Wicklow

Living on the buses

Increased traffic could eliminate need for peope to have actual houses

Taoiseach says gardaí prepared for Trump visit in wake of reported drone sighting

Defence analyst Declan Power says reported drone over Irish Sea would be ‘classic example of hybrid warfare’

In search of Pietro Bossi: The Italian craftsman shrouded in the mystery of his life in Dublin

Examples of the stucco worker and marble inlayer’s pieces can be found in Áras an Uachtaráin and Hugh Lane Gallery

Ireland’s Greenest Places longlist: ‘Those with an acute sense of a warming world stand out’

The summer of 2026 has provided a timely reminder of the urgent need for climate action

Five Wicklow women living in a Westlife world of their own: ‘It’s a coming of age thing’

Five Wicklow women in their 30s are seeing Westlife together for the umpteenth time this month. They talk about friendship, fandom and how life has changed in the past 25 years

Photo portrait of Katie Taylor aged 10: ‘You can see the steel in her eyes even then’

Photographer Marc O’Sullivan shares some of his shots and memories of the then future Olympic and world boxing champion

Look inside: Regency villa on enchanting grounds in Delgany

Well-presented four-bedroom home with separate gate lodge

‘It knocked the feet from under us’: Family moved to Ipas hotel hours from daughter’s medical care

The family of five are housed in a room of 23sq m and share a communal bathroom with other families

Nuns seeking €4.5m for 50-acre estate beside Wicklow’s Magheramore beach

Magheramore complex has served as international headquarters of Missionary Sisters of St Columban since 1957

‘That has changed’: Helen McEntee says Ireland now takes defence spending seriously

EU foreign affairs chief told Wicklow meeting Ireland has ‘much better neighbours’ than other European countries

British warship and ‘sub hunter’ helicopter deployed for EU meeting in Wicklow

Royal Navy ship was requested by Irish authorities to provide defence during the event

Ed Miliband to join EU foreign ministers meeting in Wicklow this week

Helen McEntee to bring Meath twist to foreign ministers' dinner in Druids Glen

EU presidency hits Wicklow next week and Burnham nixes talk of a Border poll

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

GP numbers rise by just 185 in five years despite healthcare needs of growing population

Surgeries are closing doors to new patients, with concerns for rural practices if a doctor retires

Rathmines and Rathgar become film set for An Cailín Ciúin director Colm Bairéad

Fifties drama Mary Rose, starring Zara Devlin, already attracting industry buzz

Heavy rain warning in place for six counties

Dublin also faces chance of thunderstorms, intense downpours and surface flooding

What on earth is a Gymnich and why is it coming to Wicklow?

EU ministers are gathering in Druids Glen hotel next week for a candid discussion of foreign policy challenges

Hosepipe ban extended to end of September in 13 counties

Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’

Six Irish restaurants added to Michelin Guide including three Dublin spots

Three Dublin spots included in influential guide, as well as restaurants in Wexford, Wicklow and Galway

Bray Head climb ‘must be reinstated with designated trail to combat erosion’

Feasibility study also recommends development of a recreational management plan for popular spot

Fire crew called to Wicklow commons after tyres dumped and set alight

Such incidents ‘not uncommon’, says fire chief, despite drought and repeated warnings

A Wicklow mansion rescued from ruin by seven people: ‘I felt sorry for the house’

A far cry from the upstairs-downstairs landed gentry days, the Co Wicklow house perfectly fits National Heritage Week’s theme

‘The Main Street was a very different place’: Ireland’s growing dereliction clear to see in Bray

Many locals are dissatisfied that Co Wicklow’s largest town is looking down-at-heel and shabby

‘We offered them free to the State’: 29 homes built without permission to be razed

But judge had criticised ‘unbelievable chutzpah’ of developers behind work at Chianti Park, South Dublin

‘The bottom line is I didn’t have the money’: Maggie Roche’s Wicklow cafe Little Acorn to close

Roche has a plan for Little Acorn to ‘remain as the Little Acorn one way or another’

Popular Dublin restaurant shut down over ‘breeding’ cockroaches

Offaly food shop with toilet 'overflowing with human waste' closed by food safety watchdog

Disgraced former solicitor Michael Lynn carries out community service in lieu of detention

Lynn received 5½-year sentence in 2024 for stealing more than €18m from financial institutions during Celtic Tiger

Helen Macdonald: ‘Losing a twin at birth predisposed me to search for something missing’

Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science. Her prize-winning book, H Is for Hawk, was made into a film starring Claire Foy in 2025. She is a guest at the Shaking Bog Festival in Wicklow on August 22nd

Father-of-four killed en route to charity rally leaves ‘incredible legacy’, funeral told

Darrell Nolan was killed in a crash on August 2nd, six days before his birthday

Public advised ‘in the strongest possible terms’ not to attend Wicklow-based GP

Medical Council ‘gravely concerned’ Regine Grah is still practising following High Court suspension

‘Who is this guy?’: From Greystones to Major League Baseball, the story of Adam Macko

The pitcher became a rare phenomenon this summer: an Irish, of sorts, professional baseball player

Plan to double size of Ashford film studios rejected by Wicklow council

Ashford Studios had sought permission for an additional five film studios as part of expansion plan at Kellystown site

Culture Night returns with bell-ringing, shield-painting and an invitation to ‘play the paper bag’

Art and music workshops and demos are just some of the hundreds of events lined up for September 18th

Immerse yourself in tranquility at these waterside homes, from Donegal to Carlow

A four-bed with direct beach access in Wicklow, a cottage overlooking the Barrow and more

Noises Off: Frank McNally on a famous tale of the banshee

Extraordinary sound – ‘neither voice nor instrument’ – heralded baron’s death in 1801

‘What was a beautiful habitat now is black soot’: Ireland’s wildfires devastate wildlife

Mammals, small reptiles and amphibians losing shelter and food due to blazes in Tipperary, Wicklow and Waterford

Meet the people behind an Irish summer: ‘We start around 10.30 in the morning and finish at 2am’

Be it a bean an tí, a Skelligs boat captain or a dancing barman, it takes a lot of effort by someone behind the scenes for the holidays to work

Man arranged ‘straightener’ during which father of seven was stabbed to death, court hears

Fight arranged to take place in playground over earlier alleged attack on youth by three males

Gardaí appeal for information on Deirdre Jacob’s disappearance and murder 28 years ago

Student had walked into Newbridge to get bank draft before she went missing

Firefighters in Tipperary and Wicklow stand guard against repeat mountain flare-ups

Blaze broke out near Waterford’s Metal Man statue on Great Newtown Head on Sunday

Public urged to avoid areas of Co Wicklow due to reignition of wildfire

But ‘promising’ signs of containment of week-long blaze on Slievenamon, Co Tipperary

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