Over 2,000 people have registered to take part in Sunday’s Hope and Dream 10 event in Enniscorthy. Particpants can either walk or run a choice of two routes either 10…
MARTIN DEFENDS FF POSITION ON CONFIDENCE AND SUPPLY DURING WEXFORD TRIP
The Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin is on a visit to County Wexford today. He says the party has taken the right decision in keeping the government in power amidst…
SMALL BUSINESSES WILL CLOSE IF INSURANCE CRISIS IS NOT SOLVED
The ongoing insurance cost crisis is forcing many small businesses to close their doors for good. That’s according to The Alliance for Insurance Reform, who say the lack of political…
DISPOSABLE INCOME IN WEXFORD IS €1,000 LESS THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE
People living in Dublin have the highest disposable income in the country. New CSO figures show people in the Dublin region enjoyed an average disposable income of over €24,000 in…
MERKEL TO MEET PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE BORDER
The German Chancellor will meet people whose lives would be impacted by the return of a hard border when she visits Dublin for Brexit talks today. Angela Merkel will discuss…
DEE O’KEEFFE MAY MISS DUBLIN GAME DUE TO A LEG INJURY
Wexford look set to be without defender Diarmuid O’Keeffe for the start of their Leinster Senior Hurling Championship campaign. He suffered a dead leg while playing football for his club…
GUN PARTS AND AMMUNITION FOUND BY BYPASS WORKERS IN OYLEGATE
Construction staff have uncovered gun parts while working on the new M11 Enniscorthy Bypass in Oylegate today. The find was made by workers this morning during the works in the…
HSE TOLD NOT TO OFFER FREE CERVICAL SMEAR TESTS DESPITE HARRIS STATEMENT
Senior HSE officials were warned last year not to offer free smear test re-checks in the wake of the CervicalCheck scandal. That’s despite Health Minister Simon Harris telling the Dáil…
IRISH ISIL BRIDE CASE IS AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE – POWER
A former member of the Defence Forces believes the potential repatriation of Lisa Smith is an ‘open-and-shut’ case. It comes as Kurdish fighters operating camps where Isil sympathisers, fighters and…
NO CHANGES TO PROPERTY TAX UNTIL 2021 – DONOHOE
The Finance Minister’s defending the Government’s decision to defer changes to the property tax for a year. Pascal Dononhue says he will use the coming months to secure the future…
15 MONTH OLD BOY DIES AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS IN CLONROCHE
A 15 month old baby boy has died in Clonroche. Baby Shea Joyce from Castleboro was found unresponsive at the foot of the staircase in the family home around lunchtime…
A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT AUTISM
A new survey shows 86 per cent of autistic children attend mainstream school but more than half of the students will be bullied. The study was commissioned by advocacy group…
TAOISEACH HOPEFUL A BREXIT PLAN CAN BE ACHIEVED
The Taoiseach says as it stands the UK will leave the European Union on the 12th of April with No Deal. It comes as the British Prime Minister’s held hours…
WEXFORD BUSINESSES SECURE AFTER EXITING EXAMINERSHIP
The future of the Riverbank House Hotel and the Centenary Stores in Wexford Town have been secured. Both businesses owned by Michael Tierney went into examinership just before Christmas. The…
SAMARITANS- AN IN DEMAND SERVICE
110 thousand people called the Samaritans over the last five years. Volunteers answered over 3 million calls and spent almost 400 thousand hours on the phone. Between 8 and 9pm…
MORE FUNDING FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING
There’s been a 50 per cent increase in funding aimed at tackling illegal dumping. Local authorities will be able to bid for money to buy drones, run bulky waste collection…