Marc O'Driscoll

South East Correspondent

Emergency meeting to discuss bluetongue case rescheduled

A second meeting due to be held by the Department of Agriculture to discuss the first detected case of the bluetongue virus in the Republic has been rescheduled to tomorrow.

Ireland • 25 Jan

Herd of cows on the field (Holstein cattle)

Bluetongue case in Wexford 'deeply worrying', says IFA

The bluetongue virus has been confirmed in the Republic for the first time with a case identified in a herd of cattle in Co Wexford.

Ireland • 19 hrs

It's snowdrop time as Carlow marks beginning of spring

A series of events are set to get under way in Co Carlow to celebrate the coming of spring and the arrival of the first snowdrops of the season.

Leinster • 24 Jan

A sign for a community services building

SIPTU and INMO members at Caredoc accept pay proposal

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and SIPTU have announced that their members employed at Caredoc have voted to accept a pay proposal.

Business • 20 Jan

Renewed appeal for woman missing for 32 years

A renewed appeal for information has been issued in relation to a woman who has been missing for 32 years.

Ireland • 03 Jan

Community shocked after woman injured in dog attack

A woman remains in a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by a dog at her home in Carlow.

Ireland • 31 Dec 25

Woman seriously injured in dog attack in Carlow

A woman in her 50s has been seriously injured after being attacked by a dog at a house in Carlow town.

Leinster • 31 Dec 25

Alan Walsh, who died after his e-scooter was in a collision with a car on Christmas Day

Man who died after e-scooter collision in Waterford named

A man who died following a collision between the e-scooter he was driving and a car in Waterford City on Christmas Day has been named locally as Alan Walsh.

Regional • 26 Dec 25

The collision, involving the e-scooter and a car, took place at the junction of Manor Hill (Bunker's Hill) and Hennessy's Road at around 11am

E-scooter driver dies after collision in Waterford city

An e-scooter driver has died following a road traffic collision in Waterford city

Munster • 26 Dec 25

Caredoc workers staging a lunchtime protest at Caredoc HQ in Carlow

Unions to ballot members on new Caredoc proposal

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and SIPTU have announced that they are to ballot their members after finalising a new proposal with Caredoc.

Ireland • 23 Dec 25