Carlow Local Authorities

Welcome to the Carlow Local Authorities Website

Carlow Local Authorities are the administrative body with responsibility for local government in County Carlow. We play an active role in the development of the County's industrial, business, social, arts, heritage and cultural affairs.

Image of Tullow Street, Carlow town.Because of the role local authorities play, the range of matters for which they are responsible and their closeness to local communities, local government has a more immediate effect on the day to day lives of you and I than most other sectors of public administration. Carlow Local Authorities are very conscious of the need to ensure that our services and strategies are pursued in a manner that produces a high degree of customer satisfaction. We urge you to exercise your rights and contact us with any comments or complaints. Become involved, vote for and know your elected officials as this will enable you to voice your concerns to the appropriate representatives.

For business enquiries we recommend a vist to our ClickforCarlow website. This website was created to facilitate companies who are considering locating industry, business or enterprise in Carlow and wish to identify the skills base in the County. The website also gives job seekers an opportunity to register your skills on our database.

Departmental Alerts and Notices

  1. [ NEW ] Carlow Town surface water drainage scheme project
    This project demonstrates the commitment of both central and local government to the ongoing conservation of water, improvements to infrastructure and protection against flooding, which are essential to Carlow’s sustainable development.
  2. [ NEW ] Water alerts and notices
  3. [ NEW ] Roads alerts and notices 
  4. [ NEW ] Planning alerts and notices

Latest News

  1. [NEW] Carlow culture night 2010 [ pdf 20kb ]
    [NEW] Carlow culture night timetable of events [ pdf 1mb ]
    [NEW] Browse the culture night website [ link ]
    Culture Night is an initiative co-ordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport in partnership with Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office. Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office is delighted to announce its first year participating in Culture Night, bringing together Cultural organisations in Carlow to celebrate the arts and culture. The programme is an eclectic mix of events open to all and is free of charge, come and celebrate with us on Friday September 24th.
  2. [NEW] Heritage week 2010 brochure [ pdf 360kb ]
    [NEW] Heritage week 2010 schedule of events [ pdf 76kb ]
    [NEW] Heritage Week 2010 events on the Carlow Nationalist [ link ]
    Heritage Week 2010 takes place from Saturday 21st to Sunday 29th of August. Heritage week seeks to inform and enhance the richness, quality and diversity of our national heritage for everyone. Unfortunately due to an error by the Carlow Nationalist the Heritage Week advert printed in the Carlow Nationalist, dated Tuesday August 24th, is incorrect. Please log onto the Carlow Nationalist using the details above and follow the link to the correct advert.
  3. [ NEW ] Tendering for new arts initiative in the Southeast Region [ link ]
    Carlow County Council, in partnership with Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford and Wicklow County Council and the Arts Council invites submissions from suitably qualified Arts Administrators, Managers, Practitioners for a new initiative to create and support a long-term and focused engagement with Artists and or Arts groups from the region in the context of creating sustained artist lead programmes.
  4. [NEW] Tick Bites and Lyme Disease [ pdf 456kb ]
    [NEW] Browse the Health Protection Surveillance Centre website [ link ]
    The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre urges people who take part in outdoor pursuits to protect themselves against Lyme disease, which is spread by tick bites. Lyme disease can, in a minority of cases, cause severe debilitating heart and nervous system disease.
  5. [NEW] Maintenance grant application form for 2010-11
    The maintenance grant is the main source of financial assistance and anyone who is thinking of embarking on further study should investigate whether they are eligible and if so, submit an application.
  6. [NEW] Anti-Litter Week [ pdf 34kb ]
    The problem of litter and illegal dumping continues to be a significant one in County Carlow.  To help raise awareness of the issue Carlow Local Authorities are organising a number of events as part of National Heritage Week ( 21st – 29th August ) under the theme ' Don’t Rubbish your Heritage '.
  7. Carlow Local Authority public water supply quality [ link ]
    Carlow Local Authority provides a public water supply to the highest quality standards. Information concerning the public drinking water supplies in Carlow is available from the link above.
  8. Non principal private residence charges
    At its simplest, the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 introduces a €200 annual charge on non principal private residences, payable by the owner(s) of the residency to the Local Authority in whose area the property concerned is located.

Customer Care

  1. Customer complaints procedure
    Carlow Local Authorities work hard to maintain and improve the standard of service we provide. If you are not satisfied with the service, please let us know so that we can work at improving this. Alternatively you may contact the Office of the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman provides a free, impartial and independent dispute resolution service.

    We welcome your feedback.