A convicted Carlow rapist who was extradited from the USA in August has today been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A RAPIST facing a lengthy prison sentence in Arbour Hill is the subject of major public hunt by America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to three separate road accidents which claimed four lives this morning.

AN elderly pedestrian, killed in Carlow town on Saturday morning, was the 83rd road death this year.

The elderly pedestrian who was killed in a road accident in County Carlow yesterday has been named.

A Carlow man died in a hospital in Prague today from injuries he received in a suspected mugging in the Czech capital over the weekend.

THE National Ploughing Championships will return to Carlow on September 28 -30 for the eighth time in its 73-year history.

TWO girls, aged 12 and 13, were allegedly raped and sexually assaulted in Carlow town on Wednesday night.

Gardaí in Carlow have appealed for help from the public in tracing the whereabouts of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who has been missing since yesterday.

UP to 12 hours of torrential rain wreaked havoc across the south-east yesterday, with parts of Kilkenny and Wexford hardest hit.

MYSTERY surrounds the death of a 21-year-old man found in the bedroom of his home at Eyrecourt, Co Galway, by his mother on Monday.

Road chaos is hampering thousands of motorists across the nation as snowstorms and blizzards intensify.