A NEW spark is lighting up the creative heart of Laois and it’s coming from the Dunamaise Arts Centre as the county’s cultural and creative hub recently welcomed its new chief executive officer - Ciara O’Connell.

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 ...