Dan Walsh

Walsh’s wonderful win at Wexford

By Dan Walsh The family combination of John and James Walsh, had a wonderful victory at Wexford today when High Stakes won his fifth race from six starts, and his first on the racecourse, at the special point-to-point flat race card, one of a small number such fixtures introduced by the HRI to facilitate theContinue reading “Walsh’s wonderful win at Wexford”

Wexford cheers Cheltenham champions

By Dan Walsh There were no crowds to cheer the winners at Cheltenham this year and the record-breaking success enjoyed by the Irish contingent, an amazing 23 victories from 28 races – and numerous placings – tells its own sporting story and a strong Wexford contingent played a major role in ‘the Olympics of Steeplechasing’.Continue reading “Wexford cheers Cheltenham champions”

Gorey Town Park; “Are we stopped at €2.76m?”

By Dan Walsh There were robust exchanges concerning the delay in completing Gorey Town Park and the escalating cost of the project when members assembled electronically for the March meeting of Gorey-Kilmuckridge Municipal District Council held by Microsoft Teams within the Covid-19 guidelines last Tuesday. Cathaoirleach Cllr Joe Sullivan, who described the situation as ‘aContinue reading “Gorey Town Park; “Are we stopped at €2.76m?””

Cigarettes seized at Rosslare Europort

By Dan Walsh Revenue officers at Rosslare Europort seized approximately 13,400 cigarettes and 830 grams of tobacco following the search of a Czech registered van at the Wexford port yesterday (Monday). The illicit cigarettes branded ‘Benson & Hedges Option’, ‘Rothmans’, ‘L&M Red’, ‘L&M Blue’ and tobacco branded ‘Drum’, have an estimated retail value of over €10,000,Continue reading “Cigarettes seized at Rosslare Europort”

Danger in four Wexford water supplies

By Dan Walsh Pesticide exceedances have been detected in the public drinking water supply in four water supply areas in Co. Wexford across 2019 and 2020. The exceedance was detected as part of Irish Water’s public water supply monitoring programme. The Clonroche, Davidstown, South Regional Supply Scheme and Wexford Town water supply were the supplyContinue reading “Danger in four Wexford water supplies”

36% of households have no rubbish bin!

By Dan Walsh It is a staggering statistic, but 36% of households have no rubbish disposal bins, and at Monday’s monthly meeting of Enniscorthy Municipal District Council held with Microsoft Teams in compliance with Covid-19 protocol, members were shocked at the findings and wondered what can be done to extinguish the unacceptable scourge of litteringContinue reading “36% of households have no rubbish bin!”

€18.4m to progress Trinity Wharf

By Dan Walsh The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has announced €74 million for the South-East under ‘Call 2’ of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) and Trinity Wharf in Wexford town is included with welcome funding of €18.4 million. The 10-acre Trinity Wharf project is central to Wexford County Council’s ambitious plansContinue reading “€18.4m to progress Trinity Wharf”

Good day for Wexford ‘points’ stables

By Dan Walsh With no point-to-point racing due to Civid-19 restrictions Horse Racing Ireland secured a small number of point-to-point bumpers and when the first day’s action was run at Punchestown this afternoon, there was plenty of Wexford success. Colin Bowe and Barry O’Neill won both races for four-year-old geldings with the favourites, Ernest GrayContinue reading “Good day for Wexford ‘points’ stables”

Contracts signed for Arthurstown plant

By Dan Walsh Irish Water and Wexford County Council has signed contracts with the Sisk Group to begin works on the new wastewater plant in Arthurstown also serving the areas of Ballyhack and Duncannon providing wastewater treatment for the equivalent of almost 1,875 people. Chairman of New Ross Municipal District, Cllr Michael Whelan warmly welcomed the news of the contract signing with the Sisk Group stating;Continue reading “Contracts signed for Arthurstown plant”

Fatal workplace incident at Caim

A man in his 40’s has died following a workplace incident at a grain stores premises at Caim, near Enniscorthy, at 9.50 am this morning. The man was struck by a loader. The deceased has been a long-term employee of the company and is from the locality. Separate investigations are being carried out by AnContinue reading “Fatal workplace incident at Caim”