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Gardaí are seeking the assistance of the public as they make efforts to track down three males involved in a violent disorder incident which occurred in Newtownmountkennedy in April of 2024 and featured on RTE’s Crimecall.

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Garda appeal launched for three suspects involved in incident at Wicklow IPAS centre ↗

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HIQA has found it could not be assured that residents were “protected from all forms of abuse at all times” at a residential disability centre in Wicklow, where 24 safeguarding notifications had been recorded in 2025 at the time of inspection.

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Wicklow disability centre faced escalation after 24 safeguarding notifications ↗

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Twenty-four years old. The prime of most lives, but his was an especially vibrant one; hurling not only in the green and gold of Clonoulty Rossmore, but the vaunted blue and gold of Tipperary. And then, in August 2022, a life filled with potential was gone, ended by Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. He collapsed in Semple Stadium while captaining his club in Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship action against Kilruane McDonaghs.

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Meet the Wicklow family forever indebted to the Dillon Quirke Foundation ↗

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Department of Justice officials have confirmed that a holiday village in Wicklow, currently under investigation over claims of planning breaches, remains under contract to provide accommodation for those seeking international protection.

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Wicklow holiday village investigated for planning breaches still getting funding for asylum seekers ↗

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Katie Taylor has announced she will have the final fight of her professional career in Dublin this summer. While a location and opponent have yet to be confirmed, Taylor expects the fight to take place this July/August in Dublin and remains hopeful that her last final bout could take place at Croke Park.

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BREAKING | Katie Taylor to retire after her final fight in Dublin this summer as she hopes it will be at Croke Park ↗

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The Riverfield estate in Aughrim is in a state of crisis following catastrophic flooding caused by Storm Chandra in late January.

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How did Storm Chandra-devastated estate in Wicklow get built on floodplain? ↗

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Tributes are being paid across Wicklow, Wexford and beyond after the death of Carnew-based historian Kevin Lee, a “gentleman, teacher and scholar” who was the keeper of local history and reconnected generations of Canadian families with their Garden County roots.

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Tributes paid as Wicklow historian Kevin Lee who reconnected Canadians with their Irish roots dies ↗

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A Wexford man previously jailed for a “heinous” rape has been sentenced to 11 months in prison after failing to comply with his sex offender notification obligations

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Wexford rapist living in Wicklow jailed for breaching sex offender notification rules ↗

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