Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman says he won't run for re-election this year. He joins Supervisor Bill Gates, who also won't be on the board going forward. The move comes after several Republican officials have faced years of harassment and death threats since they refused to cede to the political forces that be and denounce the results of the 2020 election.
Opening with Joe Dowlin at the Harbour Bar and closing with Jason Byrne at the Mermaid Arts Centre, the 2024 Bray Comedy Festival saw comedy legends like David McSavage, Sinead Culbert, Sharon Mannion, Pat McDonnell and Wicklow’s finest, Danny O’Brien, take to the many stages to provide bags of laughter for a full week from Monday, February 12 to Sunday, February 18.
County Wicklow will this year have eight official Darkness Into Light walks, after a dedicated mum-of-two and a local councillor shone a light on their town’s charity event that last year attracted hundreds.
Costa Coffee, the second largest coffee chain in the world, has been dealt a blow at one of its Bray outlets, after planning permission was refused for a drive-through lane at its location in Bray Retail Park, on Southern Cross Road in Bray.