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WICKLOW TD Jennifer Whitmore has described the redrawing of the Wicklow-Wexford constituency boundaries by the Electoral Commission as ‘sad’.

FORMER TD Billy Timmins has compared the changes made this week to the Wicklow constituency to how Irish rebels were treated during the historic 1798 rebellion.

WICKLOW TD Jennifer Whitmore has described the redrawing of the Wicklow-Wexford constituency boundaries by the Electoral Commission as ‘sad’.

Some people in Arklow, Gorey and Enniscorthy were sceptical about the change

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The Minister for Transport said he believes the Electoral Commission “got it right” in trying to adhere to county boundaries in yesterday’s redraw.

Some 140 boats made their way to Greystones for the annual shindig known as the Taste Of Greystones Regatta, which basically sees sailors from all over the country compete and get a “taste of the Greystones life” – or, in the words of Greystones Sailing Club’s Daragh Cafferky,; “It was set up originally for boats from all other clubs on the East Coast to come and experience Greystones.”

Out-of-hours doctor service, Caredoc, has appealed for applications from registered general nurses in Wicklow to work as telephone triage nurses.

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Wicklow and Wexford has now been split into three constituencies.