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Top Stories | Monday, September 06, 2010


     Daddy delivers baby daughter

A KILANERIN man delivered his baby daughter by himself on the hard shoulder of the N11 on Monday night after his wife went into labour.
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Second distraction theft in Gorey

THE ELDERLY residents of Gorey have been warned to beware of strangers calling to their homes following a second reported distraction theft in a matter of weeks in the town.
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More News | Monday, September 06, 2010

Fun cycle for trio of charities

A FUN cycle will take place on September 11 to raise money for a trio of worthy causes and everyone is asked to get involved.  more >

ET seeking patronage

WHILE THE Educate Together Primary School (ET) celebrates its fifth birthday this term, the possibility of having an ETrun secondary school next door will be decided in the coming months.  more >

Pride in school

IT IS clear to see the pride Raymond Swan takes in his school and that pride is reflected in the journey the Educate Together (ET) Primary School has taken in the past five years.  more >

Oakfield marks fifth birthday

THE RESIDENTS and staff at Oakfield Nursing Home in Courtown celebrated in style last weekend to mark the fifth anniversary of the facility’s opening.  more >

Generous response to Pakistan appeal

THE AMOUNT of money donated to the Pakistan flood appeal by parishioners in Wexford is very generous according to church officials.  more >

Iconic shop to become bookies

WEXFORD COUNTY Council has granted permission to change the use of an iconic shop on the Main Street in Gorey to become a bookie’s.  more >

Gardaí narrowly escape injury as squad car rammed

TWO WOMEN led gardaí on a high-speed chase around north Wexford on Saturday evening before ramming a squad car when they were cornered.  more >

Mary celebrates 50th in style

A NORTH Wexford woman returned from London to celebrate her 50th birthday recently.  more >

80 vintage vehicles take to the road

THE ROADS of north Wexford were full of cars and tractors of all shapes, sizes and vintages last weekend for the third annual Askamore Vintage run.  more >

VEC outlines proposals for new secondary school

ONE OF the groups vying to run the new secondary school in Gorey has met with the Department of Education and is proposing the school should be a community school.  more >

Meeting told Murphy was never in Wexford

A LARGE crowd gathered in Riverchapel last week to hear three public representatives declare that convicted rapist Larry Murphy was never in Wexford and would not be in the future.  more >

Work begins on old church

A FORMER church and parish hall is now being turned into a tourist attraction in Castletown.  more >



Hip patients to be contacted

THE HSE plans to contact a number County Wexford people who have had hip replacement operations since July 2003 after a fault was found in the implants.  more >

Hundreds will pay stealth tax

MORE THAN 500 commercial vehicle owners in Wexford will be subject to a new stealth tax from the government, according to an insurer.  more >

‘The utter shock is still unforgettable’

AUGUST 26TH began like any other day for Mikey Whelan, who lived opposite the Shelburne Coop which employed over 70 people.  more >

Campile bombing book launched

CONTROVERSIAL, CHALLENGING, magnificent, these were the words historian Nicholas Furlong used about Horeswood Historical Society’s book on Nazi Germany’s bombing of the Shelburne Co-op in Campile on August 26th, 1940, which killed sisters Mary Ellen (30) and Kitty (26) Kent, and Kathleen Hurley (27), at its launch on Thursday night.  more >

“Coming to Wexford is much better”

CAROLYN FISHER from Fishguard has been visiting Wexford and the South -East for many years and she always enjoys a day at the races.  more >

Councillors unite to resist downgrading

IN A first for County Wexford, the heads of town councils met in New Ross on Monday night to oppose plans to abolish the historic authorities.  more >

Hedgehog vandalised

A PIECE of artwork that has been described as a symbol of Gorey has been vandalised by a graffiti artist.  more >

Farewell to Pat Mulcahy

A LONG and distinguished career in An Garda Síochána was marked on Friday night at Detective Sergeant Pat Mulcahy’s retirement party.  more >

Casualties could have been much greater

FORTY WORKERS at Shelburne Co-op in Campile, had finished their dinners in the canteen only ten minutes before the bombs fell.  more >

Councils get ciggy with it!

WEXFORD COUNTY Council and Wexford Borough Council will be giving out free pocket ashtrays for a limited time in a bid to combat cigarette litter on our county’s streets.  more >


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