A woman and two young girls have died in a fire at a supported housing facility in Dublin. The fire started at around 2.30 at a house in Clondalkin and…
FIRE IN CLONDALKIN KILLS WOMAN AND 2 CHILDREN
PRICE OF STAMPS COULD INCREASE TO HELP AN POST PAY WORKERS
An Post says it needs to increase the price of stamps if it wants to pay its workers next month. Today’s Irish Times claims the Government…
ADAMSTOWN RESIDENTS DEMAND ACTION OVER SEWAGE SMELL
Residents in a rural area of County Wexford are up in arms over an obnoxious odour in their area They claim it is being caused by sewage sludge being spread…
WEXFORD SCHOOLS NEED MORE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS – BROWNE
Wexford TD James Browne wants to see more jobs for educational psychologists in primary and secondary schools in Wexford. It comes after recent figures emerged that 29 schools in County…
WEXFORD GAS WORKS ARE GOING TO PLAN – GAS NETWORKS IRELAND
Work on the installation of natural gas in Wexford town is going according to plan There has been a lot of disruption in the town in recent weeks as installation…
WATER CHARGES IMPASSE TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY
A fresh effort is getting underway to resolve the impasse over whether to bill Irish consumers for water. Housing Minister Simon Coveney insists EU rules demand some form of charge,…
BREXIT SET TO BE DEFEATED AGAIN IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords today. Peers are expected to back an amendment to give Parliament a “meaningful vote”…
WOMAN WHO WALKED FROM CORK TO DUBLIN SAYS MEETING HARRIS IS ‘A WASTE OF TIME’
A woman who’s walking from Cork to Dublin to raise awareness for her sick daughter says meeting the Health Minister is a waste of time. Vera Twomey began the 260km…
MINISTER KEHOE DEMANDS GREYHOUND RACING BOARD MEETING
Mister of State Paul Kehoe has demanded a meeting with the Greyhound Racing Board management on the way it runs its business. The Wexford Minister says he has had a…
FINALISTS NAMED FOR 2017 COUNTY ENTERPRISE AWARD
Wexford County Council’s Local Enterprise Office have announced the finalists of the 2017 County Enterprise Award. The award celebrates local business and inventive entrepreneurs in County Wexford. The 6 finalists…
HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE DISASTER REMEMBERED 30 YEARS ON
Tributes are being paid to the people that lost their lives on the Herald of Free Enterprise which sank off the coast Zeebrugge in Belgium 30 years ago today. The…
CATTLE RESCUED OFF THE COAST AFTER FALLING INTO THE SEA
Two cattle have been rescued from the sea in Waterford Harbour after they fell 15 metres off a cliff and into the water. Fethard Lifeboat was tasked to the scene…
