Wicklow Sinn News Today

Increased reports of crime in a growing estate outside Wicklow town have prompted a call to action from local resident and election candidate Abbie O’Loughlin.

Following thousands of concerned residents signing petitions and filing submissions over plans to close exits on the N11 to facilitate a bus priority corridor, there have been calls for Wicklow County Council to make the Post-Consultation Report public without delay.

Hundreds of concerned Arklow residents took to the streets on Saturday afternoon to demand answers on plans for a disused property which is reported to have been earmarked as refugee centre for Ukrainians.

There have been calls for the National Transport Authority to revise the impending changes to its fare structure which will reduce fares to Wicklow town significantly, but hike up DART fares to Bray and Greystones. With Bus Éireann prices also due to rise, this is a double blow for north Wicklow commuters.

While an exact date for this year’s Local Elections has yet to be confirmed, plenty of candidates from County Wicklow have already announced their intentions to run, while some sitting councillors have still yet to make their minds up.

Sinn Féin has announced Connor Byrne and Aidan Kinsella as their west Wicklow candidates to contest the 2024 local elections in the Baltinglass electoral area.

Over 100 people took the time to attend one of the most popular events on the charity calendar, the annual GOAL Mile, with the Bray event taking place on Christmas morning.

Wicklow County Council has served a ‘dangerous structures notice’ on the owners of the former Anvil store on Main Street in Bray, which has remained dormant despite planning approval in May last year for 15 homes with commercial and retail space.

Two vacant HSE buildings in Wicklow, one in Delgany and the other just outside Newtownmountkennedy, are among the top five highest priced properties in a portfolio of some 214 listed by the stage agency, which together are worth millions of euro.

Due to a shortage of community space, Top End Boxing Academy in Bray, County Wicklow, was in danger of closing its doors for good, but it has now secured a new...