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WICKLOW Mountains National Park wishes to advise walkers and visitors that the car park at the Old Hero Mines, Glendassan on the Wicklow Gap road will be closed for up to eight weeks to facilitate essential works.

‘I see destruction everywhere.’ Hugh McLindon readily admits that he has a fatalistic side to his personality as he sits in the car park up at the Wicklow Gap, in the hills high to the west of Glendalough. The surrounding countryside here is among the most spectacular and breath-taking on this island with vistas across to the sea on one side and to the Midlands on the other.

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Free GP care is being rolled out today for 215 thousand newly eligible people.

The Hollywood St. Kevin’s Way group are hosting a guided 19km walk following the Glendalough saint's footsteps through the spectacular Wicklow Mountains on Saturday, October 14.

Our test car this week has had a curious history. Initially unveiled in 2013, the all-electric Volkswagen e-up! was the German car maker’s first production electric car and went on sale in Ireland early in 2014. With a claimed range of 150km, the small city car could recharge to 80pc within 30 minutes but there was very little demand for electric cars 10 years ago; a mere 49 were sold in 2013 and 220 in 2014.

This cross marks the place where Art ONeill died in 1592; and it is 421 years since his friend, Red Hugh O’Donnell, died in Spain while trying to organise Spanish support for the Irish rebels

Communities across Wicklow will celebrate their traditions, skills and history as part of Heritage Week 2023.

COMMUNITIES across Wicklow will celebrate their traditions, skills and history as part of Heritage Week 2023.