Christmas Plans For Wexford Town Unveiled Including Traditional Parade

The traditional Christmas Parade will return to Wexford Town at the end of the month.

Officials from the Wexford Borough District are working to get plans in place to get the town ready for the festive season.

Councillor Tom Forde says the parade will take place on November 28th and will follow its normal route from Selskar along Main Street, down Anne Street and finish up on the Quay.

Santa will be there to help switch on the Christmas lights with festoon lighting along the almost 1 kilometre of the Main Street.

The local Men's Shed have been busy producing over-sized Christmas Presents for locations across the town, while they have also made two oversized kids chairs for fun pictures at The Bullring.

Planning is also underway to implement a new Christmas installation at Redmond Square with an improved Christmas presence at the Bullring as well.

Other attractions are being investigated for the day while calls remain for a Christmas market area which has been discussed for the last number of years.

Fine Gael councillor Robbie Staples has been one of those calling for the markets to be brought to the town but previously acknowledged the hurdles that need to be overcome before they can be set up.

Discussions have taken place with food producers with hopes there may be some movement in this area very soon.

That report was funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.