Carlow-Nationalist

2 days ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Finian Coghlan

IT all began with a suggestion by a deputy head to re-visit the idea of a literary competition for primary school kids in south Kildare in the wake of the demise of the Cecil Day Lewis Bursary Award following Covid. And so, from such little acorns the John McKenna Cup took up the mantle for Scoil Diarmada poerty awards, with the overall winner this year being Noah Murphy in sixth class.

1 week ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Duncan Bech

By Duncan Bech, PA Rugby Union CorrespondentAndy Farrell demanded an improvement from his British and Irish Lions when they arrive in Australia after they slipped to a 28-24 defeat by Argentina in Dublin. The Lions lost their opening tour match for the first time since 1971 after their second-half fightback was overturned when Santiago Cordero finished the match-winning try in the 59th minute.

1 week ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Olivia Kelleher

Olivia KelleherThe Cork office of Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that there was an act of vandalism onsite overnight with personal threats also being made. The window of the office in Turner’s Cross in Cork was daubed with the words “Zionist pawn". The words were etched in red paint. A spokesperson for the Taoiseach confirmed that this is the third such attack on the office on the southside of Cork city.

1 week ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Finian Coghlan

Last Friday (June 6) the great and the green-fingered of Castledermot gathered in Scoil Dhiarmada in the village for the official opening of John’s Garden – appropriately on the anniversary of the death of the of John Dooley – the inspiration behind the whole project.

2 weeks ago | carlow-nationalist.ie | Eleanor Crooks

By Eleanor Crooks, PA Sport CorrespondentEmma Raducanu will miss next week’s Berlin Tennis Open as she continues to manage a back problem. The 22-year-old has been struggling with the issue since competing in Strasbourg last month before the French Open and took an off-court medical timeout during her quarter-final loss to Zheng Qinwen at Queen’s Club on Friday. Speaking afterwards, Raducanu said: “It’s been lingering for the last few weeks, and I have had back issues before.