A large gorse fire has taken hold on Bray Head in County Wicklow.

Three units of Wicklow Fire Brigade are at the scene of a gorse fire at Bray Head today.

By this point in the year the days are getting longer, the nights are getting brighter, and the temperatures are edging into the double figures (just about).

Architects and engineers are being invited to submit proposals for one of the Wild Atlantic Way’s most iconic signature viewing points on the western tip of Valentia Island in Co Kerry.

A young woman was rescued from Bray Head today after she called Garda Control Centre saying that she was lost and disorientated with her surroundings on Bray Head

Two men remain in hospital this morning after separate rescues off Wicklow and Wexford.

Five fire brigades are dealing with a fire at a building in Bray, Co Wicklow.

We. Can't. Wait.

It has often been rumoured that there was gold to be found in Co Wicklow.

The body of a 32-year-old man, believed to be from Kilkenny, who fell into the sea while fishing off rocks on Thursday night on Valentia Island in Co Kerry was recovered from the water yesterday lunchtime.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information on a woman who has been missing for almost a week.

THE long, sticky days hang on two tent-pole training sessions at the moment. One in the morning. One in the evening.

The Dublin to Wexford rail line is to reopen with sleek new trains on Thursday after a two-week disruption due to a rock fall.

Rail passengers face further travel chaos tonight after a landslide closed the main line between Wicklow and Wexford.

Dublin-bound commuters face more weather-related travel misery as the main rail line to the south-east will stay closed until at least the end of the week.

Rail commuters in Co Wicklow are facing disruption for the remainder of this week following a rockfall on Bray Head yesterday.

MORE travel chaos is expected today as the big freeze sets in.

Commuters leaving Dublin city were being warned to expect disruption to south-bound DART services this evening.

A JURY has found that an elderly woman who went missing from a nursing home on Christmas night and whose remains were found more than two years later on Bray Head had left the facility at least two hours earlier than staff at the home maintained.

An inquest into the death of an elderly woman whose remains were found near Bray Head in Co Wicklow earlier this year is due to open at the Dublin City Coroners Court this morning.

HUMAN remains found on a Co Wicklow headland were yesterday confirmed as those of an elderly woman who went missing from a nearby nursing home more than two years ago.

THE family of a pensioner who has been missing for more than two years visited the site yesterday where human remains were found close to where she was last seen.

A post mortem examination is due to take place today on human remains discovered yesterday near Bray Head in Co Wicklow.

Detectives are investigating whether a body found today on a rugged headland was that of an elderly woman who went missing from a nearby nursing home two years ago.

Gardaí in Bray have launched an investigation following the discovery of human remains at the side of Bray Head, Co Wicklow, at 4pm today.

FIREFIGHTER Mark O’Shaughnessy used to jump out of his seat like a bullet, like Batman when his beeper went off, mourners at the Bray man’s funeral were told yesterday.

IN its defence of the controversial redevelopment of Greystones harbour, Wicklow County Council trotted out the usual clichéd hyperbole about “world class” facilities and a “rejuvenated” facility.

SWALLOWS have been here for nearly a month now, but none in our village yet; were they delayed on the trip from Africa?

The search for a 78-year-old woman missing from a Co Wicklow nursing home since Christmas night is due to resume at first light

NO trace has been found of 78-year-old Maura Reynolds, missing from a Bray, Co Wicklow nursing home for a full week now.

Coastguard teams, gardaí and civil defence personnel were today searching the coastline near Bray, Wicklow in a bid to find a frail pensioner who has been missing for the last six days.

Gardaí in Co Wicklow are growing increasingly concerned for an elderly Alzheimer's sufferer who has been missing from a nursing home in Co Wicklow since St Stephen's Day.

CONCERN for the safety of an elderly grandmother who went missing from a Co Wicklow nursing home on St Stephen’s Day has intensified after another major search failed to uncover any clue as to her whereabouts.

Gardaí searching for a frail pensioner who has been missing from a nursing home in Bray for two days appealed tonight for anyone who was walking along the seafront on Christmas Day to come forward.

A minor earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter Scale has been detected just off the east coast of Ireland.

IT may not herald a U-turn in property price trends but one of the most exclusive homes to come to the market in Ireland this year failed to sell at auction yesterday, despite an offer of €4m.

A WOMAN who died after falling overboard from a boat berthed at Malahide Marina survived for an hour in the lethally cold waters before rescuers located her.

Dart services between Bray and Greystones in County Wicklow have been closed due to a landslide.