A CARLOW solicitor has warned that the nationwide withdrawal of criminal legal aid services could drag on indefinitely as the 1 July deadline for new fee structures came and went with the flat fee of €455 (upped to €520 in the last few days) ...

Paul Ryan, originally from Crossneen, Carlow, has been elected president of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association.

TRIBUTES were paid by members of the judiciary on Friday morning at Carlow Circuit Court to Bernard Jordan, who passed away on Wednesday 27 June at the age of 83.