A man in his 20s has died in a single vehicle road traffic collision at a level crossing on the closed Rosslare Strand to Waterford railway line at Mayglass in south Wexford. It happened around 10.25pm last night (Friday).
Gardai and emergency services attended the scene, where the driver and only person in the vehicle was pronounced dead.
The scene was preserved for a technical examination by Forensic Collision Investigators but has since reopened.
Gardai have launched an appeal for witnesses to contact them. They are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to come forward. They are also appealing to road users who were travelling in the Mayglass area between 10.15pm and 10.45pm with camera footage (including dash cam), to make it available to them.”
Anyone with information can contact Wexford Garda Station on 053 9165200, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
Seventy-seven horses will face the starter in seven races on the all-jumps card at Bettyville Park tomorrow (Saturday). The first race is off at 2.10pm.
WEXFORD RACES at Bettyville Park on Saturday. (File Pic).
Ground conditions are described as “good”and the feature race is the €16,500 novice chase with five runners and the best punters choice is the 8/11 favourite Upping The Anti for Waterford trainer Henry de Bromhead and top jockey Rachael Blackmore.
The card is as follows;
2.10pm; The Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle, two miles (12 runners).
2.45pm; Dan Byrne Memorial Handicap Hurdle, two miles (12 runners)
3.10pm; Download The BoyleSports App Handicap Hurdle over 2 miles 4.5 furlongs (13 runners).
3.55pm; Wexford Mares Maiden Hurdle, three miles (11 runners).
4.30pm; Kehoe Agri & DIY Enniscorthy Rated Novice Chase, two miles and four furlongs, (5 runners).
5.05pm; Wexford Racecourse Racing Club Hnadicap Chase, two miles and four furlongs, (12 runners).
5.35pm; Racing Again October 30th and 31st Handicap Chase, three miles and one furlong, (12 runners).
A steam train leaving Enniscorthy for Rosslare last August. Senator Malcolm Byrne is calling for more investment for the Dublin to Rosslare railway.
By Dan Walsh
Senator Malcolm Byrne has called for an urgent plan of investment in the Dublin to Rosslare railway line following a report from Irish Rail that warned that parts of the line are at long term risk of falling into the sea as a result of coastal erosion and flooding.
The Irish Rail report states that due to the increase in storm incidences linked to climate change, action to protect the line is needed over the next decade to ensure that trains can continue to run on the coastal route.
“This is a vital transport link between Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford. We need to encourage greater use of trains. It is critical that we protect the rail infrastructure.” Senator Byrne told WexfordLocal.com and he added; “Climate change and rising sea levels have serious consequences. We are now seeing the direct impact. We will be spending a lot more on mitigating measures in the near future.”
The Irish Times reports that infrastructure works costing at least €230 million are required to protect parts of the South Dublin Dart line between the Merrion Gates and Greystones in Co Wicklow from collapsing into the sea, according to Irish Rail assessments.
The East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects scheme is designed to defend the Dublin to Rosslare coastal rail line, which carries Dart and mainline services, from erosion and flooding for the next 50 to 100 years.
Incidences of “track washout” where the sea has eroded the land under the rail line, and wave “overtopping” on to the tracks, have increased in the last 20 years, Irish Rail said. “These instances have had significant performance impacts and safety consequences as well as major losses of land and habitats.”
Some of the most vulnerable sections of the line are around Dalkey and Killiney, as well as sections between the Merrion Gates and Dún Laoghaire Harbour, and Bray Head and Greystones.
From Enniscorthy to Wexford the line runs beside the River Slaney while the Wexford to Rosslare portion of the track is coastal and is vulnerable to flooding and serious storm damage.
A 59-year-old cyclist sustained serious injuries after a van and a bike collided on the N25 Wexford to New Ross road at Holmestown, near Barntown,
Gardai are seeking witnesses to the collision which occurred around 5.45pm on Wednesday evening.
The injured man was cared for at the scene before removal to Wexford General Hospital by the National Ambulance Service.
The road was closed for a time and a Garda forensic collision investigator carried out a full technical examination of the crash scene. The road re-opened later.
Anyone with information should contact Wexford Garda Station on 053 9165200, the Garda Confidential number on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
The River Slaney at its lowest level this morning.
By Dan Walsh
€100,000 in new funding has been announced for Enniscorthy businesses to upgrade building facades, artwork, murals, lighting, street furniture and canopies.
The Streetscape Enhancement Initiative will provide retail and property owners in Enniscorthy with grants they can use to give their business a facelift. The primary aim is to make Enniscorthy more attractive places to live, work or visit.
Speaking today Fine Gael TD, Paul Kehoe said; “Ensuring our towns are vibrant places to live and work is needed as we recover economically post-pandemic. Streetscapes offers businesses a new lease of life and the opportunity to get creative.
“Our local authority will manage the initiative and will begin advertising for applications in the coming weeks”, Deputy Kehoe concluded.
Minister Heather Humphreys added; “I want as many businesses and property owners to get involved over the next few weeks and to avail of this funding.
“You may wish to give the front of your shop a new lease of life and repaint it in bright, vibrant colours. Perhaps you want to cover your window sills with flowers and plants or purchase street furniture, canopies for your customers to enjoy. Or maybe you have an even bolder idea. This time round, I’m encouraging neighbouring businesses to submit a joint application to their local authority if they have a more ambitious proposal.”
Deputy Kehoe was speaking after Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, announced funding of €2.6 million for 26 towns selected for funding with each local authority to receive €100,000 as part of the initiative.
Some Camolin residents are offering €2,000 for information that would lead to the conviction of whoever were involved in a substantial fly-tipping incident on Priest Lane, close to the village, last Thursday night.
Electric cable casing dumped on Priest Lane, Camolin (Pic; Camolin Alive)
A sizeable quantity of electric cable casing was indiscriminately dumped on lane. The casing is useless, but the extracted copper is valuable as scrap metal and is sold to scrap yards.
In the local community Camolin Alive post on Facebook tonight the public is asked for “information to convict the culprits, someone must know where this came from, we cannot have this going on or continuing to happen, so if anyone has information that may lead to a conviction, please pm this page (Camolin Alive).
Anybody with information can also contact Gorey Garda Station on 053 9430690, the Garda Confidential line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
Chilly nights will soon arrive and in comes a new warm mattress and out goes the old mattress that has served the bedroom so well, but what happens the mattress that has worn out and is no longer considered an advantage to the household?
Sadly, many of them end up in the wrong places; beauty spots, over bridge parapets or on the side of the public road! To combat such anti-social activity, it has been the gift of Wexford County Council to facilitate a Mattress Amnesty and the 2022 details have been announced.
Wexford County Council will accept mattresses for recycling from households – commercial premises are excluded – at four Household Recycling Centres across Co. Wexford and here are the list of dates and locations;
WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS
Tuesday, September 6th to Friday, September 9th; Holmestown, Wexford Recycling Centre.
Tuesday, September 13th to Friday, September 16th; New Ross Recycling Centre.
Tuesday, September 20th to Friday, September 23rd; Gorey Household Recycling Centre.
Tuesday, September 27th to Friday, September 30th; Enniscorthy Recycling Centre.
The opening hours of the Recycling Centres are 8.15am to 12pm and 1pm to 4pm, Tuesday to Friday.
No mattresses will be accepted on Saturdays.
Mattresses should be clean and dry.
There will be a limit of three mattresses per vehicle and one visit per vehicle is permitted during the Amnesty.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, staff will not be permitted to handle mattresses.
€2 entry fee applies at all four Recycling Facilities.
The death has taken place of editor, journalist, author and founding editor of the Kilmore Parish Journal, Hilary Murphy.
HILARY MURPHY
A native of Tilladavins, Tomhaggard, his ancestry is rooted in Screen-Curracloe, Hilary began his journalistic career with The Free Press in Wexford town before joining The People Newspapers Group in 1965 and worked as a staff reporter for The Wicklow People in the Arklow-south Wicklow area and was also area correspondent for the national media.
In 1977, he published The Kynoch Era in Arklow, returned to the Wexford head office of The People as a sub-editor and he became a contributor and editor of the Kilmore Parish Journal, a position he held for 40 years before retiring in 2012.
His interest in local history was supplemented by his genealogical knowledge and he commenced the popular family names feature in the weekly Ireland’s Own magazine in 1976.
Arguably, Hilary’s everlasting legacy and greatest contribution to Wexford writing was the publication of Families of Co. Wexford, published by Geography Publications, in November 1986.
In the Foreward, Wexford-born, the late Richard Roche wrote; “Hilary Murphy has formed a credible task in collating this collection. And vital to the success of this book is that Hilary’s collection brings family histories in the county right up to date, with references to prominent and well-known members of families recently or currently in the public eye.”
FAMILY NOTICE; NICHOLAS (HILARY) MURPHY, Parklands, Wexford/Wicklow. Peacefully at Knockeen Nursing Home. Beloved husband of the late Bernadette. Brother of Willie, Jack, Betty (Roche) and the late Paudie and Mattie. Father of Anne (Carberry), Declan, Brendan, Kilian and Breifini (Perkins). Grandfather to Patrick, Peter, Matthew, Aidan, Owen, Tiarnan, Fintan, Madison and Eliza.
Great-grandfather to Éala. Hilary will be sadly missed by his loving family, sons-in law Pat and Dom daughters-in-law: Jody, Jackie and Aisha, extended family, his many friends and neighbours. May His Gentle Soul Rest In Peace
Reposing at Mackens Funeral Home, Distillery Road, Wexford today Friday from 3.30pm with removal at 6.30pm to Rowe St Church, Wexford, arriving for 7pm. Funeral Mass on Saturday at 12 noon with burial afterwards in Kilmore Cemetery.
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