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At the age of 25 Mary Harney became the youngest senator in the Seanad at the invitation of the then taoiseach Jack Lynch.

Despite the bone chilling temperature, hundreds turned out on Saturday afternoon to see Santa with the help of Carlow Special Olympics athlete Kate Jordan light up Carlow for the festival season.

This league quarter final was played at the splendid Éire Óg complex and, despite an excellent start from the locals, the Dublin based RCSI team proved more efficient over the hour.

The U16 girl’s basketball team from the Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach suffered a heartbreaking five-point defeat in the dying moments of their semi-final against the Midlands Schools Basketball League in a thrilling match at the weekend.

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Hibernian’s Carlow and Kilkenny branches are going green, following a decision by Hibernian Group, Ireland’s leading multi-line insurance company, to award a two-year green energy supply contract to competitive electricity provider Energia.

If you’re in need of some festive cheer after the Christmas dinner and want to rock and roll for the night, then pay a visit to The Steeple, Kennedy Avenue on December 28.

Carlow County Council is not holding its breath for funding from the NRA for repair work on Green Lane in the centre of Carlow town.

It’s been a bad week for pigs... and for anyone associated with the pig sector in this country.

The school bus that recently boycotted a local route is back on the road but the condition of Carlow’s rural roads remains a major concern for a cash-strapped council.