekend for providing a false name at a checkpoint

At a Kilkenny checkpoint over the weekend a motorist was arrested after providing a false name while the vehicle was seized as the driver was on a UK learner permit.

Before pulling up gardai noted that the driver and passenger had swapped seats while registration plates of a similar car were later found in the boot.

It transpired that the occupants were just off the ferry and aiming to visit family in Kilkenny before heading to Waterford.