Carlow News & Updates
Keep up to date with all the latest news from County Carlow. From Business updates and open Jobs, to Community updates from your local area.
2023 SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition celebrating 65 years of transforming communities.
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, in association with the Managing Director of SuperValu, Ian Allen, launched the 2023 SuperValu TidyTowns competition on 23rd March. Since 1958, the competition has been a pivotal initiative in...
NEW ACTIVITY AREA GETS THE GREEN LIGHT IN CARLOW PARK
A NEW activity and bike park in Hanover Park has received planning approval. The development will include a mountain bike pump track, mini-basketball court, biodiversity garden, new lighting and picnic tables, accessible footpaths and an accessible car park for up to...
Pan Celtic International Festival is back in Carlow this year
Pan Celtic Festival 2023 will celebrate and share the Celtic heritage, culture and language of Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Brittany and Ireland through music, song, dance, storytelling, poetry, sport, craft, and art! You can find the full programme...
International Pan Celtic Festival, Carlow 11th – 16th April 2023
Brownshill Dolmen is one of Carlow’s iconic attractions and as part of the Pan Celtic Festival 2023 taking place in Carlow from 11th to 16th of April Carlow County Council are seeking photos, drawings, paintings, or any depiction of the Brownshill Dolmen. Selected...
BUMPER PARADE PLANNED FOR ST PATRICK’S DAY IN CARLOW
A BUMPER Lá Fheile Pádraig is planned in Carlow town this year, with music, performers, street entertainers, bouncy castles and carousels all part of the St Patrick’s Day parade and festival. Organisers have announced the return of Carlow town’s St Patrick’s Day...
Take the Climate Change & Heritage Visitor Survey!
Your ideas can help us in improving communications about built heritage and the impacts of climate change. Take Survey at: https://forms.office.com/e/seXhKraq13
Online Services
Carlow County Council online services include motor tax, Carlow Libraries, parking fines, planning enquiries & more. Find full details on all services at https://buff.ly/3D3qk49
Community Games to Stay in Carlow for another Year
Community Games came together with Carlow County Council in the beautiful surrounds of the newly refurbished The Exchange building in Carlow town to announce Carlow as the new home for three of the larger finals. SETU, with their range of top class facilities and...
Local Business Supporting Local Charity
Aptus CEO "Fergal Kearney" earlier this week met with "Catherine Delaney" from Carlow Mental Health Association. The charity was selected by the Aptus staff as one of their preferred charities resulting in a donation of 1000 euros from Aptus to support the charity’s...
The Great Duckett Run
THE grandeur of Duckett’s Grove is sure to inspire a heroic effort as The Great Duckett Run sets off at 11am on Sunday 26 February. The chip-timed 5k is a first for the historic Duckett’s Grove, with participants guaranteed a stunning vista as they take on the route...