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MINISTER HOWLIN RUSHES THROUGH NEW LEGISLATION Irish Water will officially become subject to Freedom of Information law from today. A special procedure is being rushed through the Dáil so the…

GARDA WHISTLEBLOWER WANTS TO APPEAR BEFORE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITEE The Public Accounts Committee will meet today to discuss the Justice Minister’s decision to refer the penalty points controversy to the…

AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LAUNCHES BY RNLI LIFEBOATS Wexford RNLI Lifeboat rescued 18 people according to new figures published this morning. Nationally over one thousand two hundred people…

DELAYS TO AN POST PARCEL SERVICES Parcels being delivered to County Wexford maybe upto twenty four hours late. An Post is warning customers of disruption to parcel services after one…

REILLY SET TO BAN SALE OF E-CIGS TO UNDER 18s The Health Minister James Reilly is set to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s. Manufacturers say they can assist…

500 NEW JOBS ON THE WAY FOR CORK A company that closed its manufacturing base in Cork in 2008, with the loss of 320 jobs – is to return and…

FORMER COUNTY WEXFORD MORTGAGE BROKER GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE Noel Ryan – a former mortgage broker from County Wexford – has been handed down an 18-month suspended sentence. It comes after…

ROBBERY VICTIM ASKS BURGLARS TO STOP AND THINK An Enniscorthy resident has appealed to people carrying out house burglaries to stop and think. Liam Kelly made the call on South…

WAR VETERAN TO BE HONOURED A County Wexford war veteran is set to have his memory set in stone by the British government Sergeant Major Martin Doyle from New Ross…

REFORM NOT RECRUITING DESPITE APPROACHES Lucinda Creighton says the Reform Alliance has the potential to expand – and has been approached by Independent TDs. The group of Fine Gael rebels…

WEXFORD COMPANY TAKES PART IN CLINICAL STUDY A Wexford company is at the centre of a European clinical study to asses how nutritional supplements can help fertility in men and…

EXPERT SAYS IRISH WATER IS OVER STAFFED A high-profile economist is warning up to two billion euro is being overspent in the staffing of Irish Water. The company is obliged…

BROWNE URGES COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER TO ADDRESS BROADBAND PROBLEMS A Wexford TD has warned the Communications Minister to ensure that infrastructural changes needed for broadband development don’t result in another dispute…

MAN JAILED FOR LIFE FOR MURDERING MELANIE MCCARTHY MCNAMARA A man has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering Melanie McCarthy McNamara. The 16-year-old was shot dead…

MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL IN DUBLIN TO CLOSE The High Court has appointed provisional liquidators who plan to gradually wind up the private hospital in order to protect its 230 patients….

WATERFORD FIRE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL A fire at the Glanbia office complex in Dungarvan in County Waterford has now been brought under control. The blaze caused extensive damage to the…

29 IRISH WATER STAFF ON 100,000 EURO SALARIES The government has written to the head of Irish Water John Tierney, asking him to explain the bonus arrangements for 29 staff…

OPERA HOUSE FUNDING Wexford Opera House has got an increase in funding this year It has gone up by 100thousand euro from 1.3 to 1.4million euro The funding from the…

ILLEGAL CIGARETTES CONFICATED AT ROSSLARE EURPORT Twenty seven thousand cigarettes have been siezed at Rosslare Europort They arrived on the ferry from France yesterday evening Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service…

TAOISEACH ON BANK RECAPITALISATION The Taoiseach has said European people like to see decisions followed through on, when it comes to the retroactive recapitalisation of the banks. Speaking to Bloomberg…

GARDA COMMISSIONER SAYS ALLEGATIONS MADE BY WHISTLEBLOWERS “DISGUSTING” Martin Callinan has told the Public Accounts Committee he thinks it is strange that only two gardaí have raised allegations of corruption…

MAN ARRESTED AFTER NORTHERN IRISH WOMAN KILLED IN AUSTRALIA A woman from Northern Ireland has been found murdered in Australia. The body of 39-year-old Comrie Cullen was discovered in a…

GARDAI APPEAL FOR HELP IN TRACING MISSING GOREY TEENAGER Gardai in Co Wexford are appealing for assistance in tracing a 15 year old girl. Chanice McGovern has been missing from…

TANAISTE SAYS ALL SALARIES OF CHARITY CEOS SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC The Tánaiste has all but called for the Chief Executive of Rehab to make her salary public. This piles…

GARDAI IN WATERFORD APPEAL FOR WITNESSES FOLLOWING POST OFFICE ROBBERY Just before 12 o’clock two men are understood to have held up the post office in Cheek-point. The men are…

77 UNFINISHED HOUSING ESTATES IN COUNTY WEXFORD There’s been an 8 per cent decrease in the number of unfinished housing estates in County Wexford. The Housing Minister Jan O’Sullivan says…

ENNISCORTHY RESIDENT APPEALS FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING HOUSE ROBBERY Liam Kelly says his home was targetted either on Sunday the 12th of January or Monday the 13th while he was in…

VARADKAR ON PAC/PENALTY-POINTS The Minister for Transport says it is certainly the case that some Gardai have abused their discretionery powers when it comes to penalty points. His comments come…

LAND PRICES UP The price of farmland in the south east is up fifteen per cent Thats according to the latest Ganly Walters farmland price survey covering counties Wexford Carlow…

WALLACE RETURNS Wexford Independent TD Mick Wallace is back in the Dail Technical Group He was removed from the group in 2012 over revelations about his tax affairs The Technical…