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It was a busy Saturday for Wicklow’s volunteer mountain rescue teams as they responded to two separate incidents in the neighbouring valleys of Glenmalure and Glendalough.
After more than two days and nights of brutal running in Arctic-like conditions, two Wicklow men have finished together, in joint third, in one of Britain’s most gruelling endurance races.
Glenmalure Pure Mile Group celebrated its rich mining heritage with an annual 100 lights walk to commemorate the mining families who walked from Baravore on Christmas morning to religious ceremonies in Greenane and Ballinatone.