Environment

Emergency Road Closure

Wicklow County Council wishes to advise motorists that due to storm damage to Ballysmuttan Bridge and the adjoining road the L4377-0 Ballysmuttan to Oldcourt Road is closed until further notice. For safety reasons the public and sightseers are requested not to visit the site.

During this time the following diversions will be in operation:

Ena Rafferty, current Chairwoman of the Wayfarers Association, a Dublin based
hillwalking club, asks:

Why has there to be terrible damage done to sites of great importance in
Ireland before anything is done to protect them?

Quad tracks up Lugnaquillia, Co Wicklow.

QUAD BIKE and scrambler riders and sports utility vehicle drivers are destroying special areas of conservation but cannot be apprehended, the Dáil has heard.

Mary White (GP, Carlow-Kilkenny) said that most of the damage "to the most magnificent habitats" on the Carlow-Wexford border and the Wicklow uplands takes place at weekends; national park conservation rangers generally patrol on Monday to Friday.

Boggy Events 2008 - Irish Peatland Conservation Council press release, 10/01/08

Last year the Irish Peatland Conservation Council celebrated its 25th
anniversary. Throughout 2007 we had many events to mark the occasion. This year is no different we have packed as many events and more into our 2008 schedule.

If you walk on bogs perhaps you might be interested in their program, see IPCC Calendar

Car on hillsDid anyone else see this vehicle taking a trip down Butter Mountain (Mournes) to the Spelga Dam carpark?
Story courtesy MountainViews.