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Wicklow County Council crews, the Civil Defence and Severe Weather Alert Team remain on standby, as today’s Status Orange weather warning is extended deep into Friday, but after high tide so far it appears flood defences are holding.

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Extended Status Orange warning puts Wicklow residents on high alert but defences are holding ↗

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HIQA has found there were “serious risks to the safety of the residents” at a designated centre for adults with disabilities in Wicklow, where a resident was prevented by their housemate from using the bathroom and was given incontinence products despite confirmation from a GP and a urology nurse of “no known medical necessity”

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Resident denied access to toilet at Wicklow disability centre given incontinence products ↗

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Wicklow County Council has moved into a heightened state of readiness as a Status Orange weather warning is due to come effect from midday on Thursday, with crews on standby across the county amid fears of further flooding and damage following weeks of severe weather.

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Civil Defence and council’s SWAT on standby as Wicklow communities braced for more flooding during Status Orange warning ↗

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A third planning setback has occurred for Kippure Lodge and Holiday Village in west Wicklow, which is currently housing asylum seekers in an IPAS centre.

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Third planning setback for Wicklow holiday village acting as IPAS centre ↗

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Uisce Éireann has been accused of stalling housing development across rural parts of Wicklow, including in the village of Aughrim, due to long-standing water and wastewater capacity issues.

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Local TD accuses Uisce Éireann of stalling housing development across rural parts of Wicklow ↗

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Just before our conversation, Keith Grant was busy preparing venison shanks for a Chinese customer, a snapshot of how much his shop has changed in recent years.

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Meet the Wicklow butcher turning TikTok followers into customers ↗

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After more than a decade of planning battles, the green light has been given for a major housing development on Bray’s seafront, with the demolition of three long-standing Coastguard Terrace homes, each with their own Eircode, central to the plans.

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Major new Wicklow seafront development gets permission to demolish historic houses ↗

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Two men arrested last week in connection with a near-fatal stabbing that left the victim hospitalised for the past six months have been released without charge.

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Men arrested over near-fatal Wicklow stabbing have been released ↗

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