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Irish Rail has asked for further clarity on a planning application received by Wicklow County Council (WCC) seeking permission to alter parts of the late Sinead O’Connor’s former home in Bray.

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Plans to alter Sinead O' Connor’s former home in Wicklow queried by Irish Rail ↗

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A Blood Bikes volunteer has been named as Ireland’s Volunteer of the Year.

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‘Her dedication reflects the very best of who we are’ – Blood Bikes volunteer named Ireland’s Volunteer of the Year ↗

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“Before I could walk, they put a paintbrush between my toes,” said Wicklow artist, Mary Duffy. “When I was born without arms, they kind of thought, that's about all she could do, probably.”

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Wicklow artist Mary Duffy on art, identity and changing the conversation this Christmas – ‘People who like my paintings don't care how I paint them’ ↗

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Thirty years after she first stepped into the Arklow Bay Hotel, 77-year-old Liz Doyle says she still has “lots of energy” to keep going — with staff and guests hailing the long-serving Ferrybank Lounge team member as “always so friendly” and “an amazing human being”.

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Wicklow woman (77) still ‘full of energy’ after 30 years of service at hotel ↗

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Internationally renowned horse trainer and breeder John Mulvey was laid to rest on Friday, with his heartbroken family describing him as “our hero”.

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Renowned Wicklow horse breeder and trainer John Mulvey was ‘one in a million guy struck by a one in five million rare form of cancer’, mourners hear ↗

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Bray Rowing Club are “incredibly proud and deeply grateful” after being recommended as the new occupants of the former Bray Boxing Club building in Bray.

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Historic Wicklow rowing club to be new tenants at Katie Taylor’s former boxing club ↗

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Audrey and Rodney Evans live on the border between Greystones and Delgany. Both now in their eighties, they have successfully raised their family together. Rodney passed the business he founded at Farrankelly on to two of his sons a few years ago. Though Audrey lets it slip that her legs are not up long walks, the couple are generally in good health. No one would think any the worse of them if they settled for an easy life in retirement, while helping out with the upbringing of grandchildren.

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Meet the octogenarian Wicklow couple who have spent 20 years feeding Dublin’s homeless ↗

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A Wicklow man has been sentenced at Bray District Court after being found in possession of ketamine and weapons, and obstructing gardaí during the execution of a search warrant.

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Wicklow man found with samurai sword and ketamine jailed for 26 months ↗

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