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A woman who had been living rough in a container is now making good progress within a family resource centre, Mullingar District Court has heard.

The Kilkenny Lions Club teamed up with their neighbours from Athy Rugby Club and Athy Lions Club alongside celebrities Sharon Ní Bheolain and 2009 Rose of Tralee Charmaine Kenny to test 600 people for diabetes at last week’s National Ploughing Championships in Cardenton.

Locall farmer Padraig Claffey and his family were awarded first prize in Leinster at the recent FBD National Farmyard awards. The prestigious award ceremony took place last week at the Farmers Journal tent at the National Ploughing Championships in Athy.

A Mullingar man who told gardaí he would refuse point blank to take an alcohol test has lost his licence for six years.

Kilkenny progressed to the second round of the Provincial Towns Cup with this win over Athy away last Sunday. The game was played on a heavy and greasy surface with the result in doubt right to the final whistle.

Carlow town was shocked and saddened to hear of the death of popular insurance salesman John Fingleton last weekend.

Two men who took a mad notion to travel around Carlow in a stolen car while drunk, found themselves before Judge William Harnett at Carlow District Court this week. Athy man Jamie Devereux (21) and Castledermot man Ger Perse (20) were before the court on charges relating to an incident on the Athy Road on July 21, 2008.

Stealing six bottles of Cognac landed a mother of two in Carlow District court this week.

A man who filled a plastic bag with flammable liquid, set it alight, and then threw it at the gate of the hostel after he had been refused entry was sentenced to three months in jail when he appeared at Galway District Court last Monday.

A Kildare man facing charges of dangerous driving has been ordered to stay out of Westmeath.