Marie Boran

1 week ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Marie Boran

GARRYHILL Handball Club’s instrumental music group has brought glory to Carlow after winning the Leinster Senior Scór final in Ceol Uirlise (instrumental music) on Sunday 6 April at The Downs GAA Club in Westmeath. The talented quintet, comprised of Diarmuid O’Neill, Aislinn Joyce, Killian O’Rourke, James Hosey and Sonny Cahill, will advance to represent their club, county and province at the All-Ireland final in Castlebar on Saturday 26 April.

1 week ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Marie Boran

GAELSCOIL Eoghain Uí Thuairisc has achieved remarkable success on the national stage, bringing home the highest accolade in Irish-language school drama at Féile Scoildrámaíochta. The school won the All-Ireland drama competition in Mullingar on Wednesday 9 April at the Féile Scoildrámaíochta finals. The Carlow Gaelscoil not only claimed first place in its category but also secured the prestigious overall prize of Scothlérití na Féile (best overall performance).

2 weeks ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Marie Boran

CARLOW Little Theatre Society’s recent production of Eugene O'Brien’s award-winning play  received standing ovations during its limited two-night run on 12-13 March in the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The minimalist ‘black box’ production featured just two actors, Paul McManus and Aoife Reddy, who portrayed Billy and Breda, a married couple approaching their tenth wedding anniversary during what the play describes as “an extraordinary weekend” for their ordinary relationship.

2 weeks ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Marie Boran

THERE has been a remarkable 66% drop in reported burglaries across Carlow over the past decade, according to newly-released figures from the Central Statistics Office. When comparing freshly-published crime data from 2024 to CSO figures dating back a decade, it can be seen that 408 burglary incidents were reported to garda stations in Carlow (most of which were reported in Carlow town) in 2014 in comparison to only 137 reported burglaries in 2024.

2 weeks ago | laois-nationalist.ie | Marie Boran

IDENTICAL twins Maureen Hickson and Bridie Daly celebrated their 90th birthday with a joyous gathering of family and friends at the Lord Bagenal Inn. Born on 23 March 1935, the sisters have maintained an extraordinary bond throughout their nine decades, speaking daily despite living separately in Rutland and Myshall, Co Carlow. “They had a kind of sixth sense about each other,” their younger brother Tommy Murphy (77) told .