He’s the greatest actor in the world after winning a record third Best Actor Oscar but to the people in a small village in County Wicklow he’s just a local lad made good.

A Wicklow hospice can expect to land big money after Daniel Day-Lewis scooped the Golden Globe award for best actor for his role as Lincoln.

Two Irish villages have been voted amongst the best places to live in the world in a global poll.

A commercial featuring naked actors and actresses in a promotion for Richmond Ham has been given the ax after it failed to indicate that the ham is actually produced in Wicklow, Ireland.

Protestant children from a County Wicklow orphanage were allegedly used for unpaid labor in Northern Ireland according to Northern Minister for Regional Development Danny Kennedy, who has called for an investigation by the team conducting an ongoing inquiry into historical institutional child abuse.

A freak water tornado hit the coastal town of Bray in County Wicklow on Saturday.

Two men had to be rescued from their car high in the Wicklow mountains as snow gripped parts of Ireland on Wednesday.

New York’s hopes of All-Ireland glory were dashed on Sunday by a Wicklow side that finally put paid to the Big Apple’s drive for success.

The New York Ladies GAA team are traveling to Ireland again this week, to take on Wicklow in the replay of the All-Ireland junior football final, in Croke Park this Sunday.

The New York ladies team were denied an historic All-Ireland final win at Croke Park on Sunday – and may not make it back to Dublin for the replay due to the huge costs involved.

A pregnant woman with stage 4, terminal breast cancer has started a blog with the hopes of having something to preserve her memories to leave for her three children.

Mick O’Dwyer’s reign as Wicklow boss came to an end after Saturday night’s defeat to Armagh in the All-Ireland qualifiers but his days in management may not be over.

Wicklow boss Mick O’Dwyer may be touching 76, but his enthusiasm for Gaelic football was as strong on Saturday night as it has ever been as his team pulled off a sensational draw, after extra-time, away to Armagh in the All-Ireland qualifiers.

The Irish-filmed drama "Camelot" has not been given the green light for production in 2011 by U.S. network Starz.

Wicklow and Kildare Counties’ residents may have had the shock of their lives yesterday once UFO like shapes appeared in the clouds during the day.

A local Irish authority has been charged in court over the deaths of two hero firemen whose families were befriended by New York firemen grieving for their dead 9/11 tragedy colleagues.

The dead hate to be forgotten. That's the message that an Irish medium gave after spending a night in a historic gaol in County Wicklow.