Horse owners alerted as Tellus takes off

Aug 1, 2015 | News

Tellus is led by the Geological Survey of Ireland and is funded by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The current survey is the fourth phase of a wider geological mapping project which collects and analyses geochemical and geophysical data...

Varadkar meets Wicklow boy Nathan at Barretstown

Jul 31, 2015 | News

Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar visited Barretstown on Monday to join volunteers at one of the many summer camps taking place at the children’s charity this summer. During his visit Minister Varadkar met current camper Nathan O’Hagan Doyle from Wicklow...

Enniskerry man found guilty at Anglo trial

Jul 30, 2015 | News

Three former Anglo Irish Bank employees accused of conspiring to conceal or alter bank records have been found guilty on all counts by a jury at Dublin’s Circuit Criminal Court. Former Chief Operations Officer Tiarnan O’Mahoney of Glen Pines Enniskerry had...

Ardmore Studios sign agreement on Limerick facility

Jul 30, 2015 | News

A formal agreement was signed yesterday to open a state-of-the-art film and tv studio in Limerick. Limerick City and County Council signed the agreement with Troy Studios which was established by Ardmore Studio’s Chief Executive Siún Ní Raghallaigh along with...

Labour’s Anne Ferris to contest general election

Jul 30, 2015 | News

The Labour Party’s Wicklow constituency has selected sitting TD Anne Ferris as its candidate to contest the next General Election. Deputy Ferris was selected unopposed at the Wicklow selection convention held in Bray yesterday, which was attended by party...

Glendalough is Ireland’s most romantic picnic location

Jul 29, 2015 | News

Garden of Ireland residents will be enamoured this week by news that new research by Keogh’s Farm has revealed Glendalough as Ireland’s most romantic picnic location (9%). The historic Wicklow attraction also ranked 2nd in Ireland’s overall perfect...

Arklow woman comes out on top in 12-hour race

Jul 28, 2015 | News

The Energia 24 hour race took place on Saturday, July 18 at Mary Peter’s Track in Belfast. In the early hours of Saturday morning Eoin Keith (46) was feeling so bad at the Energia 24 hour race that he was about to give up. It was 2am and eight hours into this...

Announcement of 74 local authority homes for Wicklow welcomed

Jul 27, 2015 | News

Last week, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly, and Minister for State for Housing, Planning and Construction, Paudie Coffey, announced the provision of 74 new homes in Wicklow for elderly people and those with intellectually or...

Who’s your hero for 2015?

Jul 26, 2015 | News

Will there be a People of the Year winner from Wicklow this year? Previous winners from the county include Katie Taylor, Garda Ciarán Jones, and Fiona Doyle. So do you know someone that has done something extraordinary this year who deserves recognition? Is it a...