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A then 13-year-old joyrider who tried to collide with gardaí while doing 100 km/h during a car theft crime spree has been given a one-year custodial sentence.

The boy, now 14, pleaded to 34 charges at the Dublin Children’s Court for motor theft, dangerous driving during high-speed pursuits, criminal damage…

The boy, now 14, pleaded to 34 charges at the Dublin Children’s Court for motor theft, dangerous driving during high-speed pursuits, criminal damage, stealing a bicycle, failing to appear in court, and driving without a licence or insurance.

A bereaved Wicklow man who was allowed to board the wrong bus home from Dublin and ended up stranded in Longford for six hours has received a ‘disrespectful and humiliating’ response to his request for compensation - one year after his ordeal.

Wicklow TD Simon Harris was on hand to give members of Delgany Christ Church Mother’s Union a personal tour of Leinster House, on Thursday, October 6.

The seventh annual Glen to Glen Hike in aid of Wicklow Hospice will take place on Sunday, October 22, setting out from Laragh and taking a looped route through the beautiful Glendasan and Glendalough valleys.

Wicklow Sinn Féin TD John Brady met with volunteers from the Samaritans this week, including some of the 86 volunteers from the East Coast Branch in Arklow, where he praised the importance of the work they have carried out in communities across Ireland.

Your weekly look at seven things to do in County Wicklow this week.

THE draft document for Wicklow County Council’s Climate Action Plan 2024 to 2029 is on display and the public consultation process will remain open until November 15.

Plans for a major revamp of Bray’s Ballywaltrim Library were unanimously approved by councillors at the October meeting of Bray Municipal District, with Councillor Aoife Flynn Kennedy commending the “big and ambitious" proposals .