Carlow County Council

Carlow County Council: Muinebheag, Tullow and Carlow local electoral areas LEAs

Local Elections: Carlow County Council results

Sinn Féin gains second seat on local authority after dramatic end to count in Tullow electoral area

Tue Jun 11 2024 - 17:23

Plan to upgrade Carlow road where three young people were killed has been in train for years

Local county councillor described safety deficits on the N80 as ‘more or less an emergency’ just two weeks ago

Fri Feb 02 2024 - 06:00

Bord Pleanála refuses Coillte planning permission for wind farm in Carlow

Appeals board says project contravenes county plan

Thu Mar 16 2023 - 18:33

Eir begins roll-out of electric chargers with EasyGo

Joint project plans to swap unused phone booths for fast chargers

Fri May 06 2022 - 18:15

Irishwoman elected mayor of German town praises European integration push

Deirdre Heckler from Carlow went to Germany in 1990 on a summer factory job

Tue Jan 11 2022 - 01:00

I was at a brilliant gig last night. The band arrived by barge

Folk duo Ye Vagabonds are on a tour of Ireland’s inland waterways, playing free outdoor gigs

Thu Aug 26 2021 - 11:30

Rural broadband: Full list of high-speed internet hubs

Breakdown by county of all locations set for high-speed links in first year of broadband plan

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 17:08

Vandals inflict ‘major damage’ on new social houses in Co Carlow

Houses targeted were due to be handed over to council in two weeks’ time

Wed Aug 21 2019 - 13:37

More than 80% of private rental accommodation fail tests

Limerick City and County Council highest fail rate – all inspections short of compliance

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 01:30

River Barrow: ‘Visitors are just flabbergasted at how gorgeous it is’

‘Barrow Blueway’ towpath plan divided many river lovers. Pleanála has rejected it

Fri Apr 26 2019 - 01:09

Man loses appeal against sentence for ‘shocking’ animal cruelty

James Kavanagh from Co Carlow jailed for three years for 30 counts of cruelty

Wed Apr 10 2019 - 13:59

Drug giant MSD seeks permission for major expansion of Carlow plant

Company expects to add 170 jobs to 400-plus already working at manufacturing plant

Fri Feb 15 2019 - 05:30

Presidential election: possibles and probables for the Áras race

Candidates need backing of four councils or 20 TDs or Senators

Tue Aug 28 2018 - 17:52

Trump fans, artists and farmers: The people who would be Ireland’s president

The election race starts in earnest next week. A hard road lies ahead for the hopefuls

Sat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00

FF calls for Office of President to be subject to FOI

Fianna Fáil says it will consider legislation in September

Wed Aug 15 2018 - 21:32

Ó Cuív wants FF to reopen decision not to contest presidential election

TDs back call for issue to be addressed at pre-Dáil think in due in September

Tue Aug 14 2018 - 01:00

Full list of local property tax rate increases and decreases for 2018

The tax automatically returns to the base rate each year of 0.18% of the house price

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 14:47

Woman has ‘no idea’ where she and son will sleep after ruling

Karen Middleton wanted Carlow County Council to provide emergency accommodation

Mon Aug 14 2017 - 16:55

Monty Don the sell-out star of Carlow Garden Festival

BBC ‘Gardener’s World’ presenter heads a long list of experts at popular nine-day event

Sat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00

Woman with cerebral palsy pleads with council to find her a home

Carlow woman waiting for wheelchair-accessible accommodation to become available

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 21:36

Homeless mother stays in tent outside Carlow council offices

Karen Middleton (26) and her son (6) had emergency support withdrawn on Monday

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 19:56

Demolition on one of Carlow's oldest streets 'needed permission'

Court told Dublin Street building knocked down last October as owners claimed it was unsafe

Mon May 15 2017 - 20:12

Mount Wolseley resort in Co Carlow for sale at €12.5m

Hotel, spa and golf course on the market with another €1.75m sought for 16 four-bed lodges

Fri Mar 17 2017 - 13:15

Councils’ travel bills to New York exceed €100,000

More than 50 representatives from 22 councils are travelling for St Patrick’s Day

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 09:20

Historians said no to politics in 1916 commemorations

Advisers refused request to reference North’s peace process, Maurice Manning tells forum

Thu Aug 11 2016 - 01:00

Sinn Féin accused of having ‘little impact’ on Rising centenary

Alex White says the public was not interested in the republican party’s take on 1916

Wed Aug 10 2016 - 18:08

Owners of vacant homes to be targeted in housing plan

Property owners may be given money to makes homes available for social housing

Mon Jul 18 2016 - 01:00

Lack of transparency in planning process at six local authorities

Internal review commissioned in 2010 to investigate complaints made by An Taisce

Tue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00

Three arrested after Carlow puppy farm raid

Nine-day rescue involved removal 351 dogs and 11 horses from Myshall farm

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 14:20

An Irishwoman’s Diary on the watch my father wore

No time like the present

Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00

Carlow county results: historic third seat for Sinn Féin

Jim Deane joins party colleagues John Cassin and Andy Gladney

Sat May 24 2014 - 15:42

Carlow profile: Water charges and pylons among issues facing candidates

Revised boundaries and fewer seats mean council hopefuls taking nothing for granted

Fri May 16 2014 - 10:00