A proposal submitted by Arklow councillor Peir Leonard seeking a standalone social media page for her district was dismissed by Council staff because it contradicts Wicklow County Council’s communications policy of ‘one website, one Facebook page’.
Arklow Municipal District (AMD) engineers have committed to resume maintenance in an estate where a resident allegedly verbally abused a contractor, but they cautioned the service would stop if the alleged behaviour repeated itself.
After receiving a request for funding from Arklow CBS for their German twinning exchange programme, elected councillors have decided to extend an invitation to take part in the project to all post-primary schools in the district.
Arklow councillor Pat Fitzgerald has revealed that Minster for Education Norma Foley has promised to visit Arklow and Rathdrum to discuss the long-standing school bus issues that have plagued local families again this year.