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Public rallies to voice tax anger
MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE met in the Green Drake, Borris, on Thursday last to resist the household tax.
Cashes over €16,000 from lady's chequebook
A SIX-MONTH suspended sentence has been handed down to a retired man, who befriended an elderly lady and cashed cheques from her chequebook amounting to over €16,000.
Raiders strike in Carlow
THERE has been a spate of burglaries in Carlow in the past week.
Power grid route may cross Carlow
A ROUTE through County Carlow, linking Cork and Kildare, has been identified as the optimum solution for a massive €500 million high-voltage power line linking Leinster and Munster.
Spate of connected burglaries across county
GARDAI in Carlow are investigating a spate of connected burglaries which took place across the county last Friday morning.
Canadian ambassador sees Carlow at its best
CARLOW is now seen as a centre of engineering excellence and so fittingly Muinebheag Town Council hosted the Industrial Excellence Exhibition in Mcgrath Hall, Bagenalstown.
Planning office is one of Ireland's worst
CARLOW is one of the worst planning authorities in the country according to An Taisce.
Daring raid on jewellery shop
THREE MEN were arrested by Carlow gardaí last Monday after a substantial amount of jewellery was stolen during a daring armed robbery on Dublin Street.
Photos from the Pan Celtic Festival
CARLOW was alive with the sounds of music, dance, and Celtic food and craft last week with the hosting of the 41st International Pan Celtic festival.
Young people thrilled as Pat Byrne drops by
CARLOW REGIONAL Youth Services (CRYS) are celebrating the fantastic success of Youth Week Ireland which took place during the week.
Skillnet training
THE SECTOR Based Academy is a new initiative to help support those unemployed back into work with focused training. Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet is providing a 12 day Sales Executive Programme to 10 successful candidates. The initiative works through a partnership between Skillnet and an employer. Pre employment training with a guaranteed job interview. A Sector Based Work Academy will run through the month of June and has three key components:
In Pictures
Historic postcards Over 6,000 photographs, political prints and portraits from days gone by form part of a project launched at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. To view collection and buy the images, visit www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/postcards.
