East Coast FM Wicklow News

Two men arrested in Bray following the seizure of an estimated €14,000 worth of cocaine.

Children across Wicklow are in line to benefit from the further extension of the Hot School Meals Programme in April 2024, says Minister Simon Harris.

Met Éireann have issued a status yellow rainfall warning for Wicklow, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, and Wexford.

A bottle bank has been installed in Charlesland, Greystones, just in time for Christmas

Siofra Lawless has won Ireland's second gold medal at the World Junior Boxing Championships.

Minister Eamon Ryan has been offered a Dáil pairing arrangement by Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore.

€280 per child will be paid in respect of over 1.2 million children across the State.

It will be used to resurface the car park and walkway around the pitch.

A man has been handed a mandatory life sentence for the murder of Bobby Messet.

Wicklow County Council, in collaboration with renewable energy company SSE Renewables, has delivered a long awaited €400,000 commercial pontoon along the South Quay within Arklow Harbour South Dock.

Funding amounts of between €1,000 and €5,000 are being paid to schools who successfully proposed their 2023 / 2024 sustainability projects for funding under the second National Strategy – ESD to 2030.

man and a woman in their 40s were arrested during a search operation in Wicklow after Robbery.

New socio-economic research on the potential benefits of Arklow Bank Wind Park 2 estimates an economic benefit to the Irish economy of up to €800m during the project’s lifetime, of which over half a billion euro could directly benefit counties Wicklow and Wexford.  

Singer Shane MacGowan has died at the age of 65.

Arklow councillors have criticised the destruction of local roads by heavy goods vehicles serving local quarries

Politicians of all parties have been warned about the danger of complacency regarding the future of news and current affairs on independent radio and that many services regarded as essential for the maintenance of democracy are under immediate threat.

After writing to the ESB Wicklow Minister Simon Harris can confirm work is underway to get lights switched on in coming weeks  

Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore has welcomed a commitment that all children in the Greystones area will receive a first-year place in secondary school for September 2024.

The winning initiative focused on TY students guiding adults in using their digital devices

Green Party TD Steven Matthews has welcomed a significant step in the prospect of repurposing the courthouse, a heritage structure in Wicklow Town centre.

Frustration continues over a lack of updates on the Glendalough Masterplan and the old Ashford Garda Station.

Enabling works commenced on the station site in 2022 and it will open in 2025.

Wicklow County Council has been asked to acquire the current Ashford Park and Playground site by Compulsory Purchase Order

Eddie Hearn says a Croke Park fight for Katie Taylor has to happen.

Wicklow Sinn Féin TD John Brady invited members of the public to attend a vigil at Bray Town Hall, this coming Wednesday 29th November at 6pm, to mark the International Day of Solidarity for Palestine.

During this time pedestrian diversions will be in place. 

Over 1 million euro in funding will be made available next year, to cover student accommodation costs for those leaving State care.

The total for October is 15% higher than the figure a year ago.

Dublin riots: Total of 34 arrests as Dublin city wakes up to aftermath of night of chaos and looting.

County Wicklow is one of the first counties to be included in the first phase of funding that will eventually provide free solar panels to all schools in the country.

Liz Nugent, Eimear Ryan, Claire Keegan, Peter Donnelly, Mary O’Donnell  and Moïra Fowley are among the winning authors at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards which were held in the Convention Centre, Dublin.

The Higher Education Minister says anyone who has paid their full college fees will be refunded one thousand euro.

Wicklow’s first ever Disability and Inclusion Strategy has been launched.

Eligible owners have been encouraged to avail of one of two conservation grants: the Historic Structures Fund and Built Heritage Investment Scheme.

Plans have been approved to build a new biking facility at Ballinastoe near Roundwood.

The funding being announced comes under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) which is under the remit of the Department of Rural and Community Development. 

Wicklow Sinn Féin TD John Brady has expressed concern at the slow pace of efforts to prevent further coastal erosion along the route of the Dublin Rosslare Rail Line that runs along the Wicklow coastline.

15 Men’s Sheds in Wicklow are in line to receive grants of up to €3,000 to financially support them.

The first site to be planted will be a memorial mini forest in Kiltegan.

Blessington Tidy Towns were shortlisted in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Award.

The Greystones Rail Station Makeover Committee is delighted to announce the recent unveiling of the first Corten Steel Totem (3 metre hight solar powered) featuring the portrait of Elizabeth Burnaby – nee Hawkins Whitshed.

A new ASD unit has opened at St Mary's National School in Barndarrig.

Ireland is on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040.

A  68 year old man has died in a workplace accident in Coolafancy.

The Holyhead Santa,  with his team and with his elves,  is coming to Greystones

822 Families Received Support from Purple House in 2022, an increase of 37% on the previous year.

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, and Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council, Cllr Aoife Flynn-Kennedy, officially opened 208 new social-rental homes delivered by Co-operative Housing Ireland (CHI) in Bray.