Wicklow District News Today

Wicklow District election hopeful Mia Fahey McCarthy was among the 500 party members gathered in the RDS for the Green Party convention.

The South East Coastal Protection Alliance raised serious concerns over the rapid rate of erosion taking place at Brittas Bay beach during a presentation made to Wicklow Municipal District, citing the believed effect of wind turbines on tidal flows as a leading cause. Mick Higgins and William Hourie both addressed Monday’s meeting, stating that the targeted erosion along the south end of the beach would appear to indicate a major change in tidal flow.

Cllr Shay Cullen has announced his ‘difficult decision’ not to contest June’s local elections as he embarks on the ‘next chapter’ of his life

The library in Wicklow town will host a talk on a plane crash in the Wicklow Mountains in 1946 and a Christmas toy and clothes swap shop in December.

The library in Wicklow town has two events coming up in December, including a history talk

Ciara Martin Perks from Newtownmountkennedy has announced that she will run for local election next year as an independent candidate for Wicklow Municipal District, with a focus on improving local amenities.

Elected councillors from the Wicklow District were left seething when they discovered that a proposed 117-home development in Ashford had been sold to a housing agency, removing any possibility of affordable or social housing at the Ballinalea site.

More than 270 local groups and organisations have been awarded grants by Wicklow County Council as part of the Community Awards Scheme 2023, representing an increase of almost 21 per cent on the number of grants awarded last year.

THE District Engineer for the Wicklow District will look into providing Children at Play signs to a number of housing estates.

A man has been arrested after gardaí in Wicklow seized €111,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb following a search operation in Ashford.