Month: March 2016

Current housing problems are not going to be solved until the state gets back building houses again The view of Wexford Independent TD Mick Wallace who claims the housing cirsis…

EU Ministers for Justice are holding an extraordinary meeting in Brussels this afternoon to discuss ways of enhancing security amongst member states. The meeting was arranged in the wake of…

Census 2016 has been launched this afternoon. Enumerators will be dropping the forms to houses across the country over the next few weeks. The census will take place on April…

TWO WOMEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING RAIDS IN WEXFORD AND WATERFORD A major Garda operation in Wexford and Waterford has led to two arrests. It follows morning raids targeting a criminal gang….

AT LEAST 26 DEAD FOLLOWING BRUSSELS ATTACKS The Taoiseach says ‘once again Europe is under attack’. His comments follow the deaths of at least 26 people in three separate explosions…

MASSIVE GARDA OPERATION UNDERWAY IN WEXFORD AND WATERFORD Searches targeting an organised criminal gang are underway in County Wexford. Over 80 Gardaí, members of the Criminal Assets Bureau, Drugs and…

WOMAN TARGETTED BY FAKE GARDA IN ENNISCORTHY Another woman has been terrorised by a fake Garda patrol operation in the Enniscorthy area. It happened shortly after 9 o’clock on Saturday…

CAUSE OF LONGFORD PLANE CRASH UNDER INVESTIGATION The Gardaí and the Aviation Authority are conducting separate investigations into a fatal plane crash in Longford yesterday. A man in his 40s…

INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER 5 DIE IN DONEGAL Investigations are continuing into how five members of an extended family died after their car went into the water in Buncrana in Donegal….

LOCAL COUNCILLORS CALL FOR PAY RISE Councillors are calling for a 40 percent pay hike due to what they say is a substantial increase in workload. The increase would see…

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE NO PERMANENT GP SERVICE IN PARTS OF WEXFORD 1,400 people in County Wexford have no permanent GP service. The Irish Medical Organisation says the situation is…

FISHERMEN FROM ARKLOW TRAWLER RESCUED FROM THE IRISH SEA Three men from an Arklow fishing trawler are in hospital after their boat capsized in the middle of the Irish Sea…

CREDIT UNION OFFERS GOVERNMENT 5 BILLION TO BUILD HOUSES The Government has been offered 5 billion euro by Ireland’s Credit Unions to tackle the housing crisis. They say the money…

DELEGATION FURTHER CEMENT SAVANNAH-WEXFORD LINK A delegation from Wexford attended the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Savannah in Georgia in the US. They were lead by Fine Gael TD Paul…

EMERGENCY MEETING PLANNED FOLLOWING SHOOTOUT IN BELGIUM Belgian Prosecutors say the Paris suspect shot dead by police during anti-terror raids was Algerian and had been in Brussels illegally. They’ve been…

SOUTH EAST EMERGING AS FAVOURITE TO CLINCH EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE The south east counties of Wexford, Waterford and Kilkenny are emerging as favourites to gain the title of Eurpean…

WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL GETS A NEW MEMBER TODAY Wexford County Council will co-opt a new member to it’s ranks today. He is well known Oylegate publican, Willie Kavanagh, who was…

OVER 30 EMPLOYERS OFFERING WORK AT WEXFORD JOBS FAIR Up to 2,000 jobseekers are attending Wexford County Hall today for a jobs fair. The event opened at 10 o’clock and…

TWO FORMER ANGLO EXECS HAVE CONVICTIONS QUASHED The Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of two former executives of Anglo Irish Bank. Tiarnan O’Mahoney, who used to be second…

MAN JAILED FOR 13 YEARS FOR RAPING WOMAN WITH DOWN SYNDROME A 34 year-old man has been jailed for 13 years for raping a woman with Down syndrome in Dublin….

WEXFORD LIFEBOAT RECRUITING FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS Wexford and Rosslare Lifeboats had a number of callouts over the weekend. They were all fishing related incidents but all ended successfully with no…