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The late Milan Mican who was killed in a road crash.

Sad death of Milan in crash

THE COMMUNITY of Borris is in shock this week following a second road death in the space of a week. Twenty-five-year-old Milan Mican, originally from the Czech Republic and a popular employee at Keenans in Borris, was killed when his Yamaha R1 motorbike collided with an SUV on Saturday morning.

The graffiti covered sawmill in St Mullins.

Attention seeking!

By LYNDA CONNOLLY

image of Tinkicker with magic mushrooms growing out of his head. 'Bob Marley is always known for smoking cannabis and mushrooms have been growing organically in St. Mullins for thousands of years, I'm not encouraging drug use,' he said. Pictured also is a clown wearing a wig in the Irish colours and holding a NAMA balloon.

Dog cruelly left to die in ditch

By LYNDA CONNOLLY

A CARLOW man said he was horrified when he came across an abandoned dog stricken with mange all over its body.

Good farming stock

By LYNDA CONNOLLY

A DAIRY farmer from Hacketstown has been chosen as Carlow's Young Farmer of the Year. 29-year-old father of two John Roche from Ballyedmund is the vice-chairman of Hacketstown IFA and a member of Tinahealy discussion group.

Sue Ryder branch set for Hanley's

By SINÉAD KELLY

HANLEY'S House for Men is to get a new lease of life after it was agreed that the charity shop, the Sue Ryder Foundation, should take over the premises.

On-time M9 motorway almost complete

By LYNDA CONNOLLY

The second section of the Dublin to Waterford road from Powerstown will open in two weeks time.

John O'Shea, Pat Deering, M.J. Lomax, Michael Meaney, Stephen Murphy, and Tom O'Neill at the site for the new Carlow GAA centre of excellence.

GAA gets green light for centre of excellence

By ELIZABETH LEE

FENAGH will soon be home to a field of dreams after Carlow County GAA Board got the green light to go ahead with a multi-million euro sports complex. The so called GAA Centre of Excellence will cost approximately €3.5 milllion with up to 100 people being employed in its construction.

Paul's new invention packs a real punch

CARLOW ENTREPRENEUR Paul Doyle from Downings, Tullow, was out shopping one day when he was struck with a simple but useful invention that helps speed up grocery packing at check outs.

Parents wait two weeks for school grant

PARENTS OF school-going children in County Carlow have to wait up to two weeks to receive a government grant and even those who've received it are struggling to make ends meet.

Orla to perform once-off concert

By ELIZABETH LEE

ORLA FALLON, formerly of the singing sensation Celtic Woman trio, will perform a once off concert in the intimate setting of Tinahely Courthouse.

Local businesswomen stare down the recession

SISTERS ARE doing it for themselves around Carlow as they qualified as finalists for a prestigious business award.

Jessica Adamson on stage with Daithi O Se in The Dome in Tralee.

Jessica blooms at the magical Rose Festival

SHE DID US PROUD! Jessica Adamson shone like the star she is when she appeared on stage last week at the Rose of Tralee. The Hacketstown girl looked like she was born to be onstage as she was interviewed by Daithí O Se, much to the delight of her thousands of followers.

Kilbride edge out champs

KILBRIDE 0-07 RATHVILLY 0-05: RATHVILLY'S perceived invincibility ran thin in Spellman Park on Saturday when they surrendered their automatic SFC semi-final place when crashing rather tamely to a very enthusiastic Kilbride who led for much of the trip. The champions have won a county title with five scores before, but this time they were on the receiving end for much of the contest, but should have made more use of a generous free-count in their favour in the second half.

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WHIST: Top Score at Newtown Whist on Saturday last was won by Eamon Owens. Ladies: 1. Mary Wheatley. 2. Rita Brennan, Norah Tracey and Pat Delaney. Gents: 1. Owen Salmon. 2. Padraig Dowling. Halves: 1. David Farr. 2. Maureen Ferris. Quarters: 1. Bridie Bergin. 2. Peg Cahill.

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