A fishing boat and its crew were brought to safety by Wicklow RNLI last week after their boat experienced mechanical problems off the coast of Wicklow.
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has confirmed that it has received a Preliminary Business Case for the Bray Harbour Improvement Scheme from Wicklow County Council. The project is set to cost an estimated €9.5m to deliver and the Department has preliminary allocated over €7m to assist in the delivery of the project with the balance to be bridged by Wicklow County Council.
1957 was a quiet year internationally. The Iron Curtain still divided Europe between the Western democracies and those under the iron grip of the USSR [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] which continued to maintain tight control of those countries in Eastern Europe which were aligned with it.
Father-of-three Bobby Messett, who was gunned down as he attended an early morning gym class, was the "innocent victim of a brutal crime" and his family have been left with "so many unanswered questions", the Central Criminal Court heard today