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.
Carlow Businesses encouraged to Decorate shopfronts for Carlow’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival & Seachtain na Gaeilge
Plans are well advanced for the day’s celebrations to mark the national feast in Carlow Town on Lá Fhéile Pádraig. Potato Market and a section of Haddens Car Park, closed to traffic throughout the day, will be a hive of activity with a state-of-the-art performance...
5 Important Reasons You Should Shop in Your Local Community
Buying, selling and trading is what makes the world go ‘round - we all shop for necessities like food and clothes, but we also shop for things that keep us satisfied like electronics and holidays. Billions of euros are pumped into the Irish retail industry each year...
Christmas Concert
Laura-Joy Copeland, a classically trained singer from Paulstown, currently studying a Masters in Vocal Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Along with her colleague, Sarah Luttrell, are organising a Christmas concert on the 23rd of December in St....
The Benefits of Volunteering in Your Community
Volunteering and giving back to your community boasts a number of benefits for not only others in need, but for yourself too! Helping with both small and big tasks as a volunteer can truly help to build the community, improving the quality of life for many different...
What are Kindness Rocks?
The Kindness Rocks Project has been gaining popularity all over the world and is spreading love within countless communities. Kindness rocks are painted rocks that are decorated with positive and uplifting messages and then placed somewhere in the community for others...
How Does Litter Affect Our Community?
Littering takes place across the world and is an issue that environmentalists have been tackling for years. The sheer amount of litter that ends up on our streets and in our waterways is polluting the earth and damaging communities. Here in Carlow, we are working to...
Eist are recruiting for Communications and Fundraising Co-ordinator
Eist Cancer support centre in Carlow are currently recruiting fro a Communications and Fundraising Co-Ordinator. Summary of Role and Responsibilities: The Communications and Fundraising Co-Ordinator will be part of a team comprising of a Service Manager, Board of...
Bagenalstown community welcomes Bád Keppel to the Barrow
A new boat has been launched in Carlow to open up the waterways to public river boat trips, thanks to a new social enterprise and its team of volunteers. Bád Keppel takes to the waters of Bagenalstown this weekend and can carry twelve passengers along the River...
Culture Night 2021!!!
Culture Night 2021 Invites Us To Come Together Again Friday 17th September 2021 culturenight.ie Culture Night invites everyone, everywhere on one joyful night to discover and celebrate all that culture is today. With a rich and diverse programme of thousands of events...
#WeChooseReuse Conscious Cup Campaign Webinar
Did you know that we discard over 22,000 single use cups in Ireland every hour? 528,000 every day equating to 200 million a year. Single use cups, no matter whether they are biodegradable or compostable, still require vast amounts of natural resources to manufacture,...