Myles Buchanan

22 hours ago | independent.ie | Myles Buchanan

The Pure Mile encourages communities and groups to adopt a mile of road, or miles of road, and work with Pure organising litter picks and clean ups. Pure Mile litter picks are organised throughout the year and approximately 900 litter picks/clean-ups have already taken place in 2025. One recent clean-up resulted in the collection of over 75 bags of rubbish. Pure Mile groups were also responsible for the collection of more than 410 bags of litter in March with an additional 550 bags in April.

1 day ago | independent.ie | Myles Buchanan

Suzanne Jackson from Baltinglass is a business studies graduate of Dublin City University who has been working with students from Ellenfield Community College in Whitehall, Dublin, in addition to her other work on the EirGrid graduate programme and her MSc in Sustainability and Enterprise in UCC.

1 day ago | independent.ie | Myles Buchanan

Four cannisters were recovered from the local park in Rathnew located opposite Rathnew Cemetery, while another empty cannister was also found in Drumkay over recent days. Specialists have advised that the gas causes a range of sensory issues, including a numbness in their hands, feet and extremities, serious issues with balance, problems with their heart rate, and mental health issues.

1 day ago | independent.ie | Myles Buchanan

Wicklow County Council was initially awarded €3.5 million in 2019 under the fund. The project was to involve the re-allocation of road space, the laying of new high-quality paving and kerbs along the footpaths, enhanced lighting provision, tree planting and landscaping as well as associated drainage works, installation of ducting and the undergrounding of overhead cables.

1 day ago | independent.ie | Myles Buchanan

Wicklow Tennis Club members past and present gathered on Sunday to mark the retirement of legendary coach John Brady. John has coached at Wicklow Tennis Club for the past 29 years, and during that time, hundreds of youngsters and children have had the privilege of attending his coaching classes. John’s family and close friends accompanied him to his retirement bash, while associates from the US joined online to share in the occasion.