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The initiative, delivered by the Men’s Development Network, will support schools to end School-Related Gender-Based Violence.

Funding for a new campus at Gaelcholáiste na Mara and Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhóir has been put on hold after receiving planning permission in 2022.

Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore has received confirmation from Naas General Hospital that they have been given approval from the HSE to proceed with the procurement process for a permanent Injury Unit for the area.

Culture Night (Oíche Chultúir) seeks to actively promote the rich and varied culture treasured and nurtured in people’s lives.

Refurbishment works are also ongoing at stations in Bray, Baltinglass, Wicklow Town, and Greystones.

The probe is looking into the status of a community hall in West Wicklow that has yet to open to the public.

Dublin-Wicklow Mountain Rescue revealed that they responded to seven call-outs from August 17th to September 17th.

Four men have appeared in court in relation to a drugs seizure in the South East.

The Health Minister would like to expand free contraception to include 16 year olds.

There are calls for answers to an army explosion in the Wicklow Mountains in 1979.

A group of residents in North Wicklow have called on the County Council to reopen the cliff walk between Bray and Greystones.

Households in Kildare, Meath and Wicklow had the highest electricity bills in the country last year.

The commercial vacancy rate in Wicklow was 12.9% in June 2024 according to the latest GeoDirectory Commercial Vacancy Rates Report.

The public are invited to join Janos Köhler, an avid member of Bray Wheelers, as he delivers free Bike Repair and Maintenance Workshops this Autumn across County Wicklow.

Seven new seats and replacement bins have been installed in and around Aughrim village and the Tinakilly Bridge area to aid the local Tidy Towns

Four Wicklow schools will be the first to offer the new Leaving Certificate subjects of Drama, Film and Theatre Studies and Climate Action and Sustainable Development from the start of the 2025/26 school year.

ReWild Wicklow is calling for a deer management plan in the county's woodlands.

Two men were held in garda custody in relation to a fatal shooting incident in North Wicklow last December.

Temperatures expected to be between 17 to 20 degrees today.

The Order Of Malta Ambulance Corp are to operate a minibus designed to transport people who have mobility issues or patients undergoing cancer treatment.

Social Democrats TD for Wicklow, Jennifer Whitmore has written to the Public Accounts Committee outlining her concerns regarding the ongoing issues with the School Transport Scheme and the delivery of this service by Bus Éireann and the Department of Education.

Plans presented for huge wind farm off Wexford and Wicklow coast.

Works have now been completed at the former coastal dump site in Bray.

The status of water quality in the Avonmore sub-catchment is ‘mixed’ according to a recent publication.

Many have speculated a general election will be held this winter.

Friday the 13th is the day that Taoiseach Simon Harris’s running mate for Wicklow will be decided at Fine Gael's Selection Convention.

You may have heard by now that we’re looking for a New Local Hero again.

Irish Rail has advised that due to engineering works taking place over the weekend of Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15, between Dun Laoghaire and Greystones,

Wicklow County Council is reminding beach users, and particularly dog owners, to avoid disturbing seals when they visit the coast at this time of year.

Uisce Éireann has recently completed an €8.1 million upgrade to the Aughrim Annacurra Water Supply Scheme and to the Ballymorris Water Supply Scheme, ensuring a safe and secure water supply to 1,600 residents and businesses in these areas.

On World Suicide Prevention Day, the HSE is asking people to enroll in and take part in ‘Let’s Talk About Suicide’

It's expected Wicklow Minister Stephen Donnelly will get approval to draft laws on environmental and public health grounds.

Creative Schools is led by the Arts Council in partnership with the Department of Education and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Green Party TD Steven Matthews requests for purchase of the land for restoration purposes.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn its advise not to bathe at Wicklow’s Silver Strand and Arklow’s Clogga Beach

Echelon said it will create 1,100 jobs during construction of the new data centre campus in Arklow.

Major investment in projects to improve water quality has been announced by the Government.

A new opportunity has been launched to support local engagement on climate action and the environment .

Wicklow TD and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has today confirmed that a planning application for a major Primary Care Centre to serve the communities of Greystones, Kilcoole and Delgany has been lodged with Wicklow County Council.

Wicklow County Council has refused to discuss the on-going issue at Kippure Lodge and Holiday Village in Blessington.

Wicklow County Councillors are calling for Taoiseach Simon Harris and the Minister of Education, Norma Foley to intervene regarding the school transport scheme.

The application window for the 2025 Strategic Projects Awards is now open, and will close at 4pm on Friday 13th September 2024. 

The Textile Banks in Wicklow Town were already full, however members of the community are concerned by the lack of Textile Banks in the town causing illegal dumping to carry-out.

He says the public deserves answers.

Wicklow County Council has said that the new changing facilities planned for ‘The Cove’ in Arklow will be designed and manufactured in the next weeks.

The GALAS LGBTQ+ Awards 2024 will take place on Saturday, 5th October 2024.

Stations across the country will increase Irish song plays, Irish artist mentions, and more.

Concerns have been raised about an external review that is looking at the use of surveillance equipment in fire engines in Wicklow. 

A new building project at St Catherine's Special School is to move forward to tender.

A National Slow Down Day is being held today, aimed at reducing road deaths caused by speeding.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has confirmed that a new 12 classroom school building has been approved to go to construction by the Department of Education in Kilcoole