A 47-YEAR-OLD man was fined €300 at Carlow District Court for being intoxicated to the extent he was unable to speak or stand unassisted at a bus station in the town.

THREE Carlow businesses were rightly victorious at the annual Good Food Ireland Awards ceremony at the K Club, Straffan, County Kildare.

CARLOW Youth Training celebrated its 40th birthday on 18 November with an event at their premises in Askea Business Park. The service was founded by the late Harry Slattery and first opened its doors in 1985.

THE first time Andy Fox tried a sauna, he “immediately loved it”. He loved it so much that he undertook converting an old horsebox into a wood-paneled, stove heated sauna for himself and his family.

LOCAL creative businesses are feeling positive yet apprehensive about using AI in their work processes after attending a Carlow Local Enterprise Office event at Google headquarters in Dublin.

A 25-YEAR-OLD Carlow man has been ordered to engage with the Probation Services after he appeared before the local district court charged with theft and public order offences.

THE morning after The Late Late Toy Show, Ballon will come alive with festive cheer. The village will host its very first Christmas market on Friday 6 December from 9. 30am to 3. 30pm in the Ballon Community Centre.

THE acclaimed Irish musical drama Letters from the front returns to Carlow this month starring award-winning West End leading lady Rebecca Storm and featuring a cast of 35 talented performers.

A 65-YEAR-OLD man who was found dancing in front of vehicles on a Carlow road while intoxicated has been jailed for two months at Carlow District Court.

A GROUP of students from SETU Carlow hosted a Carlow’s Got Talent show this month in aid of charity.

Dr Grace Lawler of Tinryland, Carlow was awarded her PhD on 28 October at the graduation ceremony at Technological University of the Shannon in Athlone.

Despite the cold weather, kids dug into the sandpit at Hanover Park playground in Carlow town on Friday afternoon.

By Laoise Murray THE pelting rain didn’t stop Vonnie Bolton’s loyal supporters from attending the launch of her third book recently at the Killeshin Pipe Band Hall. “I’ll never forget the rain,” she said.

The owner of Shamrock Square has contacted the council and agreed to demolish the two buildings on the site before the council’s deadline of 26 November.

Ice, frost and hazardous driving conditions expected on Friday morning. 

A CARLOW father and son have been sentenced for assaulting three people while the son’s stillborn child was being waked at their home.

PUPILS from Tullow Community School, local elected representatives, and the Chief Executive of Carlow County Council, Coilín O’Reilly joined Uisce Éireann to celebrate the completion of vital water network upgrades in Tullow town centre. More than 2.

A MAN who stole a JCB from a yard in Tullow and was subsequently pursued by gardaí in a chase across counties Carlow and Kildare last week pleaded guilty to a range of offences, including endangerment and dangerous driving.

A CARLOW man was on temporary release from prison when he called to his friend’s mother’s home and threatened that he would chop her up if she didn’t pay an alleged drug debt.

FOUR secondary school students from Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach are taking part in Carlow County Council’s ‘Shop Local – Shop Carlow’ campaign.