ACTIVISTS appeared outside the Castle Arms hotel in Durrow on Saturday 7 February in protest at the Laois Hunt annual ball. Protestors appeared as foxes in black-tie dress and ball gowns.

THE annual St Stephen’s day fox hunt set off from Abbeyleix amidst a show of protest by community activists. The tradition is widespread in Ireland and is echoed by the annual wren hunt, which takes place on the same day.

THE Dunamaise Arts Centre was a beehive of activity on Saturday 6 September as the popular Clothes Swap event took place which included the new addition of a children’s clothes swap while an art exhibition by talented Carlow-based artist Mary Cullen ...

THE recent Clothes Swap and Sustainable Fashion event at the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise was a great success, with ever-increasing numbers taking advantage of the eco-fashion initiative.