News from Carlow

The death toll from catastrophic floods in the US state of Texas reached at least 78, including at least 28 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day and fears of more flash flooding as rain fell on saturated ground prompted fresh evacuations.

07 July 2025

King Charles III and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer have paid tribute to the spirit of unity shown in the aftermath of the 7 July bombings in London, 20 years on from the attacks.

06 July 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he believed his discussions with US President Donald Trump would help advance talks on a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal, as Mr Trump predicted an agreement could be reached this week.

06 July 2025

Israel has attacked Houthi targets in three Yemeni ports and a power plant, the Israeli military said, marking the first Israeli attack on Yemen in almost a month.

06 July 2025

A summit on competitiveness will be held in Government Buildings today.

06 July 2025

Fine Gael will open nominations today for candidates seeking to run in the presidential election.

06 July 2025

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has issued a warning to the Irish motor industry following reports of anti-competitive practices in the sale, maintenance, and repair of vehicles.

06 July 2025

Tesco Ireland has announced plans to create 400 new jobs across the country as part of a €40 million investment which will see the retailer open ten new stores nationwide over the next 12 months.

06 July 2025

Asking prices for houses and apartments are rising at 7% annually, according to the latest quarterly report by property website My Home.ie in conjunction with Bank of Ireland.

06 July 2025

Dublin Bus celebrated 100 years of public bus transport in the city centre today, featuring a vintage fleet reenacting the service's first ever route.

06 July 2025

Tipperary came from behind with 14 men to edge an intense battle with Kilkenny 4-20 to 0-30 and set up a first All-Ireland final meeting with Munster rivals Cork.

06 July 2025

HSE Chief Executive Bernard Gloster has said an increase in dependency on third party "insourcing" in hospitals can create a number of problems.

06 July 2025

An Israeli delegation is in Qatar for talks on a possible Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, an Israeli official said, as hospital officials in Gaza said 38 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

06 July 2025

A reduction in the minimum size of studio apartments is among the measures that Cabinet will consider next week to encourage developers to build more apartments.

06 July 2025

When the US warplane dropped a 4,400kg atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 43 seconds later it detonated 600 metres above the city, eight-year-old Teruko Yahata was playing in her garden on what was a sunny August morning in 1945.

06 July 2025

Irish consumers are used to paying more than their European counterparts for electricity, writes Consumer Affairs Correspondent Aengus Cox.

06 July 2025

More than 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded attempting to access aid from the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to international NGOs, writes Yvonne Murray.

06 July 2025

Student Ghada Ashour has lived her whole life in Gaza, but she dreams of living and studying somewhere else, somewhere safer.

06 July 2025

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that the US is close to reaching agreements on several trade deals ahead of this Wednesday's deadline when higher tariffs were due to kick in.

06 July 2025

The death toll from devastating floods in central Texas has jumped to at least 78 people, officials said, with ten girls still missing from the worst-hit Kerr County.

05 July 2025