EXERCISE enthusiasts are in for a treat at Carlow Town Park as a nearly-opened outdoor workout area has been unveiled.

A FUNDRAISING cycle in aid of Tom Eustace, the young Castlemore man who sustained serious injuries while attending a friend’s wedding in Rome in early June, was a great success.

Esther DowlingNurney, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, passed away peacefully, on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024, in the tender care of the staff of The Sacred Heart Hospital, Co. Carlow.

MORE than 150 enthusiastic attendees gathered for a Mastering Entrepreneurship event hosted by the local authorities of Carlow and Kilkenny in the Arboretum Home and Garden Centre in Leighlinbridge earlier this month.

35 tractors and ten cars took part

400 cinema-goers had to be evacuated

Unique event took place in Club d’Art

The Outcasts came all the way from Newry

A MAN pleaded guilty in Carlow District Court last week to seven counts of criminal damage, which were all carried out on the same day at addresses in Crossneen Manor and other locations in Graiguecullen.

Joe Dooley Northampton, England and formerly of Raheendoran, Carlow, passed away peacefully on 21st July 2024 in his 91st year, after a short illness. Beloved husband of Carol and much loved brother of Tom, Rita and Nora.

365,000 passenger journeys made

A 67-YEAR-OLD man last week pleaded guilty to a sample count of harassment/stalking when he appeared before Judge Geraldine Carthy at Carlow District Court.

AN ATHLETE who had just returned home from university in America because he wants to join the Irish athletics team was caught driving back from training in his mother’s Mercedes at 179kph, Carlow District Court heard last week.

THE delay in issuing a lease for Carlow Kilkenny Football Club, CK United, is an “embarrassment”. The topic of the long-awaited lease for grounds at Castlemore was raised by cllr Will Paton at the July meeting of Tullow Municipal District.

“A VOTE for Jennifer is a vote for Carlow. ” That’s the view of the chair of Carlow Fianna Fáil, speaking at Thursday evening’s general election selection convention in the Lord Bagenal Hotel, Leighlinbridge.

Eamonn Coughlan Bawnree, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow and formerly of Cruttenclogh, Co. Kilkenny. Suddenly, but peacefully at his home on July 26th, 2024. Predeceased by his parents John and Mary, brothers Tom and John.

AN ONGOING fundraiser for a student at St Lazerian’s Special School in Carlow has raised more than €8,000.

CARLOW Municipal District is to write to the owners Greencore Ltd over what plans it has for the former sugar factory site on the Athy Road. After 80 years in production, Carlow sugar factory closed with a loss of 190 full-time jobs in 2005.

THE safety of residents at a Tullow housing estate is “at risk”. So said newly-elected councillor for the area Ben Ward at a recent meeting of the municipal district.

MORE than a decade since beginning her advocacy work with Carlow Mental Health Association (CMHA), local campaigner Jo Donohoe has become the national development manager for programmes with Mental Health Ireland (MHI).