Month: May 2017

A Ballindaggin couple have been sharing their experience of using a fast track treatment for their sons condition. Two year old Dean Farrell needed grommets to aid his hearing and…

A new tourist initiative has been launched for south and west Wexford. The Norman Way is part of the Ancient East Tourism Trail. The first phase of the new initiative…

A Wexford woman has ordered the investigation into the education and schooling of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi. Teresa Grant, a native of Wexford town and former employee of Wexford County…

Sixty seven complaints have been made by children in County Wexford to the office of the Ombudsman for Children. That’s according to the latest report from the organisation for 2016….

Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO Sean Fitzpatrick has been formally acquitted in front of a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. It follows yesterday’s decision by Judge John Aylmer to…

Police in the UK have made three arrests in connection with Monday night’s suicide bombing. The men were detained in south Manchester today, and it brings the total number of…

An Independent Alliance Minister has moved to defend Leo Varadkar in the Fine Gael leadership race. On Monday Minister Varadkar announced he’d make Labour Court recommendations binding on employers and…

Enniscorthy Fianna Fail TD James Browne has met with the Taoiseach in relation to mental health services in County Wexford He had the meeting in his capacity as his party’s…

Britain’s Prime Minister says police think they know who was behind last night’s suicide bombing in Manchester. She’s spoken to reporters outside 10 Downing Street in the aftermath of the…

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it’s providing consular assistance to the family of an Irish man found dead in Portugal. His body was found by friends at an…

All Fine Gael members of Wexford County Council who have declared their leadership voting intentions favour Leo Varadkar over Simon Coveney to become the next leader of the party. Simon…

The terror attacks are getting closer to home with last nights latest in Manchester hitting people here hard. In a South East Radio Morning Mix text poll over ninety per…

Books of condolence will be opened in five centres around County Wexford for people to express their sympathy with the victims of the Manchester attack. Signings be available from tomorrow…

The number of people without adequate housing and shelter in Wexford town is growing That’s according to the Wexford Housing Action Group who see a growing number of people looking…

Tusla says its new Child Protection Strategy will ensure mistakes of the past aren’t repeated. The child and family agency says the Signs of Safety strategy being launched today will…

Met Eireann’s predicting good weather for the week ahead. Temperatures are expected to reach up to 23 degrees in the East. However, there will be a few showers today followed…

Government and public sector representatives will gather today to begin work on a new pay deal. 25 worker groups are due to attend, while the management side will be led…

Simon Coveney’s campaign manager has admitted they didn’t expect Leo Varadkar to get the level of support he did among Fine Gael’s parliamentary party. Damien English says he thought the…

The disposal of Glanbia’s majority stake in its dairy and agribusiness reaches its final hurdle in Kilkenny today. This follows on from the vote by Glanbia farmer shareholders on Thursday…

Last night’s EuroMillions draw, the largest jackpot of the year worth over €109 million – produced an incredible 98,630 Irish winners including a large win in County Wexford. The big…

Leo Varadkar now has the support of 45 of the 73 members of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party in the race to be the next leader. Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald, junior…

As Donald Trump starts his first foreign trip as US President, the FBI director he fired has agreed to appear at a US Senate hearing. James Comey will testify about…

Health experts are calling for obesity to be recognised as a disease instead of something people can be blamed for. Safefood says the stigma surrounding weight means that the two…

Gardaí are continuing to question a man arrested in connection with the death of a woman in Kilkenny. 29 year old Rita Apine from Latvia died last Sunday after being…

Cyclists around the country are showing their support for the families of missing Rescue 116 crewmen Ciarán Smith and Paul Ormsby. People heading out for a cycle this weekend are…

A special service has been held to remember Gardai who have died while on duty. The service took place on the same week that the final details on the root…

The decision to build almost a thousand social housing units at Dublin’s Poolbeg development has been labelled a ‘victory for responsible politics’. Changes agreed by the City Council last night…

The Minister for Finance is expected to trigger the flotation of AIB as early as next week. The Irish Times reports that Michel Noonan is preparing to sell shares at…

Sweden has dropped its case against Julian Assange and is going to revoke its arrest warrant. The WikiLeaks founder has lived in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012 after…

The head of the ASTI Ed Byrne says the Government’s threat to cut teachers’ salaries is ‘heavy handed’. The union has been warned wages will be docked if they don’t…