{"id":673052,"date":"2026-11-02T21:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673052\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:52:13","slug":"caoimhe-kenny-shocked-by-senseless-car-theft-and-torching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673052\/","title":{"rendered":"Caoimhe Kenny shocked by &#8216;senseless&#8217; car theft and torching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Ireland Caoimhe Kenny has revealed her shock after her car was stolen and burned out on Halloween night.<\/p>\n<p>Caoimhe, who grew up in Fahan, said she was woken on Sunday morning by a call from garda\u00ed informing her that her car had been broken into, robbed and then set on fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had a pretty eventful 24 hours,\u201d she told followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My car is completely burnt out. It is no more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caoimhe said garda\u00ed later collected the vehicle as part of an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted she had not fully processed what had happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, it\u2019s really disappointing,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will miss my car. It was my first car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/swap-the-christmas-party-for-a-private-spa-night-in-killybegs-656300\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Swap the Christmas party for a private spa night in Killybegs!\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/swap-the-christmas-party-for-a-private-spa-night-in-killybegs.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Swap the Christmas party for a private spa night in Killybegs!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lead-stories\/gardai-confirm-probe-into-pins-found-in-twin-towns-trick-or-treat-sweets-656448\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Gardai confirm probe into pins found in Twin Towns trick-or-treat sweets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gardai-confirm-probe-into-pins-found-in-twin-towns-trick-or-treat-sweets.png\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Gardai confirm probe into pins found in Twin Towns trick-or-treat sweets\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also revealed that personal belongings had either been stolen or destroyed in the blaze, including a favourite pair of designer loafers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just crazy. Just such a senseless act of vandalism,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-656354 in-content-img not-prose w-full\" height=\"1024\" width=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/caoimhe-kenny-shocked-by-039-senseless-039-car-theft-and-torching.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-serif font-normal text-base leading-6 text-tertiary not-prose\"> The burned-out remains of Caoimhe Kenny\u2019s first car after it was stolen and set alight. Photo: @caoimhekenny1<\/p>\n<p>Despite the shock, Caoimhe stressed that nobody had been hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, it is only a car. It can be replaced. Obviously, nobody was hurt or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut yeah, it\u2019s not a great start to the month, but it can only go up from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another twist to an already eventful Sunday, Caoimhe also revealed on her socials that her replacement car was clamped.<\/p>\n<p>Caoimhe, who works as a buying assistant for Brown Thomas and Arnotts, was crowned Miss Ireland 2025 and went on to represent Ireland at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/caoimhe-kenny-does-ireland-proud-on-miss-world-stage-648419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Miss World final in Vietnam in September.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She has strong Donegal links, having grown up in Inishowen from the age of four to 16 and attended St Mura\u2019s National School and Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana before moving to County Louth with her family as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Caoimhe is the daughter of Stephen and Siobh\u00e1n Kenny. Her father, the former Republic of Ireland soccer manager and current St Patrick\u2019s Athletic boss, previously managed Derry City, with the family living in Fahan during that period.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Caoimhe returned to St Mura\u2019s for a surprise visit, bringing her Miss Ireland crown back to the school she once attended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miss Ireland Caoimhe Kenny has revealed her shock after her car was stolen and burned out on Halloween&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-673052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}