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Film highlights plight of carers
A NEW campaign has been launch to help highlight the plight of more than 2,000 family carers in Carlow that have been hit by cut backs.
Well done to the Colaiste
Well done to the Colaiste Eoin team who won the Mental Health Public Speaking Competition on Saturday 27th April in Trinity College, Dublin.
Exhibition to mark Mike's Rás success
As hundreds cycle in to town later this month a new exhibition will be launched in Carlow County Museum to mark the 40th anniversary of local man Mike O'Donaghue winning Ireland's great bike race the Rás Tailteann in 1973.
Film highlights plight of carers
A NEW campaign has been launch to help highlight the plight of more than 2,000 family carers in Carlow that have been hit by cut backs.
Top Oil want your snaps
Shutterbugs across Carlow are being urged to take part in the Top Oil amateur photography competition, Fueling Creativity.
School books prices slashed
A SCHOOL books company which is totally revolutionising the way children learn has slashed the price of its entire workbook series by as much a third, a welcome reprieve for hard-pressed parents across Carlow well ahead of the next school year in September.
Chef Edward launches his third cookbook
Graiguenamanagh chef, Edward Hayden will be launching his third cookbook, Food For Friends, this Friday in the Springhill Court Hotel at 8pm.
Tractor nuts come to Borris
HUNDREDS of tractor nuts from all over Ireland and abroad will descend on the quaint village of Borris in Co. Carlow on May 11 and May 12 for the 10th annual Tractor Nuts Festival.
'There is care for cancer patients'
The chairperson of the Carlow Kilkenny Home Care Team has hit out at a suggestion that there are no facilities for people with cancer in Carlow at the minute.
College in race for positive mental health
The race was on at the Institute of Technology Carlow last week as the Department of Science and Health launched the 'Race for Positive Mental Health and Suicide Awareness'.
Public are quick to catch on to joys of Slow Food
The second annual Slow Food International Grandmother's Day at Sandbrook House, celebrating food heritage and forgotten skills takes place on April 21.
Gaelscoil to hold first fashion show
Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairiscwill hold their first ever fashion show, as part of their 30th birthday celebrations, on Thursday, 18 April, at 8.30 pm in the Seven Oaks Hotel.
Six students painting their way to success
Six talented Carlow students have painted their way to success and won top prizes in this year's 59th Texaco Children's Art Competition.
Thousands of unlicenced dogs in Carlow
Local Dog Wardens and members of the group met with county councillors at their monthly meeting to update them on the work carried out at the division. The dog warden service covers both Carlow and Kilkenny with a pound located in Paulstown.
Few Places left on Askea trip to Galway
A few places are left on the May holiday to Galway with Askea Senior Citizens.
Food and heritage celebration
The second annual Slow Food International Grandmother's Day, celebrating food heritage and forgotten skills, will be held at Sandbrook House, Ballon on Sunday next 21st April.
Everybody can bake a difference!
Everyone is being asked to 'bake' a difference and help fund raise for Templestreet Hospital.
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Lads' hair today, gone tomorrow!
THINGS got hairy in Eire Og Clubhouse when members and players rallied together to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society.
Eateries clean up at awards night
LOCAL restaurants took a bite out of the awards when top notch dining in Carlow was celebrated at the Irish Restaurant awards in Dublin on Tuesday night.
Washington honour for volunteer of the year Orla
A CARLOW teenager who was named Ireland's youth volunteer of the year after raising more than €40,000 for charity was celebrated for her hard work and commitment at a special community awards ceremony in Washington at the weekend.
Man found not guilty of manslaughter
A CARLOW man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of the manslaughter of a married couple in a Kilkenny road crash.
Horror collision claims two lives
COMMUNITIES around Carlow were shocked and saddened at the weekend following a fatal road traffic collision between a car and a minivan in Bagenalstown that claimed the lives of two people and injured others.
Three is the magic number
A CARLOW couple who fought the odds is celebrating this week after bringing home the latest addition to their family, a set of triplets.
Crazy cross county chase
Carlow youths tried to evade capture by throwing copper tanks, diesel drums and tools into the path of a garda patrol car during a high-speed chase on Friday.
Mobile home fire claims life of Cecil
THE communities of Hacketstown and Knockanna were saddened at the weekend when a well known local character lost his life in a fire broke that out in his mobile home.
Spillane attends job creation talk
A public meeting to identify job creation opportunities is being held in the Institute of Technology Carlow on April 25 at 7.15pm. This is part of a nationwide series of events being organised by The Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA). The Commission was set up to provide research information to the medium term economic development of rural areas for the period 2025.
Renowned accommodation guide features three hotels
Three Carlow hotels are featured in the 2013 Be Our Guest guide.
