CODD Family Mushrooms enjoyed a successful few weeks on the award circuit, with the Tullow-based producer most recently picking up second place in the Agri-Family Business of the Year category at the national Family Business Awards.

MEMBERS of the Ballyloughan guild of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) have raised important funds for Bethany House Day Care Centre in Carlow, which provides specific care and support for those living with dementia.

The Church Lane Christmas Market in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, will take place on 22 November from 4pm to 8pm in the grounds of Stratford Lodge school.

BARROW Valley Art Group held its annual exhibition of paintings in Cobden Hall at Carlow College recently, in association with Co Carlow Hospice.

DOGS Trust Ireland has expressed serious concern following the release of figures showing a 10% increase in dogs being put to sleep in Irish Local Authority Dog Pounds, even as fewer animals entered the system.

Traffic restrictions are due to continue in the coming week around Shamrock Plaza in Carlow town as Carlow County Council arranges to demolish two buildings at risk of “imminent collapse.”

TRAFFIC lights at the busy Castledermot roundabout on the M9 are expected to be back in operation in the coming weeks, following months of disruption since they were damaged in August.

A CARLOW woman who stole cleaning products from a local shop has been ordered to carry out community service. Kathleen Breslin entered a guilty plea to theft at Carlow District Court.

THE Tooth Fairy and the youngest brother of the Three Little Pigs will be brought to life in Vonnie Bolton’s new children’s bookWinter in Fairyland.

AN ORGANIC pig farmer who pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property told gardaí he had purchased a quad buggy from an unknown seller before later admitting he knew the man, Carlow District Court has heard.

THE disposal of a council staff office was approved at a recent meeting of Carlow Municipal District.

A YOUNG man who led gardaí on a dangerous high-speed pursuit through multiple Co Carlow towns and into Co Kilkenny, requiring the deployment of a helicopter and traffic support unit, has been warned that he faces a custodial sentence.

Severe traffic restrictions have been put in place in the centre of Carlow town this evening around the derelict buildings at the top of Barrack Street, opposite Shamrock Plaza and Carpenter’s Funeral Home.

SEEING how long his father had spent assessing a derelict site inspired a Carlow student to develop a system aiming to help local authorities speed up the process of identifying vacant properties for refurbishment as part of his final-year college ...

POET Charlene Egan is about to launch a book of freshly-penned poems and musings called Plucking Petals and will donate all the profits from its sale to a great cause.

xxxx{element} SISTER Goretti Ward, who died peacefully in Catherine McAuley House, Beaumont, Dublin on 31 October, will be remembered with great affection in the Carlow area as a nursing sister with a great love for the sick and vulnerable.

Company, CycleØ, has submitted an appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála after Kildare County Council's decision to refuse planning for the development

THE man whose turkey farm in County Carlow was struck by bird flu last week has described the forced destruction of 5,000 turkeys as “heartbreaking”.

MOVE over potholes and enterprise grants, this winter Carlow County Council is organising a month of festive fun for the county.

A MAN found in possession of cannabis and a knuckleduster in Carlow town has been given the benefit of a probation report.