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Wicklow Councillors refuse to question mangement on police raid- Brady
(Wednesday 3 March, 2010)
Sinn Fein councillor John Brady has expressed disappointment in a decision taken by Wicklow councillors not to discuss last weeks Garda raid on the Wicklow County council offices.
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Roche reiterates calls for protection of sporting lands in Greystones
(Tuesday 1 March, 2010)
Dick Roche TD, Minister for European Affairs, has reiterated his demands
that sporting lands in Greystones currently being used by Greystones Rugby
Club should remain with the club and be preserved for sporting use into the
future.
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David welcomes Ambassadors to Bray
(Friday, 26 February, 2010)
Cllr David Grant (FF), Leas Cathaoirleach of Bray Town Council, welcomed a number of Ambassadors to Bray this week as part of the Windows of the World project being run by the Lions Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the St Patrick’s Day festival committee.
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Brady welcomes Garda raid on Wicklow Council Buildings
(Wednesday, 24 February, 2010)
Wicklow Sinn Féin Councillor John Brady has welcomed the raid on the Wicklow County Council Buildings this morning in connection with the investigation into the deaths of Fire Officers Brian Murray and Mark O'Shaughnessy.Councillor Brady reiterated his call for a full independent investigation into the deaths of the two firemen.
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Good news for five Wicklow Schools
(Wednesday, 17 February, 2010)
Dick Roche TD, Minister for European Affairs, has today welcomed the progress announced by the Government in relation to the construction of a number of schools in County Wicklow.
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Timmins expresses concern at use of Irish Passports
(Tuesday, 16 February, 2010)
Deputy Billy Timmins FG TD of West Wicklow and Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs has today [Tuesday 16th February 2010] expressed his grave concern at the alleged use of Irish passports in a reported incident where a hit squad, including a woman and two men allegedly carrying Irish passports, was behind the mysterious killing of a Hamas commander in his hotel room last month, according to Dubai police claims yesterday
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Draft County Heritage Plan now on display
(Sunday 25 July, 2009)
The new Draft County Wicklow Heritage Plan 2009-2014 has been drawn up by the Wicklow Heritage Forum and Heritage Officer, Wicklow Co. Council, It is on display at Council Offices and in Libraries until 20th August and is open for public consultation
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Green Party calls for ‘ePlanning’ system
(Tuesday 2 July, 2009)
Local Green Party Rep Caroline Burrell has called on Bray Town Council and Wicklow County Council to consider ‘ePlanning’, a system which allows people to apply for planning permission, make a submission or object to a planning proposal online. The system is currenty operating on a pilot basis in Dublin City Council and Mayo County Council.
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Wicklow Holidaymakers Urged to Take Holiday Travel Precautions - Minister Martin
(Tuesday 23 June, 2009)
Wicklow holidaymakers planning to head for the sun in the coming weeks should take a number of precautions before leaving for the airport, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin.The Minister has issued a holiday alert to Wicklow holidaymakers following an increase of 20% in the number of Irish people losing their lives abroad so far this year, with over 100 deaths.
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More cuts to front line services in Loughlinstown Hospital
(Tuesday, 26 May, 2009)
Sinn Féin representatives from Dún Laoghaire and Bray have today revealed that Accident and Emergency Services at Loughlinstown Hospital are to be drastically cut. It is understood that from June the hospital will no longer take in admissions between the hours of 8pm and 8am. Ballybrack & Loughlinstown local election candidate Eoin Ó Broin and Bray councillor John Brady described it as "another hammer blow" to hospital services in the area.
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Childers comdemns special education cuts
(Tuesday, 19 May, 2009)
Nessa Childers, Labour’s MEP candidate in Ireland East visited the Holy Rosary School in Wicklow today to meet students, teachers and parents at the school's Special Education Class. She was accompanied by Labour Party Leader Eamon Gilmore and local TD Liz McManus..
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Significant new land acquisition for Wicklow Mountains National Park
(Thursday 14 May, 2009)
Mr. John Gormley TD, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, today announced a significant new land acquisition for Wicklow Mountains National Park. It brings the total area of Wicklow Mountains National Park to some 20,483 hectares. This purchase substantially expands the size of the Wicklow Mountains National Park on its western boundary, adjacent to the Wicklow gap mountain lands on either side of the Laragh Hollywood Road (R756).
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Plans for massacre site angers locals
(Sunday 26 April, 2009)
A Wicklow developer has come under fire over attempts to build houses on the site of a 17th-century massacre in which hundreds of Irish peasants were slaughtered by British forces. The local authority recently granted planning permission for the development at Weston Close in Ballyguile but now residents, politicians and historians are appealing it to An Bord Pleanála.
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Brady accusses Council of lying to residents of Vartry Heights, Roundwood
(Friday 24 April, 2009)
Sinn Fein councillor John Brady has accused Wicklow County Council of breaking promises and ignoring the views of residents in Vartry Heights, Roundwood, by trying to impose more houses on them, against their will..
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Fianna Fail meet to seek funding for Arklow harbour
(Thursday 23 April, 2009)
Arklow Fianna Fail Councillors and election candidates together with Dick Roche TD, Minister for European Affairs are meeting in Dublin today to seek funding for improvement works at Arklow harbour.
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Brady slams road conditions in Wolfetone Sq. Bray
(Monday 20 April, 2009)
Sinn Fein councillor John Brady has slammed contractors for the condition in which they left the road surface in Wolfetone Sq. west following recent roadworks.
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Superquinn must act to stop illegal dumping on Southern Cross- Brady
(Wednesday 15 April, 2009)
Sinn Fein councillor John Brady has called on Superquinn to take measures to clean up and stop the illegal dumping on their site on the Southern Cross road in Bray.
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Concerns that contracts at Bray Recycling Centre will not be renewed
(wednesday 8 April, 2009)
Labour TD Liz McManus has expressed her deep concern about the proposed loss of jobs to the staff working in the Bray Recycling Centre and the resultant threat of closure of the Centre.
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Schering-Plough Jobs Must be Replaced - Childers
(Tuesday 1 April, 2009)
Nessa Childers, Labour’s MEP candidate in Ireland East (formerly Leinster) has called on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment to establish an Enterprise Centre in Bray following the announcement this week of 240 job losses at Schering-Plough.
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Get Ireland Growing! Burrell urges residents to take part in food campaign
(Monday, 30 March, 2009)
Green Party Cllr. Caroline Burrell urges residents to take part in Get Ireland Growing, a campaign to encourage food growing at home and in the community. Cllr. Burrell is calling on anyone interested in learning more about food growing or setting up a community garden or allotment scheme in Bray to contact her.
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More cuts to 45 Bus route to compound problems for the public
(Thursday, 5 March, 2009)
Sinn Fein Councillor John Brady has expressed further disappointment following a presentation by Chris Rafferty, Operations Manager at Dublin Bus. The Dublin Bus representative was present at the Council meeting to address the cuts in Dublin Bus and to the 45 bus route which links the large residential area of Boghall Rd. to the city Centre.
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Funding for Fire safety works in the Oldcourt estate turned down by Government
(Thursday, 5 March, 2009)
Cllr John Brady has expressed complete shock at a decision by the Dept. of Environment to turn down an application for funding to proceed with remedial works to address major fire safety issues in the Oldcourt Housing estate in Bray.
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Launch of pamphlet on local suffragette
(Tuesday, 3 March, 2009)
Last night a celebration in advance of International Women's Day* took place at the home of Liz McManus TD. The evening was in honour of the achievements of Bray resident Pauline Adams, nee Colclough (1874-1975). Pauline Colclough/Adams grew up in Bray and went on to become one of the leading suffragists in the US involved in the campaign for extending the right to vote to women.
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Arklow needs Govt action to bring jobs - Chliders
(Monday 2 March, 2009)
Nessa Childers, Labour’s MEP candidate in Ireland East (Leinster) is today meeting with business leaders in Arklow, Co Wicklow, to discuss the fallout from the closure of the Allergan plant and the need for new job creation initiatives in south Wicklow. She met with Mayor Nicky Kelly, Arklow Business Enterprise Centre and Arklow & District Chamber of Commerce.
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Childers to visit Asgard II building & luanch site in Arklow
(Friday, 27 February, 2009)
Nessa Childers, Labour's MEP candidate in Ireland East (Leinster) will be in Arklow, on Monday 2nd March to visit the site where the Asgard II sail training boat, which today lies abandoned by the Government at the bottom of the Bay of Biscay, was originally built and launched.
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Bray Councillor and The Friends of the Orchard Meet with the HSE
(Monday, 23 February, 2009)
Bray Sinn Féin Councillor John Brady has described the decision of the HSE to shut down and evict 38 elderly residents and around 20 staff from the Orchard Nursing Home in Bray as “ill considered and wasteful”. He said it has caused “massive disruption to the lives of many of those living their who consider it their home.”
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New group established in Bray to fight for Public Nursing Home
(Monday, 16 February, 2009)
Following the announcement by the HSE that the Orchard nursing home on the Killarney Rd. in Bray was closing with immediate effect. A new Group has been formed. The groups primary concern is for the residents of the nursing home and to ensure that the site on the Killarney Rd. remains the location of a publicly owned and operated nursing home in the future.
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Roche delighted with ‘go-ahead’ for Lacken National School
(Thursday, 12 February, 2009)
Dick Roche TD, Minister for European Affairs has today (12th February 2009) expressed his delight with the go-ahead for Lacken National School to proceed to tender and construction this year
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EUR1.5 billion required to properly insulate and heat Wicklow Homes
(Monday 9 February, 2009)
The Renewable Energy Skills Skillnet (RESS) has warned that Ireland will struggle to achieve building efficiency ratings of 60 per cent within ten years, as envisaged by the EU. The organisation, utilising figures from a recent report by the Irish Institute for International and European Affairs, said it would cost Wicklow an estimated EUR1.5 billion alone to achieve this target by 2018.
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