Month: July 2014

NUMBER OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR BANKRUPTCY AT RECORD HIGH There has been a 50 percent jump in the number of people applying for bankruptcy bringing the figure to a record…

CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY The new line up of government ministers will be unveiled later today. It looks like 4 new faces will join the cabinet ranks, one from…

GARTH BROOKS SAGA CONTINUES Dublin City Council says there ‘isn’t really anything else’ they can put forward to resolve the Garth Brooks row. They were speaking to the Irish Times…

WEXFORD COUNTY MANAGER ONE OF 20 COUNCIL WORKERS EARNING OVER 130,000 EURO The Wexford County Manager is one of 20 local authority workers earning more than 130,000 euro a year….

COUNTY WEXFORD SMALL SCHOOL TO LOSE TEACHER IN SEPTEMBER A small school in County Wexford is one of almost 40 around the country which are set to lose a teacher…

NEW ROSS WOMEN GETS 1.2 MILLION EURO IN DAMAGES FOLLOWING HIT AND RUN A 25 year old County Wexford woman who suffered serious head injuries in a drunken hit and…

SWIMMING BANS LIFTED AT 4 CO. WEXFORD BEACHES Swimming bans which were in place at 4 County Wexford beaches have now been lifted. The beaches affected were at White Gap…

MAJOR BOOST FOR SOUTH EAST COMPANY The Government has announced investment of almost 60 million euro in a wood factory in the South East. The investment at the Smartply facility…

ARTWORK DISCOVERED IN WEXFORD SELLS FOR 40,000 EURO The artwork discovered in a shed at the parochial house in Piercestown in South Wexford has been sold. The disused piece was…

TAOISEACH CONFIRMS NO ANNOUNCEMENT ON CABINET RESHUFFLE TODAY The Cabinet reshuffle will not be announced today. The Taoiseach’s confirmed there will be no changes to the Dáil schedule today, meaning…

TICKETMASTER OUTLINES REFUND PROCESS FOR GARTH BROOKS TICKETS Garth Brooks fans from across County Wexford will be able to get refunds from next Tuesday. Anyone who purchased tickets at Whites…

BUDGET WILL NOT REQUIRE ‘ANYTHING LIKE THE ORDER’ SPECIFIED IN ECONOMIC FORECAST The Public Expenditure Minister has once again said the next Budget will not have as much austerity as…

INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY AFTER DART TRAIN PARTIALLY DERAILED Gardai have confirmed they’re investigating an incident in which a Dart train partially derailed last night. The four carriage train from Greystones to…

PROTESTS OVER DISMANTLING OF LEADER PROGRAMME A number of leader companies from around the country are protesting outside the Dail today. However the Wexford Leader company Wexford Local Development is…

BAD NEWS FOR COUNTY WEXFORD FANS WITH GARTH BROOKS TICKETS All five of his concerts have been called off. Aiken Promotions says it has exhausted all avenues regarding the staging…

SEANAD REJECTS CALLS FOR TOURISM MINISTER TO INTERVENE IN BROOKS DISPUTE The Seanad has rejected calls for the Tourism Minister to intervene in the dispute over the Garth Brooks concerts….

5 VACANT COUNCIL HOUSES IN COUNTY WEXFORD TO BE REFURBISHED Funding has been made available for 5 boarded up council houses in County Wexford to be refurbished. A fund of…

FUNDING FOR COASTAL REPAIR WORKS AT DUNCANNON AND KILMORE QUAY ANNOUNCED Over 300,000 euro in funding has been announced for coastal repair works in County Wexford. The announcement is part…

INVESTIGATION TO TAKE PLACE AFTER WEXFORD GAA APPLICATION FOR FUNDING INVALID An investigation is to be launched after Wexford GAA’s application for sport funding allocation was deemed invalid. This years…

SWIMMING BANS IN PLACE AT 4 CO. WEXFORD BEACHES One of county Wexford’s most popular beaches is off limits with a swimming ban in place. Tests have shown E.Coli levels…

HOWLIN SAYS OUTGOING COLLEAGUES SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR LEGACY Enda Kenny and Joan Burton are meeting again this afternoon after this morning’s final cabinet meeting. They’ve resumed talks on…