Seven-year-old Roxanne Kelly from Carlow is one of a group of kids who were under the care of a consultant here, who is now under investigation.

Met Éireann has issued a warning to Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.

Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.

The incident happened on the Stapelstown Road at midday.

A man in his 30s was arrested and is being held at a Garda station in the Garda Eastern Region.

Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the incident, and it is understood that the woman, who has been named locally as Eileen Kelly, was attacked by one of two dogs she owns.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) confirmed on Friday morning that they had received a formal offer from CareDoc late on Thursday night.

Gardaí have appealed to road users to slow down and take note of the new speed limits.

SIPTU health division industrial organiser, Ger McNally, said some of his members involved in the Caredoc dispute are 'barely on minimum wage'.

Ross O’Rourke (31), with a previous address in Tullow, Carlow, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his father, Mr Posschier (65).

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to the single-vehicle road traffic collision at Myshall village shortly before 5.30pm.

A man in his 20s died in a rural location following the incident.

Widespread frost is to be expected, with minimum air temperatures of -3 degrees and possibly lower locally. 

The 115km long N80, which runs from Offaly to Wexford, has claimed the lives of not only the five young people this year and last, but several other people over the past decade

“I didn’t confront Darren, I didn’t lay a finger on him, I was there to support,” Conor O’Brien (24) told gardaí, outlining his actions on the night 30-year-old Darren Quigley received a fatal stab wound to the leg.

A yellow rain warning has been issued for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Tipperary, Cork, Kerry, and Waterford.

The Minister for Agriculture has issued housing orders for all poultry and captive birds

An outbreak of avain flu has been confirmed at a commercial turkey flock in Co Carlow.

The Child and Family Agency’s (Tusla’s) foster care service in the Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary service area was inspected by HIQA in July 2025, where it was found that three of five standards were not compliant

A man who died following a road collision in Co Carlow on Saturday has been named

The pedestrian was struck by a car on Saturday afternoon.

Two men, both aged in their 40s, were arrested and are being detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 

The garda cordon has been lifted and the area has now been declared safe

Gareth Sheridan failed to secure a nomination from Carlow County Council to contest the presidential election.

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra (33), originally from Monacurragh, Co Carlow, was found unconscious on a boat in Long Island, New York

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found dead on a boat at Montauk Yacht Club in New York's Hamptons

The entrepreneur from Co Carlow was found dead on a boat docked at a yacht club on Long Island

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found unconscious on a boat at the exclusive Montauk Yacht Club in the early hours of Tuesday

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was discovered unconscious on the boat at Montauk Yacht Club in Long Island on Tuesday.

She entered the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary congregation in 1943

The case came before Judge Elva Duffy in Naas Courthouse on Friday.

The offenders were ultimately identified through social media content from a TikTok account.

Peter Byrne, 17, from Dolmen Gardens, Carlow, had been swimming with a when he got into difficulty around 6.30pm in the river in the Milford area of the county on Tuesday of last week.

Misinformation around a recent shooting incident at a Carlow shopping centre was "weaponised" by anti-immigrant activists

The Garda Commissioner ‘met obligations’ around informing the Justice Minister about an undercover operation prior to a shooting, a spokesman said.

The body of the teenager was found by garda divers around 11pm following a search by garda divers.

Met Éireann has warned of lightning damage and spot flooding.

A father-of-three who was in his front garden in Carlow town on Sunday evening with his children when shooter Evan Fitzgerald entered Fairgreen Shopping Centre gave refuge to dozens terrified shoppers running from the complex as “mayhem” broke out.

Micheál Martin has criticised ‘blatant misinformation, untruths and lies’ surrounding a shooting incident at a shopping centre in Carlow town

A man died in a shooting incident at Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow town on Sunday.

The premises has been evacuated and the scene is preserved. The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team has been requested to attend.

A sitting of Dublin District Coroners Court heard doctors admit they remain baffled how Carlow student, Cillian Gorman, acquired what was described as a “vanishingly rare” blood clotting condition in a sudden and catastrophic manner.

“It’s difficult to conceive of a more serious arson offence,” said Niall Storan BL, for the DPP