23 new homes are due to be sold in Graiguecullen as June Doran outlined to Brian Redmond on The KCLR Daily.

The Green light has been given to Kilkenny College by Kilkenny County Council for a new development on the grounds of the College. Our reporter Martin Quilty spoke to Gordon Rowe who is Director of Rugby at the college about the project.

At the May meeting of Carlow County Council, Independent Councillor Charlie Murphy won support for the following motion: "We the elected members of Carlow County Council, due to the continuing geopolitical and uncertainty of supplies to oil and gas since the Ukraine War and the Middle East request the Minister (for Climate, Energy and the Environment) to carefully consider the provisions in (the) Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.

"(a) The long-term requirement for fossil fuel is real and the case to review the ban on oil and gas exploration licences to be renewed and attract industrial development of our indigenous resources and fuel security. (b) Making sovereign proven gas a productive asset to deliver secure hydrocarbons for the State.

"(c) Rebalancing national energy policy to remove the impossible obligation erroneously set in law by the previous government to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Having done that, to ensure that all State companies and agencies are free to achieve a balance between sustainability, competitiveness, security of supply and economic good."

KCLR News' Dermot Keyes spoke to Cllr Murphy following a lively debate on the matter in Council chambers.

SIPTU and Unite union members who work with the National Ambulance Service began industrial action with a work-to-rule on Monday and a 24 hour strike on Tuesday for all non-emergency calls. KCLR News' Dermot Keyes visited a local picket line ...

KCLR News' Martin Quilty was at last night's Kilkenny Local Community Safety Partnership event in Kilkenny city and spoke to the Chair of the LCSP, Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council and a spokesperson for Comhairle Na nÓg.

KCLR News' Martin Quilty was at last night's Kilkenny Local Community Safety Partnership event in Kilkenny city and spoke to some of those attending as well as those involved ...

Colbert Fennelly from Stoneyford was part of the winning team to take the Best Visual Effects for Avatar: Fire and Ash at the Academy Awards earlier this year. We spoke to him at the time but on a trip home he dropped in for an on-air chat with his Dad Michael ...

Carlow College St Patrick's hosted a Mass and Reception as part of the Fianna Fáil Centenary Celebrations on Saturday - KCLR News' Dermot Keyes was there and spoke with the party leader, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin ...

A collaborative project between SETU's Carlow campus, Carlow County Council and Carlow Town's charity retail sector placed students at the forefront of addressing textile sustainability and circular economy challenges in the town.

The initiative involved 16 international students from SETU Carlow's 4th Year Applied Business Solutions course, who explored how circular economy principles can reduce textile waste and support more sustainable consumption locally.

Dermot Keyes of KCLR News spoke to Jannette O'Brien, Carlow County Council's Climate Action Co-ordinator about the project's successes and the insights it delivered.

KCLR's Amy Hickey attended The Vision Forge at Visual Carlow this week to speak with students of film at Carlow Institute about their pieces which were on show ...