Services Michael Nicholson News Today

Tenders to construct two new fire stations in west Wicklow are set to be sought in the near future, according to Wicklow County Council.

There are no two words better able to reduce people in Bray and Greystones to laughter and tears simultaneously than ‘cliff’ and ‘walk’. It’s like being tickled whilst chopping an onion. But as we look ahead to 2024, wondering if the amenity, which was once voted Ireland’s No1 Favourite Local Attraction in the Irish Independent Readers’ Travel Awards, will be amenable at all come spring, it’s just a question of glass half-empty, or glass half-full . . . of tears.

Wicklow County Council has until the end of January to respond to requests from An Bord Pleanála over plans for the proposed 33km greenway around Blessington Lakes.

Elected councillors from the Baltinglass Municipal District called for immediate action on long-awaited Baltinglass RRDF projects at the January meeting of Wicklow County Council, and were provided with positive news on plans for the proposed bridge over the Slaney and Baltinglass Courthouse.

Wicklow County Council has made an application seeking additional funding for a proposed pedestrian bridge in Baltinglass which will cross the River Slaney.

THE elected members of Wicklow County Council have approved the County Wicklow Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2023 to 2028 as proposed by Cllr Miriam Murphy and seconded by Cllr Tommy Annesley.

Green Party TD for Wicklow Steven Matthews has called for faster action to reopen the hugely popular Bray to Greystones Cliff Walk, which has been closed to the public since 2021.

THE Community Pool for West Wicklow campaign committee have been working away over the summer months to progress plans for a permanent community pool for the Baltinglass Municipal District.