Month: January 2017

The Regional finals of the Young Entrepreneur of the Year are taking taking place in Wexford County Hall today. Three county Wexford contestants are taking part. They are Jack Harte…

American policy towards Muslims has turned very ugly but is only an escalation of what was already in place. That’s the views of Wexford TD Mick Wallace. The former businessman was…

There are fears for a middle aged Kilkenny woman who’s been missing for a week. 42 year old Aoife Petrani never returned home from work last Tuesday. She lives at…

Farmers say they’re tired of waiting for 35 million Euro in overdue payments. The IFA’s holding a protest outside the Department of Agriculture later today , over a four month…

A Wexford based company is teaming up with a Scottish company to expand its e-learning services. Dulann which is situated at the Wexford Enterprise Centre on the Rosslare Road specialises…

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be looking for blood donations at its clinic in the Talbot Hotel in the coming weeks. The clinic will be set up in the…

Two Enniscorthy TD’s have joined forces to secure the old Saint Senan’s Hospital site for the benefit of the town and area Paul Kehoe and James Brown are to make…

A new Junior Council has been established to work with Wexford County Council. The Junior Council is made up of students from six secondary schools around the county and they…

House building activity increased by over 30 per cent in 2016. The news comes at latest price survey show the average house sale in County Wexford last year increased by…

A new Irish record for a fish catch has been achieved by a Wexford man. Dean Quigley from Kilmore caught a Smooth Hound, a type of small shark weighing almost…

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is under further pressure after a new opinion poll shows Fine Gael trailing Fianna Fáil. Just a day after being forced to issue a statement clarifying there…

Enda Kenny has told the Pope to act on cases of clerical sex abuse, in order to improve his reception in Ireland. The Taoiseach’s confirmed he advised Pope Francis to…

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says progress has been made in discussions with government departments on the issue of recruitment and retention of nursing staff in hospitals. The INMO…

A 52 year old man has died following a crash in County Armagh. The single vehicle crash happened last night on the Castleblayney Road near Keady. A woman has been…

A US court has intervened over President Trump’s immigration ban, as protests are held across the US. A judge has ordered a temporary halt to the deportation of people affected…

Enda Kenny says he would like to see a United Ireland – but has ruled out pursuing the idea in BREXIT talks. The Taoiseach says he’s instead focussing on making…

Gardaí have seized heroin and cocaine worth three million euro in Kildare. An assault rifle and ammunition were also found in the planned search of a house in the Sallins…

The Taoiseach has moved to shut down suggestions that Fine Gael might do business with Sinn Féin in a future coalition. Enda Kenny surprised and annoyed many in his party…

The Irish Dental Association says it welcomes the fact that the PRSI Treatment Benefit Scheme will soon be extended to cover more patients and procedures. Subsidised dental care for the…

A senior member of cabinet says the Government shouldn’t fund commercially viable public transport routes. Leo Varadkar, who served as Transport Minister in the last government, says taxpayers money shouldn’t…

A British Barrister has lodged a court case against Ireland over BREXIT. Jolyon Maugham is taking the case to establish if Britain can stop the process of leaving the EU…

Jack O’Connor is to run for Labour party chairman. The SIPTU President is understood to be working on a manifesto which will call for full collective bargaining for workers and…

France and Germany are ‘concerned’ about President Trump’s move to close America’s border to Syrians, according to the French Prime Minister. Mr Trump has frozen asylum applications from seven mainly…

Actor John Hurt has died at the age of 77. The veteran performer – who lived in Ireland for many years – had been fighting pancreatic cancer. JK Rowling’s paid…

Motorists are being reminded to check with their pharmacist before driving if they are taking certain prescription medicines. New drug tests are to be introduced for drivers in March to…

Ireland has the third highest rate of pharmacists in the European Union. New figures from Eurostat show that we have 118 per 100,000 inhabitants. But we are way down the…

Roadside drug-testing for all motorists is set to begin in March. The Transport Department has confirmed that Gardai are being equipped with a portable device to carry out random checks…

Gorey should be in the Rental Pressure Zone. That’s according to local Sinn Fein Councillor Fintain O Suillabhain who says average rental prices in Gorey are in the 800 to…

Gorey Fine Gael TD Michael D’arcy has reiterated his appeal for Gorey to receive it’s own Garda District. The district was almalgamated with Enniscorthy in 2013 and is now one…

There is on going commitment to rural Ireland by this government. So stated Wexford Minister of State Paul Kehoe who was commenting on this weeks allocation of funds for the…