Man who bit garda's finger so hard he broke it 'lost the run of himself'
A man in an 'almost a psychotic frenzy' bit down so hard on a garda's finger that he broke the bone.
Injured and in-foal pony Kay rescued in Arklow and on the mend
Niamh O'Connor Kay - a pony heavily in foal that was rescued from Arklow with an horrific neck wound last month - is making a good recovery with the Irish Horse Welfare Trust.
Drugged and robbed in Tenerife
A Bray man was sprayed with a date rape drug and forced to empty his bank accounts last month when on holiday in the Spanish island of Tenerife.
Bray chef-in-training serves up success with competition win
DIT student Emily Jane Cunningham from Bray and her fellow student Shorena Khutsianidze from Georgia have won this year's Manor Farm cookery competition.
Opposition to plans for bus corridor via Shankill village
Mary Fogarty Hundreds of Shankill residents attended a public meeting at Woodbrook College to discuss plans for a proposed bus corridor from Bray to the city centre.
Gemma is appointed principal of Educate Together in Newtownmounkennedy
Gemma Curry has been announced as the principal of the new Newtownmountkennedy Education Tolgether National School, which is due to open this August.
Average local rent now €1,242
Mary Fogarty The standard average rent in County Wicklow in the last quarter of 2018 was €1,242, an increase of €100 year-on-year, and an increase of €37 on the previous quarter, according to report from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).
Bray Credit Union celebrates 55 years
Bray Credit Union celebrated its 55th anniversary with an exhibition of its history, which took place last week at Bray Town Hall.
Councillor Jim Ruttle set to retire after three decades in post
Ah yes, Manor Kilbride, where the three counties meet, a most unlikely launch pad for a political career which has lasted more than three decades. Jim Ruttle, safely on the Wicklow side of the border, stands at the doorway of the family farm and points to the ridge on the opposite side of the valley. That is Kildare. Then, turning to the right, he indicates a patch of forestry not so very far away. That is Dublin.
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Man and teenager arrested after gardaí recover firearm
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Irish reunification a 'real prospect', says Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill
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Bill Clinton on Lyra McKee murder: 'I am heartbroken... this tragedy reminds us how much everyone has to lose'
- 'I watched the footage of a gunman murdering my friend'
- Declan Power: 'It now seems that Brexit is emerging as the unintended catalyst that is fuelling the New IRA'
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Guided walk of Shankill railways
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Birdwatching in Glendalough
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Stellar lead performance from Buckley in rags to riches tale
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Siblings' differing perspectives shown
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Israeli prize-winning film 'Foxtrot' to be screened at Mermaid
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New pilot programme for young bands
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