Month: May 2015

VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS IN THE UK Nearly 50 million voters across the UK are going to the polls today to vote in the closest general election in generations….

CO. WEXFORD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH OF HIS WIFE A New Ross man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of his wife. The…

IRSH PARENTS SPENDING DOUBLE ON CHILDCARE COMPARED TO OTHERS IN EUROPE The Oireachtas Health Committee will look at the cost of childcare in Ireland today. Irish parents pay twice as…

CLONROCHE COUPLE THOUGHT TO HAVE SUFFERED ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS It’s thought a couple, who were found dead at a house in Clonroche earlier this week, suffered an accidental…

ALMOST A THOUSAND ON TROLLEYS AT WEXFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL SINCE START OF 2015 There were almost one thousand people left on trolleys at Wexford General Hospital between January and April…

GERMANWINGS CO-PILOT REHEARSED PLAN ON EARLIER FLIGHT ON DAY OF CRASH The Germanwings co-pilot – suspected of deliberately causing the French Alps plane disaster – rehearsed his plan on an…

VEHICLES USED BY IRISH WATER SET ON FIRE IN WATERFORD Gardai in Waterford are investigating a suspected arson attack on a number of vehicles used by a company employed by…

REMOVAL OF THREAT OF JAIL OVER UNPAID WATER BILLS BEING DISCUSSED A second meeting of the Cabinet’s to take place later to discuss plans to remove the threat of jail…

GP PRACTICE IN WEXFORD WITHOUT DOCTOR FOR OVER 3 YEARS There’s concern over the availability of doctors to serve in rural areas. It’s been rasied by the Irish College of…

CO. WEXFORD BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR CAR SALES AT THE START OF 2015 County Wexford had the lowest increase in car sales in the country for the first three months…

BOI CHIEF SAYS THEY DID NOT FEEL THEY NEEDED BANK GUARANTEE The chief executive of Bank of Ireland says the bank did not feel it needed the bank guarantee on…

BRIAN O’DONNELL SAYS IT COULD BE 5 YEARS UNTIL HE GETS JUSTICE Brian O’Donnell says he and his family know it could be another five years until they get justice…

COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN CLONROCHE NAMED The two people, whose bodies were discovered in a house in Clonroche yesterday evening, have been named. They are 28 year-old Stephen De Loughrey…

JOAN BURTON SAYS THERE’S BEEN NO DECISION REACHED ON AER LINGUS The Tanaiste and Labour leader says she does not expect a decision on the future of the government’s stake…

5 PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SUSPECTED CANCER AT WEXFORD GENERAL AFTER RECALL At least five patients have been diagnosed with suspected cancer at Wexford General Hospital after 270 were recalled for…

LOW CANCER RATES RECORDED IN CO. WEXFORD COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGE County Wexford is one of twelve counties to record significantly low rates of cancer. This is when compared to…

MAJOR TRAVEL DISRUPTION AS BUS DRIVERS STRIKE Bus Eireann is accusing unions of having a “cavalier” attitude towards their passengers and is urging them to return to talks. Over a…

GOVERNMENT GIVEN UNEXPECTED BUDGET BOOST The government’s been handed an unexpected budget boost from the Central Bank. The bank’s returned 1.7 billion euro in profits to the taxpayer for 2014,…

GARDAI QUESTIONING TWO MEN FOLLOWING LIMERICK STABBING Gardai in Limerick are continuing to question two men after a fatal stabbing in Pallasgreen last night. The men aged 20 and 32…

REVIEW OF BOWEL SCREENING CASES AT WEXFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL DOUBLED The number of patient colonoscopies being reviewed under the bowel screen programme at Wexford General hospital is being doubled. This…

CALL FOR MORE GARDAI TO BE INSTATED IN CO. WEXFORD The drop in the number of Gardai operating in County Wexford was raised in Dail Eireann yesterday. It was brought…