HOLLYWOOD actor Patrick Bergin brought a touch of real-life drama to proceedings when he was guest of honour at the launch of a book celebrating Carlow Little Theatre Society.

Industrial action threatened over festive period called off as all out-of-hours GP centres reopen

ROTARY Carlow launched its 15th annual Remembrance Tree campaign on Friday 12 December with a ‘fantastic’ turnout.

Talbot Hotel Carlow is celebrating a major milestone this year as it marks 20 years in business, two decades after first opening its doors in 2005.

STAFF at Caredoc in the southeast completed a 24-hour work stoppage this morning over an unpaid pay increase, with unions maintaining the dispute remains unresolved despite government claims to the contrary.

A DEFENDANT who stole a defibrillator when he was drunk and who woke up in bed beside it appeared before Carlow District Court last week on a theft charge.

PATRICK Bergin, a film star whose family hail from Carlow, was guest of honour when Carlow County Council launched its Age Friendly Strategic Plan recently in Visual.

Met Éireann has said temperatures will plummet approaching Christmas while some weather experts have predicted snow. Temperatures plummeted to -2C overnight, and this is set to continue with Met Éireann forecasting "mixed" weather.

One of mother nature’s most beautiful creatures came to an untimely end on Tuesday afternoon, washed up on the banks of the River Barrow.

“MISGUIDED loyalty to friends” led to a man storing €1,400 worth of cocaine in his home, which was subsequently discovered by the gardaí, Carlow District Court heard last week.

Out-of-hours GP services in Carlow and across the southeast face significant disruption this week after negotiations between the HSE and Caredoc broke down ahead of planned industrial action.

A 20-YEAR-OLD man was fined €400 at Carlow District Court after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after gardaí found it in the boot of his car.

THE funeral of well-known artist Philippa Bayliss heard on Monday how painting was “in her soul” and that her deep love of art was how she connected with the world around her.

“The world went through a fairly seismic change in the past few years"

As well-known Carlow business man was laid to rest yesterday after his sudden death, a family member spoke to The Nationalist

A CASE involving a car detected travelling at what is believed to be the highest speed ever recorded on a public road in Ireland was heard at Portlaoise District Court last week.

A DRIVER was detected travelling at almost twice the speed limit on the R430 in Crettyyard, Laois during the second week of An Garda Síochána’s Christmas road safety campaign.

A DEFENDANT who punched a teenager repeatedly in the face was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment when he appeared before Carlow District Court last week.

Five people lost their lives in two separate car crashes that occurred at the spot near Rathoe exactly a year apart from each other on 31 January 2024 and 2025.

TWENTY-THREE people appeared before Carlow District Court on drug-driving charges in the first 10 months of this year, representing a 5% increase on the 22 cases heard during the full year of 2024.