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Irish Independent
4 days ago
- Irish Independent
Wicklow stately home and grounds has been reimagined and now attracts visitors from all over Ireland
Avondale has been reimagined and now attracts visitors from around the world, as reporter David Medcalf discovered Wicklow People Today at 02:00 Coillte, the State forestry company, is responsible for a million acres and for hundreds of sites around Ireland, with a presence in practically every one of the 26 counties. Their open door policy means that they have at least 250 'recreational' forests. None of the other sites, however, is quite like Avondale in County Wicklow, which has become a light-hearted showcase for Irish forestry and Irish timber. Not so long ago, the place was a handy venue for anyone in the Rathdrum area with a dog that needed walking, more a hidden gem than a national attraction. The big house, once the home of Charles Stewart Parnell, was off limits to the public while the forestry college was long since closed. This still left visitors with an enticing choice of routes to ramble around the splendidly wooded property. However, it was a low key operation as the 500 acre estate was run with a skeleton staff and it was far short of being a must-see item on any tourist agenda. Then the decision was taken to put Avondale on the visitor map in a big way.
Irish Independent
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
See pictures as Coláiste Ráithín students raise funds for a great cause
KWETB were involved in the fund-raiser also, days on from launching new strategic plan Wicklow People Today at 02:30 Transition Year students at Coláiste Ráithín in Bray combined with the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) to hold their fourth annual fund-raiser for Sunbeam House Services on Friday – and what a sight it was! It also followed the recent launch of the KWETB's new strategic plan which, among other things, aims to boost participation in sports and physical activity.
Irish Independent
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Wicklow camogie issues countywide survey to players for thoughts on skorts
The results will inform how Wicklow delegates vote on the issue at Special Congress on May 22 Wicklow People Today at 02:30 The Wicklow Camogie county board is surveying players to get their opinions ahead of a Special Congress vote on May 22 – a vote which will decide if players can have a choice between wearing shorts or skorts. Last Sunday's Leinster Junior Final between Louth and Wicklow was postponed until after that May 22. According to Wicklow captain Casey Kelly, both teams had agreed to line out in shorts, not skorts, contrary to current Camogie Association rules. Kelly told this newspaper that the players would have refused to play if asked to wear skorts.
Irish Independent
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
'Skorts vs shorts didn't start today' – camogie club co-founder recalls 1970s uniform threat
Kiltegan Camogie Club co-founder Mary Kelly recalls being threatened with expulsion for wearing shorts in the 1970s, saying the current skort controversy shows "nothing has changed" in the disconnect between players and administrators Wicklow People Today at 06:00 The co-founder of a Wicklow camogie club that was threatened with expulsion for wearing shorts back in the 1970s has said that mindsets within the Camogie Association have not changed since, and that the 'skort' controversy typifies the long-standing disconnect between players and county and national representatives. Amidst the player protests and calls to action that saw last weekend's Leinster Junior Championship final between Wicklow and Louth postponed, the raging skort dispute has brought back memories of games played in swelteringly hot wool pinafores that felt like 'wearing an Aran sweater' for Kiltegan Camogie Club founder Mary Kelly.
Irish Independent
24-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Sourdough secrets: Meet the Wicklow man driving Ireland's bread revolution
The powerhouse behind The Firehouse and our craving for sourdough, Patrick Ryan met reporter David Medcalf to talk, well, bread Wicklow People Today at 01:00 He could have been a corporate lawyer. He might have stayed in Britain. There was a moment when it looked as though he was going to settle in west Cork. Instead, Patrick Ryan finds himself very much in his element as the proprietor of a thriving Wicklow enterprise which is setting new, ever higher, standards for Irish food.
