A huge haul uncovered by gardaí

A LARGE crowd turned up at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow for a special Mass to remember all former employees of Carlow Sugar Factory as part of the wider centenary celebrations.

TWO Fine Gael councillors from Tullow Municipal District, Ben Ward and Brian O’Donoghue, have launched a new podcast that they hope will cut through the political jargon and offer a more in-depth discussion of why certain decisions are made at a ...

A CARLOW man who admitted to a string of offences, including theft, criminal damage and threatening behaviour towards members of the public, has been sentenced to nine months in prison.

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old Tommy Lee Loughnane, who is missing from Kilkenny Road, Carlow since Tuesday 23 June 2026. Tommy Lee was last seen on Parnell Street, Co. Limerick.

A YOUNG Italian chef has won a famous Italian fresh pasta competition for a dish using nettles he foraged in Carlow.

A 42-YEAR-old man accused of striking a shop supervisor, leaving him with a suspected chipped tooth, before allegedly threatening to kill him as he fled through Fairgreen Shopping Centre was refused bail at Carlow District Court.

A former student of Carlow College does not think you would get the "same sense of community in any other college in the country”.

THE world of Irish athletics is a poorer place this week following the death on Tuesday 16 June at Dublin’s Beacon Hospital of PL Curran, Clonmore, Killeshin, Carlow.

Three women and five men were arrested in an operation across the country

CARLOW athletics legend PL Curran took one last lap around his beloved St Laurence O’Toole Athletic Club on Friday, when hundreds of mourners accompanied his remains on two circuits of the Mondo track that he had spent decades fighting to bring to ...

A MAN who exposed himself in public while intoxicated has been sentenced to five months in prison after Judge Geraldine Carthy said a probation report raised concerns about his “negative interactions with women” and compulsive behaviour when ...

The court heard that the defendant has 13 previous convictions, all for road traffic offences

New casual trading rules have been approved by Carlow Co Council, bringing all those artisan chutney stalls and ice cream vans operating in a ‘grey area’ into conformity.

Three Carlow Mace stores were recognised for their excellent retail standards at recent a company event at Lawlor’s Hotel in Naas, Co Kildare.

FURTHER disruption is expected in the courts this week as solicitors in Carlow and across the country continue to withdraw services over proposed changes to the fee structure of the free legal aid system.

Five primary schools in County Carlow have been recognised for excellence in science, technology, engineering and maths education, receiving Research Ireland Curious Minds Awards for 2026.

Prices have increased by 7.5% since last year

Brigid Mary Jacob, a devoted wife, loving mother and cherished grandmother, passed away peacefully on 5 January 2026 surrounded by the love of her family. She was 82 years’ old.

Running from Saturday 25 July to Sunday 2 August, the Carlow Garden Festival is back with another star-studded line-up and plenty of activities all around the county from Borris House and Duckett's Grove to Huntington Castle, Altamont Gardens and ...