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The father of Hannah Leonard, who suffered catastrophic brain injuries after being hit by a car while out jogging in Sicily last year, has spoken of how his family is “not doing Christmas this year” after a second tragedy befell them during the summer.

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‘We won’t be doing Christmas this year,’ says dad of Sicily car victim Hannah Leonard as she faces lengthy recovery ↗

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Two Wicklow women have graduated as ‘Patient Champions’ for the national heart and stroke charity, the Irish Heart Foundation.

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Two Wicklow woman who experienced serious cardiac issues become Irish Heart Foundation ‘Patient Champions’ ↗

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A woman who became involved in a verbal altercation in a Rathdrum pub before assaulting another woman has been fined.

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Woman who dragged victim by hair outside Wicklow pub is fined €600 ↗

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County Wicklow resident Feena May gives thanks to a higher power that she did not earn enough points in the Leaving Cert to allow her study accountancy at university. It would have been the obvious choice for her when a pupil at St Louis’s in Rathmines, as accountancy was her favourite subject. She racked up an A in the Leaving but her other grades did not match, so she had to settle for a business course instead at NIHE (since re-named DCU).

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Kalashnikovs, checkpoints and clowns: The extraordinary journey of Feena May ↗

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A scruffy but soft-natured cat, currently recovering at a Wicklow veterinary practice, has been winning hearts on social media in recent weeks, as the search continues for a new home in time for Christmas for Bruce — aka ‘The Boss’ — who is “one of the sweetest, loveliest cats” the vets have ever known.

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Scruffy Wicklow cat named after Bruce Springsteen wins hearts as he looks for home ↗

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A man who downloaded child abuse images when he was a teenager has received an 18-month suspended sentence

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Man (21) avoids jail over child abuse material downloaded when he was minor ↗

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He has been a star in some of the big film and TV productions shot in Wicklow, and last month was in Ashford Studios where an upcoming Prime Video drama series is being filmed. Deermuid the deer is in constant demand.

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SuperValu ad deer from Wicklow is now a movie star and more in demand than Santa ↗

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A large ground-mounted solar array has been proposed within the grounds of Humewood Castle in Kiltegan, west Wicklow, with a planning application submitted to Wicklow County Council seeking permission for 378 photovoltaic panels on a screened field inside the historic estate.

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378-panel solar array proposed on grounds of Wicklow castle ↗

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