The training centre recorded its busiest year on record, with over 1,200 firefighters completing training courses over 346 days in 2025.

It enables students from DEIS schools to receive a university qualification.

ROMANCE was alive and well in Carlow last Valentine’s day, with local men spending an average of €64. 57 on flowers for their loved one, new figures from AIB reveal.

A DEFENDANT was served with a book of evidence in connection with three counts of sexual assault when he appeared before Carlow District Court recently.

A TRIO of talented musicians from Carlow has just scooped first prize in this year’s Pan Celtic National Song Contest and will represent Ireland in the upcoming international competition in April.

The fund is managed by Carlow County Council.

PRESENTATION de la Salle College in Bagenalstown has received funding for a new school building for its 750 students, it was announced last week. “It’s fantastic, we are so excited,” said principal Micheal Hickey.

A WOMAN in her 30s was arrested following the seizure of illegal drugs with an estimated street value of more than €1. 7 million in Carlow town on Sunday.

PEOPLE in Carlow whose properties were damaged as a result of Storm Chandra and are unable to cover the losses themselves can start applying for support through the Emergency Response Payment, the Department of Social Protection has announced.

A MAN who was found walking through Tullow town in the early hours carrying a metre-long iron bar told gardaí he was carrying it “for protection” as “there are people trying to fight me”.

A COUPLE of signatures have definitively moved the Carlow Town Rail Link Project along to the next stage of realisation.

TWO young men who were driving in convoy without insurance were fined €250 each at Carlow District Court.

ALMOST €200,000 has been paid out to forest owners in Carlow who signed up to 2026 forestry premium payments. The payments, which are income tax free, are issued to landowners who have applied for the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme.

A WOMAN with a history of failing to appear in court and evading gardaí was refused bail and remanded in custody after allegedly stealing items worth €29. 80 from a Carlow shop.

EMBRACE Farm, Ireland’s only support network for farm families, encouraged people across Carlow, Kildare and Laois to embrace their inner farmer on Friday 6 February by wearing wellies and donating to Embrace Farm as part of Wear Our Wellies Day ...

A 21-YEAR-OLD Carlow man escaped a disqualification from driving but was fined €500 for driving as an unaccompanied learner and without a valid insurance policy at a sitting of Carlow District Court recently.

ROYAL Oak Distillery, Carlow’s picturesque whiskey distillery, will open its doors to the public for one day only as part of the upcoming South-East Whiskey Festival.

A MAN who tested positive for cocaine while driving his girlfriend’s uninsured car has been disqualified from driving for a total of three years and fined €700.

IRELAND’S semi-state forestry company Coillte has called on primary schools across Carlow to submit a photo of their favourite tree or nature space ahead of national tree week 2026 for a chance to win a class trip to Beyond the Trees in Avondale, ...

FIVE much-loved historic buildings in County Carlow will benefit to the tune of over €105,000 thanks to grants that have just been announced by the government.