Davy Fitzgerald has admitted that encountering a number of seriously ill children in Wexford this year has put hurling and his own management role into its proper context.

Eight food businesses were ordered to close last month for breaches in food safety legislation.

As the date of the Rising rapidly approached, this is what was happening behind the scenes 100 years ago this week

As an alternative to traditional bunnies and eggs, Wexford company Bean & Goose is tempting consumers to try a dark chocolate hare or a chocolate goose egg this Easter.

Update at 7.30pm: John Kearns has been found safe and well.

Gardaí are investigating the death of an 81-year-old man in a two car crash in Wexford last night.

A well-known Dublin restaurant popular with TDs and senators was just one of 10 premises forced to close last month for breaching food safety regulations.

A Catholic bishop has said that an “unacceptably low” number of couples are undertaking pre-marriage courses (PMC) run by the Church’s counselling service before their wedding day.

An exceptional Irish longcase clock and horse drawn carriage are among the lots at Mealy’s auction at Woodview House near Ferns, Co Wexford next Tuesday, (Oct 1), at 11am.

A Co Wexford farmer has won damages in a High Court action against two auctioneers who overvalued land he wished to sell just before the property crash.

ANNE Doyle is guest host for the Lighthouse Keepers’ Global Gathering, a three-day programme of lectures, fireworks and music, which kicks off today at Hook Lighthouse in Co Wexford. The former RTÉ newsreader has been enchanted with lighthouses since childhood.

Twenty men have begun studying for the Catholic priesthood with a variety of qualifications already behind them.

A woman who was abused for 10 years in the diocese of Clogher said he latest report from the Church’s child protection watchdog illustrates “how unsupportive” Bishop Joseph Duffy was to clerical abuse victims.

Ian Elliott, the Catholic church’s own watchdog on child protection measures in Ireland, has detailed the policies now in place to prevent child abuse in several dioceses.

A retired Catholic bishop has admitted mistakes after a watchdog found opportunities to stop dangerous paedophile priests were consistently missed.

There have been three allegations of child abuse made against priests in the diocese of Kilalla since 1975, according to a report into child protection practices.

Is there anything to be said for saying another Mass? A real-life Bishop Brennan is encouraging people to pray to put an end to our soggy summer.

Communities will be involved in any plans to radically reorganise the amount of dioceses in this country, according to the summary report presented by the Vatican team who visited the country last year.

Refusing to acknowledge the progress made by Church in hnadling abuse claims does a disservice to its watchdog, writes, Micheal Kelly

THE Dublin coroner has recommended that emergency services in the south-east be reviewed to ensure ambulances are properly directed to patients’ homes.

WEXFORD chairman Ger Doyle says they are keeping their fingers crossed Jason Ryan will stay on as senior football manager for a fifth season.

GROUPS supporting victims of child clerical sex abuse yesterday said the Vatican was indulging in “pure spin” in its response to the fallout from the Cloyne report.

IN more innocent times in 1991, Bishop Comiskey of the diocese of Ferns, said this about the Irish Government: “It is economically and morally bankrupt.”

A retired Catholic bishop has been singled out for failing to follow Church rules on reporting clerical sex abuse in an Irish diocese as recently as three years ago.

FATHER CUSHEN’S kitchen countertops can hardly be seen for the array of cards covering them.

PRIESTS in the diocese of Ferns are being asked to hand over €1,000 each towards the payment of compensation bills to clerical abuse victims.

ONE of Ireland’s best-known clerical abuse victims has described Pope Benedict’s planned legal defence against a US lawsuit as “perverse”.

THE Diocese of Killaloe has not ruled out the possibility of its parishioners being asked for financial contributions towards clerical abuse compensation payouts, as is happening in Ferns.

IT seems the clergy, for all the fantastic work they have done for education in this country, are incapable of learning.

A Catholic bishop in charge of an Irish diocese plagued by sex abuse scandals and cover-ups has asked parishioners to help fund compensation, it was confirmed today.

Met Éireann is warning of large snow falls across the east of the country this afternoon, severely disrupting transport, as the sub-zero conditions show no sign of abating.

GARDAÍ are continuing to warn motorists of perilous driving conditions following the death of a woman in Wexford after the minibus she was travelling in overturned on an icy patch.

SURVIVORS of institutional abuse have met with a representative of the Bishop of Cork and Ross in relation to donations made to Right of Place.

An Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin says he sees no need for further inquiries into child abuse in the Irish Catholic church, and resources should be spent elsewhere.

Thirty-six seminarians – ranging in age from 18 to their mid-40s – are due to commence study for the priesthood in this country in 2009.

PRIESTS in the diocese of Ferns have agreed to be vetted by Gardaí.

The National Association for the Treatment of Abusers says children are being put at serious risk due to the lack of a national model for the treatment of sex abusers.

Wexford 0-20 UCD 1-15, Ferns

GOVERNMENT failures on child protection are as serious as those of the Church, Fine Gael said last night.

Wexford's County Board have announced plans for a centre of excellence to be located in Ferns.

The FAI will provide free park-and-ride facilities for supporters traveling to Ferrycarrig Park for this Saturday’s eircom League of Ireland Cup final.