The Irish Wildlife Trust called this week for radical transformation of uplands management, after a week of wildfires which devastated habitats across Ireland.

'Dashboard diners' are being blamed for a spate of illegal dumping at the Sally Gap in Co Wicklow.

The decision to overturn a ruling awarding a hillwalker €40,000 for injuries she sustained after she tripped and fell on a boardwalk on the Wicklow Way has been welcomed.

A decision to award a hillwalker €40,000 for injuries she sustained after she tripped and fell on a boardwalk on the Wicklow Way has been overturned by the High Court.

Gardaí in Co Galway have found a cannabis grow house with plants worth around €450,000.

One guy caught it on video.

A kayaker who capsized and drowned had been paddling in fast-flowing rapids following heavy rain, an inquest has heard.

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A new guide to Dublin and Wicklow will be a failsafe companion for walkers everywhere, says Dan MacCarthy.

WITH our backs to the Town Hall we set off down Main Street, keeping to the left pavement. Skibbereen is, arguably, the most ‘typical’ of West Cork market towns, little changed in the last century.

Met Éireann has issued a weather warning today, as bitterly cold weather and snow showers continue to grip the country.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has today appealed to road users to take extra care following predictions of snow showers for tomorrow morning.

Subzero temperatures that caused hazardous driving conditions across large parts of Ireland yesterday are likely to persist for some time today.

Motorists are being warned to take extreme care if driving in the Wicklow Mountains tonight, following a number of minor road accidents due to snow.

Weather warnings were in effect overnight as snow clouds rumbled inland off the south-west coast.

Five people were rescued overnight after their vehicles got stuck in heavy snow in the Wicklow mountains.

The Vikings are back. Settlements have sprung up around Wicklow’s picturesque Sally Gap, and if you look closely, you might even find Gabriel Byrne among the Nordic hordes.

A second man is fighting for his life following a crash in which the driver died.

A man is fighting for his life in hospital following a fatal crash in Co Wexford yesterday evening.

A man is in a critical condition at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin following a fatal road crash in Co. Wicklow yesterday evening.

The Garda Ombudsman is investigating a fatal single car crash in Co Wicklow.

A man has been killed in a car crash in Wicklow.

After the extremes of a summer and winter in just 10 days, the Easter weekend looks set to return to the decidedly average conditions that characterise an Irish spring.

Two people were rescued from their car on Wicklow's Sally Gap last night after becoming stuck in snowfalls there.

Motorists were warned to take extra care after gale force winds battered the country.

For almost 1,500 days, the body of teenager Marioara Rostas lay hidden in a shallow grave in Co Wicklow, writes Barry Cummins

Gardaí believe human remains found in the Wicklow mountains are those of missing Romanian teenager Mariora Rostas.

A post mortem examination is to take place this evening on unidentified remains found in a forest in the Wicklow Mountains.

DUBLIN’S local authorities have invoked a major emergency plan after storms battering Leinster led to the evacuation of entire estates and saw a search and rescue operation for an off-duty garda swept away after a river burst its banks.

A MAJOR rescue operation was launched last night after a man in his 20s was swept away by a swollen river.

Heavy rain has significantly disrupted transport this evening, particularly in the Leinster region.

MANY men will never ask for directions — especially from a woman.

Rescue teams were called to some Christmas Day incidents, it has emerged.

Mountain rescue crews in Wicklow are advising motorists to avoid making journeys anywhere near the mountains after five young men had a lucky escape last night.

Motorists are once again being urged to drive with extreme care today.

Road conditions are hazardous across the country after heavy overnight snowfall and ice, it was warned today.

Motorists were today warned to be extra vigilant today after heavy snowfall and low temperatures left driving treacherous conditions.

The AA is today advising motorists to avoid the Sally Gap in the Wicklow mountains, due to heavy snowfall.

TWO mothers of missing sons comforted each other in the desolate Dublin mountains yesterday after partial remains of an adult male were found there.

Drivers are being warned this morning about icy road conditions in many areas.

IRELAND’S capital was brought to a near standstill as arctic blizzard conditions forced Dublin airport to cancel more than 50 flights and led to almost all bus services in the city being suspended.

Met Éireann is warning of large snow falls across the east of the country this afternoon, severely disrupting transport, as the sub-zero conditions show no sign of abating.