Month: November 2016

The Dáil has voted to set up a special Oireachtas committee to decide the future of water charges. The 20-member committee will include 9 members from Fine Gael and Fianna…

The treatment of wastewater is an urgent requirement in a number of areas in county Wexford. That’s according to the latest wastewater report from the EPA. Both Enniscorthy and the…

It’s reported a theme park was among a number of targets listed in plans for a terror attack in France. Seven suspects were arrested in Strasbourg and Marseille over the…

The Irish Family Planning Association says more than half of clients with unplanned pregnancies last year intended to travel abroad for abortion services. Launching its Impact Report for 2015 the…

Retailers will be hoping to get a slice of this year’s Black Friday spend in the coming days. Irish shoppers splashed out 130 million euro last year, and the weakness…

Seven thousand more people are now in work in the south east when compared to this time last year Thats according to latest unemployment figures and highlighted by Social Protection…

A Wexford music teacher has been sentenced to three years in prison on two counts relating to the possession and distribution of child pornography. Appearing before Wexford Circuit yesterday thirty…

Transport Infrastucture Ireland has identified a number of roads around the country where they will soon be operating above capacity This is after latest figures from TII show traffic on…

One appointment has been approved to the position of Assistant Commissioner, three have been approved to Chief Superintendent and seven to Superintendent. Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald says the…

IDA site visits to County Wexford are up fifty per cent so far this year when compared to all of last year However the number of visits remain very low…

A total of 26 athletes from across the country have been selected to represent Ireland at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, which take place in Austria next March….

Another attempt will be made to try and dock the Stena Line, Stena Europe in Fishguard this morning It left Rosslare yesterday morning and remained overnight stranded in rough seas…

Donald Trump has promised to pull the US out of a major new trade deal on his first day in office. The president-elect says he will withdraw America from the…

Tributes have been pouring in for the County Carlow businessman who was killed in a farm accident over the weekend Mick Lambert of Lamberts Hardware Store in Hacketstown was killed…

There are no plans to close any of the four rail lines identified in a recent Irish Rail report as loss making One of them is the Gorey to Rosslare…

One hundred and eight men from County Wexford are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. That’s according to figures from the Irish Cancer Society It comes as veteran broadcaster Gay…

Angela Merkel is hoping to become German Chancellor for a fourth term. She’s announced her intention to run in next year’s general election – telling her party in Berlin she…

Students could get more of a say in how their secondary school is run. A new bill being put forward has outlined how young people could possibly sit on the…

The Fianna Fail leader says the provision of services has to be put before any increases in public sector pay. Michael Martin says there are huge economic challenges and the…

A woman has died following a crash in County Galway. Two women – in their early 20’s, were discovered seriously injured at the Barna Road/Moycullen Road junction at 2.20am this…

Housing Minister Simon Coveney says while the Government is committed to pay restoration – it must be done in a timeline the country can afford. One of the largest public…

At least 100 people have been killed and many more injured in one of India’s worst rail disasters. Authorities fear more people could be trapped after a passenger train came…

The Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin TD is accusing the government of lacking “urgency and ambition” in its response to Brexit. He’s called for the creation of an “urgent national…

Two Coastguard helicopters have been sent to rescue 23 people onboard a cargo ship that’s sinking off the south east coast of England. It collided with a stone barge 5…

A man in his 60’s has died in a workplace accident in Co. Carlow. It happened around 4pm yesterday afternoon at Ard Na Boy in Hacketstown. It’s understood the man…

The body of a man has been discovered in Co. Tipperary. Gardai were called to scene in Roscrea town in the early hours of this morning. The alarm was raised…

Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals from around the world, including one with close links to Ireland. Kevin Joseph Farrell is among those chosen from across five continents, and…

Donald Trump has settled a series of lawsuits for 25-million dollars against his now-defunct Trump University. Lawyers for the president-elect reached an out-of-court deal over complaints it defrauded students. Students…

The Revenue Commissioners are preparing for a major clampdown on offshore tax evasion. Under new agreements, Revenue will soon have access to the details of overseas accounts held by Irish…