POPE Leo’s first 100 days in the Petrine Office recently took place. His ministry is fuelled with deep discernment and prayer. Two qualities stand out: calmness and confidence.

I LOVE eating out. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, just good food where everything on the plate has its own distinct flavour.

TED Carthy passed away peacefully on 9 August at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny, surrounded by his loving family and partner Mary. Teddy was predeceased by his loving wife Margaret and brother Laurence.

WHEN Barry Keatley survived a horrific car accident in 2000, doctors feared they would have to amputate his leg. He spent a year in Tallaght Hospital, months in a wheelchair and years rebuilding his life.

Presentation De La Salle, Bagenalstown is proud to congratulate all of their junior cycle students on their outstanding results this year.

THE CEO of the Good Shepherd Centre Kilkenny is spending 24 hours sleeping rough on the streets of Carlow to mark World Homeless Day and draw attention to Ireland’s escalating homelessness crisis.

A LOCAL man was summoned to Carlow District Court last week in relation to the theft of three pairs of shoes.

CARLOW welcomed young draughts players from Aosta, Italy recently as part of a friendly international exchange with the Bennekerry/Tinryland Draughts Club.

A QUICK stop for some late night food in Portlaoise became very expensive, when gardaí served up a whopper of a fine. The chips were down at the Supermac’s drive thru, when a confused visitor drove in via an exit instead of an entrance.

A DEFENDANT who admitted to having €3,200 worth of cannabis for sale in the carpark of a well-known shop in Carlow town was last week handed a prison sentence when he appeared before the local district court.

A NEAR fatal accident in which a driver sustained serious head injuries last week prompted Judge Geraldine Carthy to appeal to Wicklow County Council to improve a junction on a road between Rathvilly and Baltinglass.

MARGARET O’Rourke, formerly of Sycamore Road, Rathnapish, Carlow, who celebrated her 90th birthday last Saturday, 4 October, in St Fiacc’s House, Graiguecullen, was a trailblazer in Irish provincial journalism.

A PARED-BACK performance telling the story of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton found a deeply personal home in St Mary’s Church last month, in the very place where his parents were married.

CARLOW town lost one of its legendary personalities with the death last Wednesday, 1 October, of Dan Carbery, ‘Glencarrig’, Green Road. Dan passed away peacefully at the age of 86 at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, following an illness.

CCTV cameras are being installed at St Mary’s Cemetery starting this week as part of Carlow County Council’s efforts to combat illegal dumping and littering, but bereaved families say the surveillance system won’t address their main concern – damage ...

A TEENAGER last week pleaded guilty in Carlow District Court to having a quantity of cannabis when he was aged 16, while he also admitted to stealing a bottle of aftershave worth €185 from a local department store.

A MAN who shares the same name as a famous fictional spy received a custodial sentence last week when he appeared before Carlow District Court on driving-related charges.

MENTAL health will be at the front of people’s minds in Co Carlow this week as Carlow Mental Health Association hosts a series of events in its Mensana Festival.

THE haunting tale of Ireland’s last wild wolf, shot on the slopes of Mount Leinster in 1786, has been brought to life in a beautifully illustrated new book that gives voice to the vanished predator.

A PROPOSAL to develop an industrial biomethane plant in County Kildare has been refused planning permission by Kildare County Council.