A big coastal rowing event is taking place in Wexford this weekend. The All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships are getting underway at Ferrybank in Wexford town. A total crew of…
3 WEXFORD PLAYERS CHOSEN FOR HURLING’S TEAM OF THE 90s
Three Wexford players have been chosen on the Hurling team of the 90s. The panel chosen by pundits such as RTE’s Michael Lyster and The Irish independent’s Vincent Hogan contains…
WEXFORD IS SMILING AFTER IRISH ATHLETIC SUCCESS
There was a strong Wexford connection to Ireland’s successes in the European Athletic Championships in Berlin last night. Both Thomas Barr in the 400m hurdles final and Leon Reid in…
LIAM OG EXPECTED TO PLAY A BIG ROLE IN GALWAY GAME
Wexford face their biggest test of the year when they play host to Galway in the Leinster Senior Hurling championship tomorrow. Both teams have 4 points so far in the…
WEXFORD FOOTBALLERS LOOKING TO START LEINSTER CAMPAIGN WITH A WIN
The Wexford Senior Footballers begin their Leinster Football Championship campaign against Laois tomorrow evening in Innovate Wexford Park. Captain Daithi Waters is set to overcome a slight injury to join…
NORTH END UNITED LOOK TO BRING HOME THE FAI JUNIOR CUP TO WEXFORD TOMORROW
John Godkin and his North Und United side prepare themselves for the FAI Junior Cup Final tomorrow at the Aviva Stadium. They’re taking on Pike Rovers of Limerick who they…
RORY O’CONNOR TO FOCUS ON HURLING FOR CLUB AND COUNTY THIS YEAR
Wexford teenager Rory O’Connor says he’ll be focusing on hurling rather than football in a bid to prolong his career. O’Connor suffered a knee injury last Autumn and he’s opting…
FURY OVER CLUB MATCHES BEING CANCELLED FOR WEXFORD CHALLENGE GAME
3 club football games in Wexford due to be held on Friday night have been cancelled due to a county challenge game. The intermediate games between Adamstown and Ballyhogue as…
ROAD TO RESPECT EXPECTED TO BE FAVOURITE FOR CORAL PUNCHESTOWN GOLD CUP
The Grade One Coral Punchestown Gold Cup is the feature race on today’s second day of the Punchestown Festival. Noel Meade’s Road to Respect, who was fourth in the Cheltenham…
DAVID REDMOND HANGS UP INTERCOUNTY BOOTS AFTER 10 YEARS
Wexford hurler David Redmond has announced his intercounty retirement. The Oulart The Ballack man made the announcement this morning via the GPA. He spent over 10 years on the panel…
FUNDING BOOST FOR WEXFORD GAA AFTER SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN BOTH CODES
Wexford GAA increased spending on the counties teams by €250,000 last year. The figure relates to both hurling and football teams for this year. Wexford County Board spent €945,000 on…
SPORTS CLUBS IN WEXFORD GET €1.9 MILLION BOOST
Almost 1.9 million euro has been allocated to a number of sports clubs and organisations in Wexford for next year. The government has provided €1.89 million to 64 clubs across…
YOUNG O’BRIEN CLAIMS VICTORY IN MELBOURNE CUP
Twenty four year old Joseph O’Brien has become the youngest-ever trainer to win the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington Australia earlier today He sent out Rekindling to lead home an…
WEXFORD GAA ‘EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED’ WITH INCORRECT IRISH INDEPENDENT ARTICLE
Wexford GAA have said that it’s ‘extremely disappointed’ with a recent article in the Irish Independent. The article is alleged to have attributed false quotes to former Wexford footballer Matty…
4 ALL STAR NOMINATIONS FOR WEXFORD’S CAMOGIE PLAYERS THIS YEAR
Despite having not the most succesful year, Wexford camogie players have received 4 All Star Nominations. Shelly Kehoe, Sarah O’Connor, Brid Gordon and Chloe Fox have all been recognised for…
DAVY FITZGERALD CONFIRMS THAT HE’S STAYING ON AS WEXFORD MANAGER
Davy Fitzgerald has confirmed that he’s going to stay on as Wexford Senior Hurling manager. The Clare man took over the job last year and lead Wexford to promotion to…
WEXFORD FC ANNOUNCE NEW FAN BASED OWNERSHIP TRUST
Wexford FC has announced the launch of the Wexford Supporters Trust (WST), a supporter-run co-operative which will soon take ownership of the team, a member of the SSE Airtricity League….
BANTY STEPS DOWN AS FOOTBALL MANAGER
GAELIC GAMES Wexford County Board is searching for a new senior football manager. Seamus McEneney stepped down last night after just a single year in charge. Under his watch, Wexford…
WEXFORD PARK RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE BEST PITCHES TO PLAY GAA
Innovate Wexford Park has been selected for the shortlist of the first ever GAA Pitch Award. It’s one of 6 stadia nominated for the award alongside fellow Leinster venue St…
WEXFORD WILL BE READY FOR GALWAY TEST – DAVY FITZGERALD
Wexford hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald says that while Galway are the “real deal”, his side will be ready to face them. Wexford will play the Tribesmen in the Leinster final…
KATE KELLY ANNOUNCES INTERCOUNTY RETIREMENT AFTER 21 YEARS
Wexford’s Kate Kelly has announced her inter county retirement. In her 21 seasons the 37 year old won four All-Ireland medals and nine All-Stars awards. Kate, who is treasurer of…
WEXFORD WERE THE BETTER TEAM ON THE DAY – SHEFFLIN
The Wexford hurlers deserved their win against Kilkenny at the weekend as they were the better team. So stated former Kilkenny star Henry Shefflin as a portrait of him was…
FRIENDSHIP OF PLAYERS HELPED GET OVER KILKENNY CHALLENGE – DOYLE
Loyalty and friendship amongst the players played a big part in Wexford’s win over Kilkenny on Saturday in the Leinster hurling semi final. That’s the view of JJ Doyle from…
THOUSANDS LINE UP OUTSIDE WEXFORD PARK FOR LEINSTER SEMI FINAL TICKETS
A sight never witnessed before has developed outside Wexford GAA grounds this morning. Queuing began around 6am for tickets for the Leinster hurling semi final game between old rivals Wexford…
WEXFORD GAA WON’T APPEAL DAVY’S BAN
A statement from Wexford GAA has said that they will not be appealing Davy Fitzgerald’s 8 week ban. Davy was given the ban for approaching the referee and clashing with…
NEW ROSS RUGBY FANS TO TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND TO WATCH FURLONG
New Ross Rugby Club says its very proud today to have produced a Lion. Tadhg Furlong started his career there and has now joined the elite of the Home Nations…
FURLONG NAMED IN STRONG LINEUP FOR THE LIONS
Tadgh Furlong has become only the second Wexford man to be named in the Lions team ever. The front row follows in the footsteps of Gordon D’Arcy in being selected…
DAVY HAS UNLOCKED OUR POTENTIAL – O’KEEFFE
Wexford hurling is responding to the management skills of Davy Fitzgerald but the unlocked potential was always there. The views of Wexford defender Diarmuid OKeeffe as the team prepares for…
WEXFORD TRIUMPHS AT AINTREE CELEBRATED
There have been lots of celebrations in Wexford over the weekend as a result of this years Grand National. Mayglass jockey Jamie Codd saw his mount Cause of Causes narrowly…
ST PETERS COLLEGE TO MAKE HISTORY TOMORROW
Saint Peters College make history tomorrow when they compete in their first ever All Ireland football final. Excitement and anticipation at the Wexford town secondary school has reached fever pitch…
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