Ireland has provisionally beaten the August record for the hottest temperature. Forecaster Met Eireann said that a weather station at Oak Park, Co. Carlow, recorded a temperature of 31.7C. The previous record, 31.5C, which was recorded in August 1995 at Oak Park and in August 1975 in Ballybrittas, Co. Laois, has been surpassed. A temperature … Read more
As a nationwide Status Yellow temperature warning continues, Met Eireann forecasts highs of 30 degrees Celsius in some regions of the country today. Yesterday, the temperature in Carlow reached 30.5. Since yesterday at noon, the whole nation has been under a status yellow temperature alert. On Sunday, it is expected to lift at 6 a.m. … Read more
A man in his 60s has been seriously injured by three men during a robbery at his home in Co Carlow last Saturday. Gardaí are investigating the incident which saw the man seriously assaulted by three other males at his home in the Sleaty Street area of Graiguecullen on Saturday night. A sum of money … Read more