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East Coast Samaritans have launched a major volunteer recruitment campaign to encourage Wicklow night owls to get involved, answer calls and help change people’s lives.

An Bord Pleanála has dismissed an appeal against Wicklow County Council’s decision to reject plans for a 24m tall lattice telecommunications structure on River Lane in Arklow.

1 INSIGHTFUL TALK WITH GAA GREAT: The Arklow Rock Parnells GAA Club will host a drug awareness and mental health talk for players, parents and anyone over the age of 16 at Glenart College in Arklow on Friday, April 26, at 7.30 p.m.

A Wicklow assisted dying campaigner has called the Oireachtas committee recommendation to introduce legislation to allow for assisted dying a “huge step forward”, but stressed that “everyone should be entitled to the choice”.

Wicklow RNLI and Arklow RNLI were both involved in a joint-exercise on Sunday, April 14, starting with a towing exercise.

A last call for tickets has been issued ahead of Carysfort National School’s unique fundraising concert, ‘Canadh Le Chéile’, which will take place at St. Saviour’s Church in Arklow on Saturday, April 27.

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A Wicklow assisted dying campaigner has called the Oireachtas committee recommendation to introduce legislation to allow for assisted dying a “huge step forward”, but stressed that “everyone should be entitled to the choice”.

There has been recent reports that an unidentified Middle Eastern consortium was in the process of acquiring up to 1,000 acres of land in south Wicklow with a view to building a new airport.