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”
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Explore ‘Gold Rush’ region on Croghan mountain walking trail
By Dan Walsh Wexford Walking Trails, with the support of Wexford County Council, Healthy Wexford and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) are inviting people to get outdoors and explore some of Co. Wexford’s fabulous country trails during 2024. All are welcome. It may be a chilly, but weather conditions will be ‘dry’ for the firstContinue reading “Explore ‘Gold Rush’ region on Croghan mountain walking trail”
Sunday’s point-to-point news
By Dan Walsh The first point-to-point fixture of 2024 takes place next Sunday at Fairwood, Tinahely, and although the entry is small – 60 entries – it is a good quality card that should attract a good crowd. A course inspection took place today (Friday) where the going is reported as “soft, soft to heavyContinue reading “Sunday’s point-to-point news”
Search for 2024 young artists
By Dan Walsh The search to find the young artists who will excel in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition has begun. Last year two students from Co. Wexford won prizes in the Competition, which is now in its 70th year and widely acknowledged as the longest running arts sponsorship in Ireland. The closing date for entriesContinue reading “Search for 2024 young artists”
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”
Engaging communities and artists in Enniscorthy
By Dan Walsh at the December meeting of Enniscorthy Municipal District Council Creative Places, Enniscorthy, is an Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon award, a new and innovative initiative from the Arts Council, who is also funding the projects, which hopes to embed creative arts practice into communities and was introduced at theContinue reading “Engaging communities and artists in Enniscorthy”
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”
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