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The Ukrainian community in Arklow have been busy crafting warm garments for those impacted by the ongoing conflict in their homeland and have appealed to the public for help in their knitting initiative.

Exercises with flanking stations are an important part of lifeboat training and Wicklow RNLI recently held an exercise with their flanking station in Arklow.

Coral Leisure Centre in Arklow was alive with the sights and sounds of native and exotic birds when the Arklow and District Bird Keepers Society held its annual bird show.

“The most important thing for an organ is the building in which it is placed.” So says John Bonner who has been playing this particular organ for more than 40 years. A magnificent Victorian instrument, it provides music to accompany worship in the Church of Saints Mary and Peter at the heart of Arklow Town.

After being inundated with calls from the community about the poor state of public lighting, Arklow councillors have vented their concerns about the large poorly lit areas across their town.

Arklow florist Anna Hendy Hayden hopes the third time is the charm after her flower shop was nominated as a finalist in the Leinster region at the sixth Irish Wedding Awards.

A creative Arklow student, who won a Christmas decoration making competition, has been given the honour of joining Santa Claus to turn on the town’s Christmas lights on Saturday afternoon.

Santa paid a visit to Arklow’s Christmas Market to meet some of the local children. He brought his naughty and nice list and reports suggest that all the boys and girls were indeed on the nice list.

The France Ireland Chamber of Commerce, a network of almost 180 businesses from both countries, has been building on the growing relationship since 1978

After being petitioned by elected councillors to promote soon-to-be-increased septic tank grants, Wicklow County Council have declared their commitment to encouraging applications, particularly those from rural communities.