WE ARE so intent on looking at the trees that we are missing the forest.
FOR years, the old adage ‘a yard of counter was worth more than an acre of land’ may have held some truth.
I CAN still remember the shock and absolute disgust of our readers when the details of Larry Murphy’s attack on a Carlow woman began to emerge during his arrest and subsequent trial more than ten years ago.
IT IS wonderful to see the success Carlow gardaí are having with regard to illegal drugs in the town.
I MUST be honest, from the outset I believed the money being spent on the Eastern Relief Road was a complete waste of money.
I AM not a great lover of bureaucracy. I think it is a waste of money and often is only an exercise in arse-saving.
ONCE upon a time, there was such a thing in this country as common sense.
IN 1993, the RTÉ 1 television programme Today Tonight came to town. The reason was the shock announcement that Lapple was about to carry out a major downsizing of its business.
NOW that the leaving cert has come to an end, the long wait begins for hundreds of students around the county.
TONIGHT, a very important event takes place - a reunion marking the 50th anniversary of the first junior infants’ class at St Joseph’s School on St Jospeh’s Road, Carlow.