Thursday 23 May 2013
Are the Division 3 frontrunners wilting under the pressure? Title favourites Fairwood Celtic and Arklow United B both dropped points this week, and it has wedged the door open another sliver for Ballywaltrim to gatecrash the title run-in.
Patrick Hoban helped Dundalk to make the most of a bad situation as his 51st minute header decided this miserable contest against Bray Wanderers.
A late John Mulroy winner ensured that Bray Wanderers' stint at the foot of the Premier Division table would be a brief one.
This Andy McEvoy Premier Division title race knows excitement and delivers it in bundles.
Jaws dropped all over the county as news filtered through that Wicklow Town had overcome Rathnew AFC A to book their place in the Wicklow Cup final.
The girls from Colaiste Bhride had every reason to celebrate as they brought back the Wicklow Senior Camogie Cup to Carnew after a great victory over St Kevin's in the final at Kiltegan on Tuesday of last week.
Are the Division 3 frontrunners wilting under the pressure? Title favourites Fairwood Celtic and Arklow United B both dropped points this week, and it has wedged the door open another sliver for Ballywaltrim to gatecrash the title run-in.
All goalkeepers dread that day when your defence will be torn apart and you'll be left like a sitting duck as goal after goal rattles the back of your net.
Baltinglass continue to rule the roost in Division 1 of the SFL.
Outside of the senior grade the best and hardest to win championship in Wicklow in recent years is the Intermediate football. New teams come down from the Senior grade or up from Junior A but they all find the going though in this grade.
It is said that all good things must come to an end but Davy O'Sullivan's dream start to life in the League of Ireland seems to be the exception to that rule.
A surprise but very welcome win for Valleymount in Division 2 of the SFL in Valleymount on Friday - that is if anything that happens on that nice little lakeside pitch could be deemed a surprise.
Over 100 Primary School children from first and second classes attended a nine-a-side football blitz in Stratford-Grangecon GAA grounds recently.
County champions St Patricks, another of the unbeaten teams in Division1, kept up the pressure on the leaders with this good win over Kiltegan at Kiltegan.
Division 3 has become the Wicklow League's busiest division but we still have a long way to go.
Newtown United B and Glencormac United shall contest the Thomas Scott Cup final.
The twists and turns of Division 2 could be coming to an end. Glencormac United firmly put themselves in pole position on Sunday with a precious 5-3 victory over Seaview Wanderers. Cian McGoldrick (3) and Kevin Redden (2) did the damage for the Kilmacanogue side and set them on course for Division 2 honours. For more details, see our focus match.
County manager Eddie Sheehy came under fire for his role on the board of Wicklow Enterprise Park Ltd (WEP) on Monday.
Chairman of Wicklow County Council, Cllr. Pat Casey, said he had been invited onto the board of Wicklow Enterprise Park Ltd, an invitation which he had accepted. He said his 'decision was not an easy one when one looks at the difficult backdrop of the company'.
The recent fodder crisis has left many dairy farmers in heavy debt as they struggled to feed their herd during the harsh winter weather.
A man was brought to hospital last week after his jeep crashed in to a wall at Killarney Road.
The need to use local labour and local suppliers on the Arklow Rathnew road work project was highlighted at Monday's meeting of Wicklow County Council.
Just 60 jobs were created in Wicklow by the IDA last year through foreign investment according to the latest figures.
IFA Animal Health Chairman John Waters said the BVD scheme will fail to meet its objectives if the Minister for Agriculture does not provide the supports and incentives to encourage the disposal of PI calves.
Wicklow's most famous resident, Daniel Day Lewis, was raising the profile of the Wicklow Hospice at the 2013 American Ireland Fund Gala last week.
A Greystones financial trader is suing Permanent TSB, claiming it knew he needed about €100,000 last March to meet margin calls – which are required to bring up the value of an investment following a decrease below a certain level – from his broker because the bank had previously advanced funds to him to meet such margin calls.
Local filmmaker Richard Waters and producer Alison Scarff have just returned from the Newport Beach Film Festival in LA where Richard's debut feature The O'Briens premiered to a sold-out crowd.
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