A MAN in his 30s has been arrested for five thefts from motor vehicles. The thefts occurred on 29 March in the centre of Carlow town, specifically on Tullow Street, Brown Street, Sleaty Road, Castle Street and John Street.

A WOMAN was arrested at 12.30am on 27 March in Bagenalstown on suspicion of drink-driving.The woman was pulled over at a checkpoint in Tullow at 9.50pm on 26 March driving a car that had no insurance. The vehicle was seized.

TWO men were arrested in Carlow town at midnight on 26 March for possession of drugs after they had been reported acting suspiciously in the area. Both men are in their early 20s. They were driving in Carlow town when a car was pulled over by gardaí.

A GRANDMOTHER who was clocked at more than three times the speed limit on a country road was jailed for five months on 10 March.

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses after a house in Myshall was broken into on 24 March.The break-in occurred between 7.30-8pm and the assailants gained access by forcing a back door. Nothing was stolen from the property.

A MAN in his late 30s was arrested on 24 March for six thefts from motor vehicles in the centre of Tullow. The thefts had occurred the day before on 23 March.

A GRAIGUECULLEN woman was convicted and fined €300 at Carlow District Court for driving while on her phone and was accused by the garda who pulled her over of threatening to place a ‘traveller’s curse’ on him. The court heard how on 7 July 2025 at 4.

THERE have been four refusals to date on the eight new social housing properties on Barrack Street, according to Carlow Co Council’s assistant executive officer for housing, Tadhg Madden.

Purple roses are available in Dunnes Stores 

EXPRESSWAY will withdraw its Dublin Airport to Waterford Bus Service, Route 4 from 24 May, it announced on Friday 27 March.

BERNADETTE Reddy (née Fleming), aged 92, of Green Road, Carlow, formerly of Bilboa, Co Carlow and Clara, Co Offaly, passed away at Hillview Nursing Home on 12 February. She is survived by her daughters Barbara, Edel, Áine, Maura and Carmel.

THE 5km fun run ‘Run for Roxanne’ that passed through Carlow town on Sunday 15 March raised €3,000 towards Roxanne Kelly’s scoliosis surgery this summer.

A FORMER betting assistant at Alphabet Betting in Borris was awarded compensation after the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled that her employers had breached several of her employment rights.

CARLOW town is busy putting up bunting and decorating for the Pan Celtic International Festival 2026. “It’s an exciting time,” said organiser Bríde de Róiste. “It’s a festival for everybody; it's a festival for the whole town.

A MAN pleaded guilty to speaking inappropriately to a 14-year-old girl in the foyer of Carlow Garda Station in the early hours of the morning in a case heard in camera before Carlow District Court.

A WOMAN was convicted of speeding at Carlow District Court after a judge ruled that she had failed in her legal obligation to nominate an alternative driver within the prescribed time period, despite her mother taking to the witness stand to insist ...

Lemongrass restaurant too announced that it will reopen under new ownership shortly.

A wonderful day was had by all! 

WHAT could have been a choir of pinstriped, bowler-hatted golfers has blossomed into an ABBA and craic-loving group of singers over 20 years of musical direction from opera singer Gina Hanley.

A LEADING UK insurance company has announced Carlow as the destination of its EU base, with over 22 jobs being created at South East Technological University’s new corporate services building.