TULLOW Livestock Sales marked 70 years of business with a special 70th anniversary celebratory sale on 20 February.

A CARLOW driver received a five month prison sentence and was put off the road for eight years after he appeared before the local district court recently for driving without insurance or a drivers' licence.

A MAN who was in Kerry on the day of his court appearance was convicted of drug-driving at Carlow District Court after blood samples taken on the night of his arrest tested positive for cannabis.

A 22-YEAR-old man pleaded guilty last week to the theft of DJ equipment and mobile phones when he was arraigned before Carlow Circuit Court.

DR Damian Bracken, a history lecturer at University College Cork, is set to give a free lecture titled St Columbanus, the Irish and Rome today (Tuesday) at 6. 30pm in Carlow College St Patrick’s.

A retired worker is pursuing his former employer for compensation in respect of 15 years’ worth of unpaid tea breaks, for which he claims he should have been remunerated.

KEITH and Lisa Brady began to suspect that something was wrong with their house near Tullow in 2021, two years after moving in. “We noticed cracking on the outside of one of the walls.

CARLOW Libraries have joined libraries across Ireland in celebrating Ireland Reads, a national reading campaign during February, culminating in Ireland Reads Day on Saturday 28 February.

SEVEN people appeared last week before Carlow Circuit Court in connection with an affray in Tullow. The charges arise from a row that occurred outside the Tara Arms, Church Street, Tullow on 20 August 2023.

Ireland’s largest private landlord has announced it has purchased 77 apartments in Naas, Co Kildare.

The search for an elderly man who entered the River Barrow in Athy has concluded after a body was recovered today. The four-day search came to an end, today, Wednesday, and it has been formally stood down.

A CARLOW man was last week found guilty of strangling his former partner on 29 January 2025 by a jury after three hours of deliberation at a sitting of Carlow Circuit Court.

A NEW Lidl on Castlecomer Road, Graiguecullen is expected to open in the summer after the resolution of a years-long planning dispute.

FOLLOWING a spate of thefts, two men arrested beside a stolen vehicle in the early hours of Wednesday morning were refused bail at Carlow District Court after a garda warned of a “high likelihood of reoffending” in both cases.

SOUTH East Technical University (SETU) will begin offering a bachelor of arts degree in home economics from September, it has announced.

CARLOW Co Council has returned the planning permission application for the Woodford Dolmen Hotel and requested the owners to redesign several elements of the proposed renovation.

A WOMAN who drove under duress while just above the drink driving limit after being assaulted by her then partner was commended for her bravery when she sought help from gardaí.

The unit was originally expected in 2025

Solicitor Chris Hogan asked Judge Fiona Brennan to grant legal aid for a second junior counsel, considering the seriousness of the matter, which she agreed to

SPORTS and community groups across Co Carlow will have the opportunity to learn more about the 2026 Community Sports Facilities Fund at an information event this Thursday.