Category: News

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…

WASTE RETURN Hundreds of tonnes of illegally dumped waste is to be returned here from Northern Ireland An estimated nineteen hundred tonnes of household rubbish was dumped underground on a…

JUST 2 IDA SITE VISITS TO COUNTY WEXFORD IN 2013 New figures show there were just two IDA site visits to County Wexford last year and three the previous year….

MAN TO BE SENTENCED FOR RAPING TWO YOUNG GIRLS IN ATHLONE A man who has admitted raping two young girls who went missing from a birthday party is to be…

COUNTY WEXFORD’S FISHERMEN NEED TO BE LISTENED TO County Wexford’s fishermen need to be listened to in relation to fish quotas. That’s according to MEP for Ireland South Sean Kelly…

MINSTER SAYS BIAS TEST FOR BANKING INQUIRY COMMITTEE IS VITAL The Communications Minister says the ‘bias test’ for members of TDs who want to sit on the Banking Inquiry is…

THE NUMBER OF NEW BULDINGS IN COUNTY WEXFORD IN 2013 IS ALMOST HALF THE NUMBER OF 2012 The figures reflect a national decline of 36 per cent. The figures from…

TAOISEACH SURPRISED BY LOW RETURN ON HIGH SCRATCH-CARD SALES The Taoiseach says he was surprised to hear that Rehab made less than 10,000 euro profit on scratch card sales of…

DUBLIN HOSPITAL AND OBSTETRICIANS APOLOGISE OVER DEATH OF BABY BOY A father has described the death of his two day old baby at a Dublin maternity hospital as avoidable. The…

ST SENANS CHURCH ONCE AGAIN TARGETTTED IN ROBBERY Gardaí in Enniscorthy are examining CCTV footage following a robbery at St. Senan’s Parish Church on Sunday afternoon or evening. 4 youths…

Gardaí in Wexford are appealing for witnesses following a hit and run last night on the road between Killurin and Ballymackessy Cross. A cyclist was seriously injured in the incident….

INCREASE IN DISPOSABLE INCOME SAYS ILCU There has been an increase in disposable income in households around the country. The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) “What’s Left” tracker says…

HOWLIN CALLS ON CRC TO ATTEND PAC The Public Expenditure Minister says the Public Accounts Committee should compel any former CRC board member it needs to in order to get…

TWO SELECTED FOR WEXFORD DISTRICT Wexford District Fianna Fail has selected two candidates for the new Wexford Municipal area in the upcoming local elections They are sitting councillor Tony Dempsey…

WEXFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL FUNDING Wexford General Hospital has recieved 100thousand euro for its Bowel Cancer Detection Programme The money has come from the Irish Cancer Society after a large private…

CEO OF JFK TRUST SEAN REIDY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Sean Reidy officially made the announcement on South East Radio’s Morning Mix earlier today. Sean Reidy has been an employee of the…

WEXFORD MORTGAGE BROKER ADMITS ROLE IN FRAUD CASE A mortgage broker from County Wexford and a former County Wicklow solicitor have admitted their roles in a case of fraud. The…

WICKLOW MAN JAILED FOR 10 YEARS FOR ABUSING STEPDAUGHTER A Co Wicklow man described as a “horrible monster” by the stepdaughter he systematically abused as a child has been jailed…

GARTH BROOKS ANNOUNCES IRISH GIG Garth Brooks has been confirmed to play Croke Park this summer, on the 25th and 26th of July. Aiken Promotions made the announcement at a…

NUMBER OF PEOPLE AWAITING TRIAL WITHOUT BAIL ON THE RISE The number of people awaiting trial in Ireland without being granted bail is on the rise. 33 people in total…

FURTHER QUESTIONING FOR CRC BOARD The former board of the Central Remedial Clinic could face further questioning over salary top ups and pension packages. The head of the Public Accounts…

WEXFORD MILITARY ARCHIVES Records of over three hundred Wexford 1916 veterans are now online This follows the publication of the Military Archive of Pension Entitlements between 1916 and 1923 According…

WEXFORD LOTTO WIN There is a Wexford lotto winner amongst six who shared Saturdays jackpot of 3.5million euro The winning ticket was bought at Dunnes Stores Redmond Square on Saturday…

WEXFORD COAST EROSION The government needs to invest more resources in coastal erosion So stated Wexford Independent TD Mick Wallace after a visit to some coastal areas in Wexford over…

ESM BOSS SAYS NO AGREEMENT IN EUROPE ON BANK RECAPITALISATION The head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) says he does not see a unanimous view in Europe at the…

NORA WALL LAWYERS CALL FOR DPP TO HAND OVER DOCUMENTS Lawyers for Nora Wall, the former nun who was falsely convicted of raping a 12 year old girl, are calling…

POSSIBLE SIGHTING OF MISSING 3 YEAR OLD Police in Scotland are investigating a possible sighting of a boy matching the description of missing Mikaeel Kular in Edinburgh. They’ve had reports…