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The Government has agreed to ban all under 18s from using e-scooters from next month, while a new licencing system will be introduced for all users.  Government Ministers today met with the Garda Commissioner to discuss further regulation of e-scooter use on our roads. The agreement was announced shortly after...

A public petition with nearly 600 signatures regarding the closure of Ferrymountgarrett Bridge will be handed over at Kilkenny County Hall today. David Maher and New Ross Councillor John Dwyer are presenting the appeal to Cathaoirleach Joe Malone at 2:30pm to highlight the impact the closure is having on local...

The temperatures are dropping, but the dry weather looks set to linger for another while. A 50-year heatwave record was nearly beaten over the weekend, but it fell just under 25 degrees on Saturday. Things will become a bit cooler this week with more cloud moving in. Carlow Weathers Alan...

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support a motorcyclist seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Carlow earlier this month. The man was struck by a stolen pick-up truck while waiting at traffic lights on July 8th. The vehicle fled the scene before Gardaí intercepted it and arrested four...

Adam Kavanagh has taken over as President of County Carlow Football Club for the new season, following a family path well-trodden in Carlow rugby circles. His father, Des Kavanagh, held the same office in 2000/01 - the year the club won promotion to the All-Ireland League - before going on...

A Carlow-Kilkenny TD is calling for urgent tax threshold reforms in Budget 2027 to help local workers and struggling businesses. Speaking in the Dáil, Catherine Callaghan highlighted a recent visit to O’Shea Farms, where staff are refusing overtime to avoid being pushed into higher tax brackets. Deputy Callaghan argued that...

A teenage girl has died from injuries she suffered in a single-car collision in County Wexford earlier this month. It happened at Sheastown, Wellington Bridge, at around twenty past six on the morning of July 8th. A young man and two girl passengers were injured, but one of the teenage...

Carlow-Kilkenny TD Catherine Callaghan is demanding a strict crackdown on illegal vehicle use to protect local communities, following an emotional Oireachtas Justice Committee meeting. The committee heard heartbreaking calls for a complete ban on e-scooters following the tragic death of teenager Grace Lynch. During the session, Deputy Callaghan questioned the...

The heatwave has officially come to an end across much of the country. While it was another hot day in the south and southeast yesterday, temperatures elsewhere failed to climb above the official heatwave threshold of 25 degrees celsius. This means the long-standing 14-day record, set at Moorepark in County...

Kilkenny’s brand new music festival, 'Live at Castle Mills', wrapped up along the Canal Walk last night. Organised behind the scenes for two years by Willie Byrne and Kerbdog drummer Dara Butler, the event successfully transformed an overgrown field into a vibrant festival venue. Music fans flocked to the site...

The Alternative Kilkenny Arts Fringe Festival has officially launched its 11th annual programme following a celebration launch at O'Sullivan's Tap Bar. A packed lineup of visual arts, music, and performance is set to run across the county from August 6th to 16th. Committee Chair Aoife Anderson says there is a...

Limerick and Galway face off this afternoon in the highly anticipated All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final at Croke Park. Throw-in is scheduled for 3:30 PM, and we will bring you live updates, and match analysis on KCLR 96FM throughout the entire day. Ahead of the massive fixture, former Kilkenny star...

Ireland is on course to break its longest heatwave record. The existing 14-day record was set 50 years ago during the famous summer of 1976. Yesterday (Friday) marked the 13th consecutive day of the current hot weather spell, with highs of 26 degrees Celsius forecast for this weekend. Localised measurements...

The construction project to extend and widen the runway at Waterford Airport is about to enter its seventh week, with hopes high that commercial flights will return to the region in 2027. Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, who made the airport's reopening a priority during her European Election campaign,...

The Cois Nore Cancer Support Centre on the Waterford Road in Kilkenny is holding an open day at its new facility this afternoon (Saturday), beginning at two o'clock. The organisation is opening its doors to the general public to thank all who have supported the centre's fundraising activities in recent...

Live at Castle Mills continues tonight in Kilkenny. Today features a headline performance by Matt Berninger of The National, alongside local favorites Engine Alley and Lisa O'Neill. Eddie Hughes is broadcasting Saturday Brunch live from the venue on Saturday.

Tullow Municipal District Councillors are seeking a meeting with Net Zero Energy, the company that wishes to develop a €2 billion long duration energy storage facility outside Rathoe. Net Zero Energy (NZE) plans to develop a 600 megawatt underground facility which would generate green hydrogen to provide electricity which would...

It happened between Ballytiglea Bridge and Goresbridgte

21 people are employed full time there

But it seems not all are in favour of such a move