An Garda Síochána at Wexford Garda Station have commenced a human trafficking investigation following the discovery of 14 people in a shipping container arriving in Rosslare Europort at approximately 3am on Monday, January 8th 2024. Gardaí were alerted by UK authorities in advance and a co-ordinated plan was put in place with emergency services inContinue reading “Garda launches human trafficking investigation”
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Wexford Council delegation to visit China
By Dan Walsh at Wexford County Council meeting Last September Wexford County Council hosted the Governor of Jiangxi Provisional People’s Government, Mr. Ye Jianchun, who is one of the most senior government representatives of China and the Governor has now extended an invitation to the Cathaoirleach, Cllr John Fleming to lead a Wexford delegation toContinue reading “Wexford Council delegation to visit China”
14 migrants in trailer at Rosslare Europort
By Dan Walsh Fourteen migrants, two children and 12 adults, who were discovered hidden in a refrigerated trailer on board a lorry arriving at Rosslare Europort in the early hours of Monday morning are reported to be “safe and well.” The lorry had arrived from France and the terminal building at the port was takenContinue reading “14 migrants in trailer at Rosslare Europort”
Wexford’s Ukraine refurbishment programme
By Dan Walsh at the January meeting of Wexford County Council The Local Authority Integration Team (LAIT) will meet next month to consider the Ukraine Refurbishment Programme for Co. Wexford and letters of consent have been issued for three properties in Wexford town, three properties in Enniscorthy town and district and a new project forContinue reading “Wexford’s Ukraine refurbishment programme”
Match moves as darkness hits the park!
By Dan Walsh Wednesday night’s first round O’Byrne Cup football clash between Wexford and Wicklow at Innovate Wexford Park produced a successful ‘moving venue’ scenario in very unusual circumstances. Many spectators were already in their seats and the visiting Wicklow team were already out on the pitch and soon the game would start when theContinue reading “Match moves as darkness hits the park!”
Male (30s) injured on the Duncannon Line
By Dan Walsh The Duncannon Line stretch on the R733 between the Mountain Bar and the crossroads at Redshire Road has reopened to traffic following a road collision that happened last evening (Wednesday) shortly after 6pm. A male pedestrian in his 30s, who is reported locally as having been directing another car onto the road,Continue reading “Male (30s) injured on the Duncannon Line”
Plans for two Co. Wexford schools
By Dan Walsh Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Ossian Smyth TD today (Tuesday) launched the next phase of the school retrofitting pathfinder programme. Two Co. Wexford schools are included in the programme; St Kevin’s National School at Tara Hill, Gorey andContinue reading “Plans for two Co. Wexford schools”
2024 investment projects for Rosslare
By Dan Walsh Preliminary figures from Iarnród Éireann show rail passenger journeys in 2023 achieved one of their highest ever totals, as the post-COVID recovery continued. An estimated 45.5 million journeys have been made during the past 12 months, up from 35.8 million in 2022. Looking forward to 2024, Iarnród Éireann states that new trainContinue reading “2024 investment projects for Rosslare”
Shooting arrows in the rain at Hook Head
By Dan Walsh at Hook Lighthouse “It was nice to get the honour. It was a fantastic experience and will go down in the history books,” Cllr Anthony Connick, Cathaoirleach of New Ross Municipal District Council, told WexfordLocal.com today having led the way at the annual New Year’s Day ‘shooting the arrows’ celebration held atContinue reading “Shooting arrows in the rain at Hook Head”
Two injured in motorcycle collision
By Dan Walsh Gardaí in Arklow are seeking information about an incident in the early hours of yesterday (Saturday) morning when a motorcycle struck a pavement kerb and the driver and passenger were ejected from the machine. Both the driver and passenger made their way home afterwards, however, the driver, a man in his 50sContinue reading “Two injured in motorcycle collision”
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