If you happen to be in Wickla, you can bring pretty much any metal to the Avoca recycling centre, scrap alu, metal biscuit tins, coat hangers etc. Also take fridges etc free (what your WEEE costs on new products pay for).
Take pretty much all forms of plastic, both graded and "soft" ungraded.
Mind you, the main guy running it "Miley", is the business for getting as much stuff recyled as possible. There are even hazardouse waste pick ups one or twice a year.
No I don't work for the council! I believe the other Wicklow centres in the Murrough Wicklow town, and in Arklow do not have quite the same range of recycing