ONCE upon a time, there was a saying that a yard of counter was worth its weight in gold. If I ever needed convincing that was a load of rubbish, I got it in spades one day last week when I walked down Tullow Street.

CAN anyone please tell me why there is a sudden fascination with widening footpaths all over the country? And despite objections from businesses and residents – no matter where the work is taking place – the authorities are intent on pursuing ...

THERE is no doubt about it – money follows money. While the rest of us were wondering about how we might balance the family budget, there were at least three Irishmen who didn’t have a care in the world regarding that last week.

THERE was uproar recently when it was announced that the government planned to do away with the €1,000 support it had provided to help students and their parents or guardians towards the €3,000 contribution fee, commonly referred to as the ...

I HAD to laugh to myself last week when I read that the notion of a tourism tax for people visiting the capital had not been put to bed.

I DON’T drive an EV – electric vehicle – I’m too impatient to do so. I like to be able to pull up at a filling station, get a top-up of diesel and be on my way. Not very environmentally friendly, but that’s me.

PERSPECTIVE is a great thing. Two people can look at something and come up with a completely different views. Take the latest JNLR survey, for instance.

I GOT A CALL last week from a reader of this column (yes, believe it or not, some people do correspond with me to either complain or agree with my views on certain topics) to talk about the road works at St Mary’s Cemetery.

I AM ALL FOR anything that will improve the overall appearance of Carlow.

SOMETIMES we are so intent on criticising all the wrongs that we see, the wastefulness in the public service, the lack of accountability, the continuous failure of systems to deliver a good service, that we completely miss a lot of the good we see ...

To this day I can remember seeing one fellow student get the living daylights bet out of him – and it wasn’t by a member of the clergy

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