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Brothers calmly thwart armed raiders

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

TWO BROTHERS calmly refused to hand over money to an armed raider despite repeated threats at gun point in an early morning raid at Enniskerry Post Office yesterday (Tuesday) morning. Gardai arrested three men within hours of the incident.

Wicklow TDS claimed €200k since election

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

WICKLOW TDS have claimed almost €200,000 in expenses since their election in February of last year.

Motorist hands himself in after 'Crimecall' recognition

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

A MOTORIST WHO punched another driver in the face for alerting him to the fact that he was driving the wrong way down a oneway street handed himself in to gardaí in Bray.

Council don't have the funds to pay builders for work done

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

A NUMBER of builders are owed significant amounts of money by Wicklow County Council after funding the local authority thought it had secured was never delivered.

Team of over 80 hikers finish 'Marilyn Monroe'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

OVER 80 HIKERS from across the Wicklow area gathered together on a very cold and blustery day recently with one aim - to get to the summit of every Marilyn and the one Munro in all of Wicklow in one day.

Bray head hoop mystery

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

THE MYSTERIOUS appearance of a basketball net on the cross at Bray Head has caused a considerable stir in the town in the past week or so.

Company begins digging for gold

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

AN IRISH COMPANY is to commence gold mining on the South Wicklow/north Wexford border just weeks after the biggest ever gold deposit found in Ireland or Britain was discovered in Co. Monaghan.

Mermaid Centre up for IMRO prize

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

MERMAID ARTS CENTRE has been shortlisted for an IMRO Venue of the Year Award and artistic Director Nora Hickey is thrilled with the news.

Submachine gun may be linked to other crimes

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

GARDAI BELIEVE that a lethal submachine gun seized in Bray last Thursday may have been used in violent incidents in the town. The 9mm Mac-10 gun, along with a silencer, ammunition and other firearms was found during the search of a car boot during a routine garda patrol.

World Wetlands Day launched in Wicklow town

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

WICKLOW TOWN was the location for the national launch of World Wetlands Day on Thursday.

Motorist fined and banned from road

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

A KILPEDDER MAN was fined and put off the road at last Thursday's sitting of Bray District Court.

Dublin Bus makes local lady's shelter a 'priority'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

IN THE midst of a fraught protest at Greystones Town Council recently, Greystones woman Maureen Willis staunchly continued a five-year battle for a bus shelter near her home at The Grove, Redford.

Hickey and Nolan make it a double of National Elite Boxing titles for Wicklow

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

The tremendous success of Wicklow duo Ross Hickey and Bray based Adam Nolan in the National Elite Boxing Championships last weekend leaves the Garden County with three Wicklow based boxers are in the frame to secure Olympic qualification for the London games in August.

Davy nominated for FAI Junior Player of the Year

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

WICKLOW'S Davy O'sullivan has been announced as one of the prestigious nominees for the FAI Junior Player of the Year Award.

Wanderers dish out a spanking to Waterford

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

BRAY WANDERERS began their pre-season campaign in style on Sunday as they dished out a 5-0 spanking to Waterford United.

Wicklow maul a hapless Kilkenny

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

THIS was bordering on a no-win game for Harry Murphy in his opening national football league outing against Kilkenny.

Greystones winning run ended by Terenure RFC

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

GREYSTONES RFC'S six match winning run came to an end at Lakelands Park last Saturday in Round 10 of the AIL as Terenure College held off the pressure from the visiting side to secure the win by 8 points to 6.

Walkers wanted for Lug Challenge

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

KEEN CO. WICKLOW walkers are invited to join in the Lug Challenge as Arklow men Ulrich Loos and Jimmy Fealy attempt to raise €10,000 for St. Vincent de Paul.

Laura joins breast cancer boat crew

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

BRAY WOMAN and cancer survivor Laura Hennessy has found a life's passion in the 'Plurabelle Paddlers' dragon boat club.

Valentines Blues to start Weekender series

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

The newly formed Greystones Weekender series will start off with the Valentines Blues weekend from Thursday February 16.

Coláiste Chraobh Abhann

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

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Exhibition puts a spring in the step

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:36 +0000

OVER 200 PEOPLE attended the ' Put a Spring in Your Step' community exhibition in Shoreline Leisure Centre Greystones last week.