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We are standing together as one Bray community, to save Bray harbour and flood plain from non-community and non-environmental planning.

01/11/2026

SaveBray is about to have an anthem - a love song to Bray written by local man, Mick Brunton. 'Brí Chualann Breá' will be launched at our fund-raiser in the Royal Hotel on Saturday, November 14. If you feel our town is worth a love song, come along to Ceol agus Craic and sing this gentle melody that sounds like quiet waves on our beach...

29/10/2026

If you are wondering why we are still fund-raising for court cases, take a look at what our river is proposed to look like if Phase 3 (outlined in green) of Ballymore’s Sea Gardens goes ahead. ...Because if Phase 2 is not defeated in court – our only recourse now that An Coimisiún Pleanala has supported Wicklow’s grant of permission – it will be very difficult to fight Phase 3 because there will no longer be any safer alternative site.
This is not a canal: this is where high tides meet a flooded river alongside the former Bray Golf Club lands. So turn out on November 14th for our Ceol agus Craic at the Royal Hotel from 7-11pm. Enjoy the craic. Fight the good fight. SaveBray!

24/10/2026

You've met our musicians, now meet ár Múinteoir and ár Fear an Tí for Ceol agus Craic on Saturday, 14th November, in the Royal Hotel:

Eva, ár múinteoir, teaches at an all-Irish primary school, so, ná biodh eagla oraibh if you have only cúpla focail! However, in her 10 minute PowerPoint presentation, even our fluent Irish speakers might well learn a few new campaign-related words in Irish...

Darragh, our Fear an Tí for the night, works for Conradh na Gaeilge, and includes in his job cúpla clár on their Raideó Rí Rá, an Irish language station aimed mainly at young people. ...But don't worry - he's also well-trained in communicating with us oldies 😉

Tickets available from Bray Footwear and on
https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ireland--dublin/savebray's-'ceol-agus-craic'

15/10/2026

Can you put names to the musicians who feature on our posters for SaveBray's 'Ceol agus Craic'? Do you know what else they have in common apart from making magical melodies?

Well, first we have the Hammonds - Ray & his daughter, Karen, & you'd never know if another daughter or two might turn up as well!
Then there's Jim on guitar & Ber on concertina, who will play for the rince - no easy feet, if you'll pardon the pun.

Finally, the Ardee Street Band is proudly represented by Jim, Rory, and Terry.

Together they will flood the Royal Hotel with music on Saturday, 14th November, from 7-11pm. Tickets €15 from Bray Footwear or on eventbrite.com. Brí Chualann Abú le Ceol agus Craic!

14/10/2026

Even after heavy rain, a wonderful rainbow appears in the sky, which gives us hope that our efforts will not be in vain and our lovely Bray will be preserved.

09/10/2026

Ceol agus Craic agus Cúpla Rince - what more could you want on a dark November evening?! Join SaveBray's fun-raising fund-raiser in the Royal Hotel on Saturday, 14th November, from 7-11pm. Whether you have cúpla focail or fluent Irish, beidh fáilte romhaibh! Admission €15. Ticéidí available from our staunch cairde in Bray Footwear, Main Street, and at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ceol-craic-agus-cupla-rince-tickets-2003071883926
Sábháil Brí Chualann!

06/10/2026

The mills of God grind slowly, but they can seem like greyhounds compared to our justice system. We learned on Monday that the final judgement on our current case (Ballymore’s Phase 1b) - we in our innocence were expecting it that day - will not be published for some weeks yet. Instead, “the court will be issuing a second draft judgement in the coming weeks”, we are told, and: “Once a second draft judgement is issued, the court will list this matter again for mention”.

So we now find ourselves waiting for the final result of one court case, while we prepare for another to challenge An Coimisiun Pleanala’s recent upholding of Wicklow’s grant of permission for Ballymore’s Phase 2.

But we'll use the time to prepare well...

02/10/2026

Today we received notice that An Coimisiún Pleanála has decided to grant permission to Ballymore for Phase 2 of their planned development on the former Bray Golf Club lands, despite over 50 objections to Wicklow Co Co, and at least objections to ACP, plus several councillors.

Today we requested the complete file on this case from An Comisiún for our solicitors as the first step in our next court battle against that decision. We won our first case against the Board regarding an Environmental Impact Assessment for the bridge. We are awaiting a final Judgement this Monday on our Judicial Review of their decision to grant permission for Phase 1a of Ballymore's development: we will post that decision as soon as it is published next week. Meanwhile, we begin again...

Because we will never stop until our floodplain is safe from greedy development that puts lives and homes at risk. Ballymore has money. Wicklow's officials - but not their councillors - have immunity. We have courage and determination, and every case we win against An Coimisiún Pleanála's decisions in favour of building on a floodplain will help to bankroll our next case, alongside our fund-raising.

So watch this space...

29/09/2026

Who needs planning permission? This enormous crane has been in operation on our floodplain - destined for Phase 3 of Ballymore's Sea Gardens - for several days now. Ballymore have applied in their Phase 2 application to use this land "adjacent to the River Dargle ... to allow for temporary use during construction for storing materials and site facilities". Their Phase 2 application is still with An Coimisiún Pleanála, following multiple objections.
This video shows the floodplain site not only already being used to store materials, but to service their completely separate site across the river. Here you can see balconies, lifted across the river for the apartments built below Seapoint Road, being fitted into place. Who needs planning permission?

27/09/2026

We are looking for photos of the old golf course before the developers moved in and destroyed the lower land, below the old schools' road - like this one, taken from the railway end where the furze bushes were full of a huge variety of birds.
The golf club left in 2003 and the land wasn't disturbed below that road until late 2022. If you have any, we'd be very grateful if you'd allow us to use them 🙏 You can either email them in JPG or GIF format (up to 2 MB) to us at [email protected] or dm them to us.
Thank you!

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Bray Co Wicklow
Bray

Website

http://www.savebray.ie/, https://chng.it/5F2RZnK78t

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