Suzanne Pender

11 jobs go as Thermo Air closes

by 21/04/21 6:00pm

By Suzanne Pender ONE of Carlow’s last surviving foreign direct investments (FDIs) from the 1980s has closed with the loss of 11 jobs. Thermo Air Ireland, Strawhall, Carlow has closed after more than 40 years in the town – a...

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Dolmen closed to the public for the first time in 4,000 years!

by 21/04/21 5:00pm

  By Suzanne Pender FOR the first time in 4,000 years, the Browneshill Dolmen is closed to the public. The decision by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to halt work on the historic site was described as “an unacceptable...

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Laois outdoes Carlow in providing houses in Graigue

    By Suzanne Pender THE Laois section of a housing development planned for Graiguecullen is almost ready for allocation,...

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Man was struck with golf club and spent six days in hospital

  By Suzanne Pender A RESIDENT in a Bagenalstown housing estate was viciously assaulted with a golf club and ended...

Tuesday, 20/04/21 - 6:00pm Read More

Artistic kids pick up prizes for their posters

Elliott McCarthy from Ballyconnell NS By Suzanne Pender CREATIVE flair was certainly in full flow among local primary school children...

Tuesday, 20/04/21 - 5:00pm Read More

Prolific Borris author has written five books in just two years

By Suzanne Pender PROLIFIC is certainly the word to describe a Borris writer who in just two years has managed...

Tuesday, 20/04/21 - 3:00pm Read More

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Castledermot raised over €2,000 during Daffodil Day fundraiser

Monday, 19/04/21 - 6:00pm

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Missed opportunities for slice of €2.4m ‘active travel’ grant prompts grumblings

Monday, 19/04/21 - 5:30pm

Carlow dairy farmers received €33m from Glanbia in 2020

Monday, 19/04/21 - 4:50pm

Funding for local domestic and sexual abuse services

Sunday, 18/04/21 - 5:00pm

Retired garda detective Jim Ryan was a noted hurler who loved foreign travel

Sunday, 18/04/21 - 4:00pm

Borris viaduct is the perfect backdrop

Sunday, 18/04/21 - 3:00pm

Updates requested on Carlow tech facility

Sunday, 18/04/21 - 1:25pm

Vaccination roll-out will lead to happier times

Sunday, 18/04/21 - 11:00am

John was a coal miner and water diviner who played the accordion and mouth organ

Saturday, 17/04/21 - 6:00pm

Calls for urgent amendment of outdoor drinking by-laws

Saturday, 17/04/21 - 5:00pm

Delightful residence at Hanover, Carlow

Saturday, 17/04/21 - 4:00pm

Lily McGettrick: ‘a teacher to the core’

Saturday, 17/04/21 - 3:00pm

Traffic lights on the way for Crettyard

Saturday, 17/04/21 - 12:00pm

Motorcycle riders asked to slow down and ‘ease off the throttle’

Saturday, 17/04/21 - 11:00am