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‘Indiscriminately lighting fires at 7 or 8 o’clock in the evening at the bottom of the mountain and letting it run riot is unacceptable,’ Carlow’s fire chief said.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will contact farmers whose land has been burned following fires in Co. Carlow.

Fire crews in Co Carlow have been battling a series of fires on Mount Leinster as large volumes of smoke are reported in surrounding areas.

Fire crews in Carlow were forced to fight four extensive wildfires which were deliberately started in the space of 24 hours along the picturesque area of the…

Fire services attended a third blaze on Mount Leinster in just 24 hours. Bagenalstown Fire Brigade attended the scene last night.

Photos: Carlow Fire and Rescue Services Fire crews in Co Carlow are fighting an extensive wildfire on the picturesque area of the Nine Stones on Mount Leinster.

Firefighters in Carlow have battled a large wildfire overnight in Bagenalstown Fire Brigade attended the blaze on Mount Leinster.

Fire crews in Co Carlow are fighting an extensive wildfire on the picturesque area of the Nine Stones on Mount Leinster. Units from Bagenalstown Fire Brigade…

With houses in Rathfarnham, Mulranny, Enniscorthy, Portlaoise and Carrigart

Close to the Borris area of Co. Carlow, a number of sheep have recently been reported as stolen due to a recent suspected theft.