Gardaí in Gorey are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying the driver of a 181-registered Mercedes involved in a collision with a pedestrian.
The incident occurred on Friday, 16 January 2026 at approximately 2.40pm, near St. Joseph’s Primary School, in the Creagh area of Gorey, Co. Wexford.
The pedestrian was crossing the road at the time and required medical treatment following the collision. The vehicle involved did not stop at the scene.
Anyone who witnessed this incident, has dashcam footage, or has any information that may assist Gardaí is asked to contact Gorey Garda Station on 053 943 0690 or Garda Confidential on 1800 666 111.
The Ballinagore Harriers point-to-point takes place at Ballycrystal, near Kiltealy, on Sunday. The first race is at 12.30pm and 65 entries have been received for the six-race card.
The going for Sunday is described as “yielding to soft, soft in places.”
The weather forecast is for 7-8mm of rain from tonight (Friday) into Saturday. Dry on Saturday evening to raceday on Sunday.
The organisers are confident of a competitive afternoon’s action and would appreciate a good-sized crowd.
Wexford Library and Archive have uploadedfour collections of oral recordings to DigitalRepository of Ireland: County Wexford Oral History Project, Memories of 1916, Memories of World War 1 and Southend Maritime Heritage Oral History Project.
These recordings are freely available for all to listen to or download from home or any remote location.
Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council, Cllr Joe Sullivan said; “I’m delighted that Wexford Library and Archive Service are making this resource available to the public. The recordings show how different life in Wexford was for our previous generations of ancestors. I’m confident they will be a rich asset to researchers and family members.”
At the beginning of 2025, Wexford Library and Archive Service became a member of the Digital Repository of Ireland. The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a certified trustworthy digital repository that provides long-term preservation and access to Ireland’s social and cultural digital data.
The organisation is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA). Wexford Library and Archive Service links in with a growing number of local authority archives who have become members of DRI.
Wexford Library and Archive Service Wexford Library Service continues to collect oral history recordings and will upload more recordings and other resources to DRI in the future.
ST. AIDAN’S CATHEDRAL, Enniscorthy. (File Pic; WexfordLocal.com)
RTÉ will broadcast all Sunday Mass and worship transmissions directly from churches, marking a significant move away from studio-based broadcasting to parish church locations and worship settings.
The new broadcasts will be produced by independent production company, Scratch Films, led by documentary filmmaker Liam McGrath, who has been awarded the RTÉ contract for Sunday worship broadcasting for the next three years.
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, who serves as chair of the Bishops’ Council for Communications, welcomed the development, stating, “We welcome RTÉ’s decision to transmit live worship from parishes across the island – this is something which we have been encouraging for a number of years.
While we are very grateful for past broadcasts of worship from the RTÉ studio, we believe that sharing the celebration of Mass directly from parishes and from our many beautiful and historic churches will provide a richer and more authentic experience for all concerned.”
At the launch of WexfordTrad Weekend in County Hall, Wexford.
By Dan Walsh
Wexford town will host the first-ever WexTrad Weekend over the St. Brigid’s Bank Holiday, featuring various Irish cultural events throughout the area from Thursday, January 29th to Bank Holiday Monday, February 2nd.
Supported by Wexford County Council, as a Fleadh legacy project, and is additionally supported by Wexford Credit Union, Wexford Town Vintners, The Talbot Hotel and Crown Live.
The festival will include a programme of concerts, presentations, a free indoor multi-group stage and a late-night Festival Club.
The opening event will revive a traditional Wexford Mummers Ball, featuring displays by mummers’ groups from around the county and dancing to a lively House Ceilí Band.
Additionally, over the weekend, associated events are being run by partner arts bodies, such as the National Opera House, Wexford Arts Centre and Eclectic Avenue.
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann will run a series of Comhaltas-led events over the same weekend, to include instrument workshops with renowned national musicians, youth events, family events and a set dancing ceilí with The Legacy Ceilí Band.
Another exciting parallel event taking place over that weekend will be the Smithwick’s trad trail, which will be held in over twenty pubs and hotels in Wexford town featuring will featuring lively pub sessions of Irish traditional music, rousing ballad performances, and superb gigs by live bands.
More details will emerge closer to the event. WexTrad events tickets are available at Wexford Arts Centre.
The former St. Senan’s Hospital (1868-2013) at Enniscorthy. (Pic; WexfordLocal.com)
By Dan Walsh
A panel exhibition discussion titled Walls of Containment takes place in the Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy, on Friday at 7.30pm. It is a free event, all are welcome, but booking is required.
The subject for discussion is the immense building work involved in the building of asylums across the island of Ireland, the state’s ability to deliver these structures, the function of the buildings, the use of the structures then, and now, and their subsequent dereliction and demise.
Featured are artist David Killeen, author Patrick Quinlan, and Research Fellow in the School of Philosophy at UCD Dervla McManus and special guests GKMP Architects who are currently redeveloping St. Senan’s Hospital in Enniscorthy.
DAVID KILLEEN (photographer) LISA BYRNE and CAT MAHER at the opening of the Walls of Containment exhibition at the Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy. (Pic; Presentation Arts Centre).
This panel discussion is in response to the current exhibition of photography by David Killeen, which documents twenty-one psychiatric hospitals across the Republic of Ireland. Constructed between 1814 and 1922, they represent one of the largest public programmes ever undertaken in Ireland.
Big focus will be on St. Senan’s Hospital where the first patients arrived in April 1868, and admissions ceased in February 2011. Closure came in 2013.
This exhibition is a conversation about the immense building work involved in the building of the ‘asylums’.
This exhibition and panel discussion is part of the First Fortnight, the annual Mental Health Arts and Culture Festival.
No rubbish in sight on the entrance to Enniscorthy on the south side. (File Pic; WexfordLocal.com)
By Dan Walsh at Wexford County Council monthly meeting
Wexford County Council Environment Section recently held a public consultation seeking to use cameras (CCTV) for the sole purpose of preventing litter and illegal dumping and the enforcement of the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, and the Waste Management Act, 1996.
The issue was raised at today’s Wexford County Council meeting, chaired by Cllr Joe Sullivan in Carricklawn, Wexford.
Cllr Barbara Anne Murphy noted that the report was approved last November and again asked when the CCTV for illegal dumping would be operational.
Social media showed widespread dumping at Brownswood near Enniscorthy last weekend.
Submissions to the report proposed CCTV sites at Turret Rocks and Esmonde Road, Enniscorthy and calls for “The proposed use of CCTV for 24 hours per day” and added; “Environment staff currently carry out hours of patrols.”
It was also proposed to use CCTV to cover dog fouling in Wexford town, Bring Banks and “on-call and out of hours patrols for environmental staff in tandem with the use of CCTV.
Cllr Jim Codd said there were “trailer loads of rubbish at the old railway station in Bridgetown,” and he added that “you could get a suite of furniture any day in the week.”
Wexford town-based Cllr Biddy Walsh recently was amazed at the amount of dumping on the way to Taghmon. “I couldn’t believe it. It (rubbish) was everywhere,” she gasped!
Cllr John Fleming said CCTV will solve very few problems. “Do it the old-fashioned way, go through the rubbish and bring the evidence before the courts,” he suggested.
Director of Services Eamonn Hore told the members that the Council cannot ‘name and shame’, but he emphasised it is not all “doom and gloom” and pointed out that districts were “getting gold, silver and bronze medals” in the recent National Tidy Towns’ awards and had improved their markings in the IBAL awards.
County Secretary Michael Drea said the GDPR data surrounding CCTV is very detailed and must be legally compliant to progress to a final option.
Cllr Jim Codd returned to the discussion and asked about road signs to say that cameras were on the road. The public must be informed that cameras are present. He complimented community groups picking up litter.
Political backing for Wexford farmers at Saturday’s No to Mercosur rally in Athlone came from Cllr Joe Sullivan, Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council, and Aontu Cllr Jim Codd.
“I attended the No to Mercosur rally in Athlone and was happy and proud to stand with the agricultural community of Co Wexford as they along with farmers and all agri sectors of Ireland voiced their opposition to the Mercosur deal provisionally approved by the EU states on Friday,” said Cllr Sullivan.
Cllr Jim Codd (Aontu) joined over 100 Co. Wexford farmers at the event and noted the strong turnout of young people.
AUDIO ADDITION; Cllr Jim Codd speaking with Dan Walsh from WexfordLocal.com explains some of the obstacles facing the Wexford farming community due to the Mercosur deal.
Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council, CLLR JOE SULLIVAN supporting Wexford farming community at Athlone Rally today.
Chairman of Wexford IFA Tom Doyle attended as did his wife Alice Doyle Deputy President of the IFA at national level.
The rally was attended by up to 20,000 people and organised in the main by Ciaran Mullooly MEP and Micheal Fitzmaurice TD along with their colleagues in the Independent Ireland Party.
Longford MEP Ciaran Mullooly is calling on all Irish MEPs to vote no against the deal, adding: “There is opposition to this rotten trade deal right across the continent”
Rathnure handler Robert Tector enjoyed a day to remember when he saddled a double this afternoon and narrowly missed out on a three timer.
ROBERT TECTOR trained a double today.
Tector was in Tinahely today and saddled Doubleosue to win the opening race – a maiden for five-year-old mares – while Phantom of Delight was winning a similar event at Ballindenisk, Co. Cork -250 kilometres away!
Afterwards, Tector described Doubleosue as “a lovely mare and straight forward” and is likely to go to the sales now! This was a true family success as Doublkeosue, making her track debut was bred by the handler’s father Neil Tector.
Tector was unlucky not to make it a treble when newcomer Gentle Ocean was beaten into second position in the maiden race for five-year-old geldings by Dream On Mick trained by Kieran Roche at Adamstown for popular Carnew publican Michael Kenny. The winning rider was James Murray, Ferns, having his first winner of the season and his fifth career success.
Tomhaggard rider Jamie Scallan rode Tector’s Doubelosue to a two and a half lengths victory and recorded a double on Gale Force Jet for handler Sean Doyle with a two lengths success in the Open Lightweight Race.
The Winners of One race for Novice Riders was won by Lord Desart trained in Tipperary by Sam Curling and ridden by Daniel Hyde in the family colours of Mrs T.P. Hyde. Cormac Doyle’s Mint Approved (Donal O’Connor up) filled second place.
Locals Larry O’Hara, Sean Osborne and James Walsh were half a length out of luck with Dontcall in the maiden race for six-year-old mares beaten by Westmeath raider Mini Getaway ridden by James Costello for Suzanne and Martin Lynch.
And the final race for maiden six-year-olds and upwards geldings went to Always Scoring trained by Cian Hughes Newcastle, County Dublin, and ridden by Pa King. Two lengths the verdict.
The meeting was cancelled last Sunday due to the track being unsuitable for racing. Following an early morning preliminary inspection today, the event proceeded as scheduled. Attendance was strong, and commendation is due to the Shillelagh & District Hunt for organising and conducting the fixture in a safe and efficient manner.
Next Sunday the Ballinagore Harriers race at Ballycrystal, Kiltealy, with a 12.30pm start. Entries close on Tuesday.
The popular four-week series of Talk Nights in Askamore Community Centre on Tuesdays starting at 7.30pm moves to Night 2 on Tuesday, January 13th.
Niamh Redmond has suffered from MS since 2015 and experienced progression for the first five years, however, it was stabilised in 2019 after a stem cell intervention and she has now regained some control of her life, and is secretary of local friends of people with MS.
She will be one of the speakers on Tuesday night when there will be a panel discussion on MS.
Wexford camogie star Ursula Jacob.
In the second section of the night there will be a guest appearance from former Wexford Camogie star Ursula Jacob. Ursula who is now best known for her punditry work on RTE Sunday Game will share her analysis of how she coped with the internet trolling a couple years ago. Admission on the night will be €10 or for all nights €25. Night 1 was last Tuesday night, and it was an enormous success when Farmers Journal political correspondent Pat O’Toole interviewed three local TDs. They were very honoured with an address from Dr Susan Brannick from Aware, who gave a very insightful presentation on mental health.
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