TULLOW Kayak Club invites adults to a free open day on 16 May to officially launch its new EZ Dock Launch System, which aims to make kayaking more accessible to people in the community.

TULLOW resident and wellbeing and performance coach Michael Demetriou will take on a mammoth task in the Moroccan Sahara when he competes in a 250km ultra-marathon across the desert in April.

“THIS is a dream coming true. When I was walking through town yesterday, I was going to Lidl to get some food and I was just thinking, ‘I’m here. I’m actually living here.

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.

PIANIST Clare Healy (18), a sixth-year student from Rathmore, Tullow, was a finalist at Ireland’s largest classical music competition for secondary school students.

TULLOW’S hopes for a new children’s playground have been dealt a blow after municipal district councillors voted against proceeding with planning permission for a proposed facility at the 1798 Park.

TWO young actors from Tullow are set to share the silver screen with Hollywood stars after landing significant roles in the highly anticipated James Stewart biopic Jimmy, currently filming in Cork.

Leinster League Division 1A Tullow 21 Seapoint 21 Tullow will be left scratching their heads as to how they left the Black Gates on Saturday afternoon without winning this game.

Grace Kelly has said that Tullow will be looking to make Rathoe Road a fortress as the Carlow club prepare themselves for a second season in the Women’s All-Ireland League.

Uisce Éireann has restored the normal water supply to homes and businesses after a significant burst in a water main in Tullow Town. The areas affected by the burst included Rathglass, Ardattin and surrounding areas.

Uisce Éireann crews are currently carrying out urgent repairs following a significant burst on a water main in Tullow Town. The burst is impacting water supply to homes and businesses in Tullow Town, Rathglass, Ardattin and surrounding areas.

Katie Ryan had an unforgettable experience

The accused said he had been nearly twenty-five years operating in the haulage business

The show literally had something to suit all interests and tastes

You don't have to be a farmer to join!

GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses after three vehicles were damaged in an apparent act of vandalism at a popular Tullow car park. The incident occurred at the Link Road car park in Tullow between 9pm on Saturday 26 July and 7am on Sunday 27 July.

The tree, a native whitebeam (Sorbus aria), was planted with the kind permission and support of the Stanley family on the picturesque showgrounds

“I’ve never seen someone who knows the people quite as well … Johnny is very well regarded by people up and down the entire county.” 

“Sharon was the best wife, the best mother, she really was"

A glimpse from the 60s and 70s

ISPCA senior inspector Fiona Conlon discovered one dog dead and two others severely malnourished when she called to her house in February last year

Margaret’s great-grandnephew cllr Ben Ward and Fr Jim O’Connell, PP, Ballon had the pleasure of presenting Margaret with a letter from President Michael D Higgins

A “very sad and very serious matter”

The retailer came in for some harsh truths at a recent meeting

ARTIST Rennie Buenting has just hosted an exhibition of her work in Teach Bríd, Tullow featuring a wide range of both subjects and media. Rennie submerges herself in her subject and allows it to dictate the medium she uses.

A NEW sensory facility aimed at supporting children with autism and ADHD opened its doors in Tullow last week.

RETIRED school principal and local historian Christopher McQuinn is the guest speaker at Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society’s (CHAS) next public talk.

“How could it go from a doctor telling us that ‘he has a little bit of colitis active in the bowel and after a few days of steroids he’ll be a new boy’ to him dying that night?” asked Deirdre

Rennie Buenting will host a solo exhibition of her work called Multiplicity in Teach Bhride, Tullow

A sitting of Dublin District Coroners Court heard doctors admit they remain baffled how 14-year-old Tullow boy Cillian Gorman acquired a “vanishingly rare” blood clotting condition

The next phase on Bridge Street will be carried out at night and is expected to be completed in May

Gardaí are appealing for information after a man was stabbed on Easter Sunday in Tullow

Council criticism about their lack of progress in delivering houses in Tullow 

Jim and Bernadette Murphy from Murphy’s Craft Butchers in Tullow were part of a six-person team representing Ireland.

A great day for the town's 40th anniversary parade

THE ST PATRICK’S Day parade in Tullow will celebrate a remarkable milestone this year, marking its 40th parade with an unforgettable display of community pride, creativity and entertainment.

JIM MURPHY of Murphy’s Butchers, Tullow will lead the Irish team at the World Butchers Challenge later this month.

A man has been arrested after gardaí pursued a stolen JCB in Co Carlow

Carlow Circuit Court heard that the woman had worked in Flynn’s Garage, Dublin Road, Tullow

On a generous 0.75 acre site

Several streets in the town centre will have water pipes replaced 

86-year-old Arnold Mahon has made the  tough decision to close his shop PJ Duffy’s on Mill Street, marking the end of a Tullow institution

Work will also begin on replacing the water pipes under the streets of Tullow so road closures and traffic management systems will be in place within weeks and are expected to continue until September