By Dan Walsh
A new Chief Executive of Wexford County Council will be appointed later this year when the public appointments service completes a competitive recruitment process.
Whilst that process is underway, Eddie Taaffe, Director of Services will serve as Interim Chief Executive at the local authority.
With outgoing Chief Executive Tom Enright gone from the role after a decade, his successor has been appointed, albeit on a temporary basis.
Having only returned to Wexford last year following a three- year secondment with the National Housing Delivery Office in Dublin, Eddie Taaffe has been promoted from Director of Services to Acting Chief Executive of Wexford County Council.
A native of Rossbercon, New Ross, Mr Taaffe first started working with the local authority back in 1997, working in the environment section, roads, as an engineer on the Courtown Main Drainage Scheme and as Borough Engineer in Wexford along the way, among other roles.
In 2020, he was selected to head up the newly established National Housing Delivery Office, a role which he only returned from late last year.
Since then, as well as his role as Director of Services, he also took on the role of Chairperson of the Fleadh Executive Committee ahead of Wexford town hosting Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2024.
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