Swollen rivers and today’s rolling storm front have left many inland towns on high flood alert.

The adverse weather conditions are continuing to cause major travel disruption in many parts of the country this evening.

Twenty crews from ESB Networks are now assisting their colleagues across the North where up to 40,000 homes have been left without power after heavy snow.

It was one of the signature deals of the boom.

A search will resume later for a man seen falling off a bridge in Wexford Town yesterday.

A routine river survey took an unexpected twist today after scientists pulled a 10ft monster python from the water in Co Wexford.

FOR centuries, many of the owners of estates and large gardens in this country were compulsive and competitive collectors of exotic trees. Many of these collections still survive. I have a passionate interest in trees and for somebody like me, visiting one of these collections for the first time is an exciting event.

“NO PARENT should have to bury a child. But to bury two grandchildren as well is beyond belief.”

A reference card for mental health services in the south of the country has been drawn up in a bid to prevent suicides, it was confirmed today.

The Government should introduce a 24-hour Child Protection Service following the tragic drowning of a young mother and her two children, it was claimed today.

A jury today branded the failure of health services to change their procedures following the tragic drowning of a mother and her two young children an absolute disgrace.

ONE garda had his jaw broken and two of his colleagues received other injuries in a further weekend of violence on the streets of Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.

Gardaí in Wexford are investigating the cause of two overnight fires at a well-known pub and an old granary building currently being developed into apartments.

Gardaí believe a man whose body was recovered from the River Slaney in Wexford this morning may have been involved in a burglary in the area.

The body of a man has been recovered from the River Slaney in Wexford.

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Post mortem examinations have confirmed a woman and her two daughters whose bodies were found in the River Slaney at the weekend died from drowning.

A MOTHER who drowned her two daughters, then killed herself, was separated and involved in a custody battle over the girls.

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AN unpublished Government report obtained by the Irish Examiner highlights the failure of existing flood protection measures, calling them inappropriate and unsustainable.

BUSINESS owners in Wexford are furious that water pressure seemed to dip as a fire which engulfed six properties over the weekend was being battled.

THE sun has been so hot in Wexford for the past two months that it sizzled the beard off Brendan Howlin’s chin.

Garda divers have joined the search for a young man who disappeared in suspicious circumstances in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford early this morning.

THE Samaritans are to send additional volunteers to Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, as a search operation continues for three of the five young men drowned in the River Slaney during the last two weeks.

Mystery today surrounded a spate of incidents in which men were reported missing in a Co Wexford river.

The search for a man who fell into the River Slaney in Wexford yesterday morning will re-commence this morning.

A search for a missing man in the River Slaney in County Wexford has been called off for the night.

The body of a man has been recovered from the River Slaney in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

Two separate river searches are underway this morning for three missing people.

There are reports that another illegal dump under investigation in Co Wicklow may contain as many as 2,000 barrels of toxic waste.