Place: Wexford

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Almost 100 birds rescued following East Coast oil spill crisis
Almost 100 birds rescued following East Coast oil spill crisis
Kildare Wildlife Rescue Dan Donoher said the primary objective now is to provide the best care for the rehabilitation of the 90 Guillemots and six Razorbills

Tue, 07 May, 2024

65-acre Wexford holding with Georgian residence guiding at €1.8m-€2m
65-acre Wexford holding with Georgian residence guiding at €1.8m-€2m
The name of the property, St Austin’s, stems from the belief that an Augustine friary originally occupied the site of the current dwelling

Tue, 30 Apr, 2024

Remains of Tuskar Rock victim still to be identified 56 years later
Remains of Tuskar Rock victim still to be identified 56 years later
A report published in 2002 found that the crash may have been a result of structural failure of the aircraft, corrosion, metal fatigue, ‘flutter’ or a bird strike

Sun, 21 Apr, 2024

Woman dies following incident involving car in Co Wexford
Woman dies following incident involving car in Co Wexford
It is believed the incident happened between 11:30am and noon

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Limerick decision shows lack of leadership amid our housing crisis
Irish Examiner view: Limerick decision shows lack of leadership amid our housing crisis
It is dispiriting that the ESB and Department of the Environment will not transfer Rosbrien Rd site to the Land Development Agency

Thu, 04 Apr, 2024

'There is no place' for cyber-bullying of teachers, Education Minister tells conference 
'There is no place' for cyber-bullying of teachers, Education Minister tells conference 
Norma Foley said that the Government has 'taken a significant step towards improving online safety'

Tue, 02 Apr, 2024

Teachers express concern over plans to award Leaving Cert marks for coursework
Teachers express concern over plans to award Leaving Cert marks for coursework
The idea to move to 40% coursework assessment is one of Education Minister Norma Foley's signature policy initiatives and is projected to be introduced in September 2025

Tue, 02 Apr, 2024

23-acre farm near Ferns almost doubles price guide at auction
23-acre farm near Ferns almost doubles price guide at auction
The farm includes a derelict stone-built cottage on site

Tue, 02 Apr, 2024

Ten people arrested following discovery of €85k worth of cannabis in Wexford
Ten people arrested following discovery of €85k worth of cannabis in Wexford
Ten people have been arrested and charged following the discovery of approximately €85,000 worth of cannabis in Co Wexford on Friday. The discovery was made as part of Operation Thor, a day of action across the Wexford division.

Sat, 30 Mar, 2024

Road safety
Lorry driver dies following single-vehicle crash in Wexford
The crash occurred on the N30 at Clonroche at around 10.15am on Sunday

Sun, 24 Mar, 2024

Boy who sued HSE over alleged delay in appendicitis diagnosis settles action for €87.5k
Boy who sued HSE over alleged delay in appendicitis diagnosis settles action for €87.5k
The court heard the boy's parents had to pay for a private ambulance to transport their son from Wexford General Hospital to a Dublin hospital for surgery when there was no ambulance in Wexford

Thu, 21 Mar, 2024

12 fun things to do with the family this Easter in Cork, Limerick, Dublin and more
12 fun things to do with the family this Easter in Cork, Limerick, Dublin and more
Egg hunts, Easter arts and crafts and much more

Thu, 21 Mar, 2024

More than €2m worth of cigarettes seized by Revenue officers in Wexford
More than €2m worth of cigarettes seized by Revenue officers in Wexford
The cigarettes were discovered by Wexford gardaí following searches of a yard in Gorey

Wed, 20 Mar, 2024

Man arrested on suspicion of murdering Kenneth Fetherston
Man arrested on suspicion of murdering Kenneth Fetherston
Some of Kenneth Fetherston's remains were discovered at a location on Military Road in Rathfarnham on January 31, 2010

Mon, 18 Mar, 2024

Triple success at Wexford auctions shows demand for smaller parcels of land
Triple success at Wexford auctions shows demand for smaller parcels of land
The sales at the end of February and start of March fetched between €360,000 and €381,000

Wed, 13 Mar, 2024

Landmark court decision on noise to have implications for windfarms
Landmark court decision on noise to have implications for windfarms
The cases are the first private nuisance claim from wind turbine noise to run in either Ireland or the UK, the judge said

Fri, 08 Mar, 2024

Man buried in pauper's grave in Wexford claimed to be heir to South African fortune
Man buried in pauper's grave in Wexford claimed to be heir to South African fortune
Mark Dean Heardon, who is buried in St Ibar’s cemetery in Crosstown, also had different names

Fri, 08 Mar, 2024

Sigginstown Island — uninhabited but supremely rich in birdlife
Sigginstown Island — uninhabited but supremely rich in birdlife
The name 'Sigginstown' comes from the Anglo-Norman settler family of de Sygan who are thought to have built the nearby tower in the 16th century

Fri, 01 Mar, 2024

Body of man found onMadison Road, Kilmainham
Two men and a woman seriously injured in two-car crash in Wexford
Two men and a woman were taken to hospital with serious injuries following a two-vehicle head-on collision in North Wexford on Monday evening.

Tue, 27 Feb, 2024

Romanian man appears in court in connection with €6.5m Rosslare drugs haul
Romanian man appears in court in connection with €6.5m Rosslare drugs haul
The court heard that the accused man said 'I'm sorry' when he was cautioned on each charge 

Sun, 18 Feb, 2024

Litany of arson attacks linked to asylum stretches back to 2018
Litany of arson attacks linked to asylum stretches back to 2018
In the last six years, dozens of buildings earmarked to accommodate asylum seekers — or incorrectly reputed to be put to that use — have been torched

Sat, 10 Feb, 2024

Baby boy’s 'preventable' death has changed couple’s life 'forever', inquest hears
Baby boy’s 'preventable' death has changed couple’s life 'forever', inquest hears
The inquest also heard of the 'terrible attitude' of a doctor who 'abruptly' told Ms O'Shea that her baby boy Noah was dead before he just walked away

Tue, 23 Jan, 2024

Friends Socialise In Winter Cafe
Teenagers try to minimise guilt when choosing what to eat — study
One teen in the study wanted to stop eating meat but felt they need the nutrients and reported 'maybe when I finish growing I might stop eating meat'

Wed, 17 Jan, 2024

Missing migrants said they were 'afraid of being deported'
Missing migrants said they were 'afraid of being deported'
Up to eight people taken to a centre for asylum seekers after being rescued from a refrigerated container at Rosslare Harbour are unaccounted for

Fri, 12 Jan, 2024

Man and woman face sentencing in connection with dog attack on nine-year-old boy
Man and woman face sentencing in connection with dog attack on nine-year-old boy
Alejandro, who turned 10 in February last, suffered horrific injuries in the attack and will require intensive ongoing treatment

Thu, 11 Jan, 2024

'Heroic Irish crewmen saved my grandfather's life'
'Heroic Irish crewmen saved my grandfather's life'
A ceremony in Wexford pays tribute to 10 Wexford-based seafarers who pulled 168 German sailors from the sea in a daring rescue 80 years ago

Fri, 29 Dec, 2023

Rosslare residents seek emergency meeting over plans to accommodate asylum seekers in area
Rosslare residents seek emergency meeting over plans to accommodate asylum seekers in area
Independent TD for Wexford Verona Murphy said the concerns raised are solely a 'planning issue and there is no racist element here' 

Mon, 20 Nov, 2023

Mount Congreve Gardens on Condé Nast top destination list
Mount Congreve Gardens on Condé Nast top destination list
'When the gates close, you will have the gardens all to yourself if you bed down at Mount Congreve’s fairytale gate lodge'

Wed, 15 Nov, 2023

Garda stock
Investigation launched following discovery of body in Wexford
Remains found at residential premises in Ferns

Tue, 31 Oct, 2023

German sailors owed their lives to my grandfather and the heroic crew of the MV Kerlogue
S German sailors owed their lives to my grandfather and the heroic crew of the MV Kerlogue
After hearing that her grandfather, who she never knew, had taken part in the perilous rescue of 168 German sailors during World War II, Alison O'Reilly decided to research his life. Here she tells how she ended up meeting his family who hadn't known anything of his whereabouts for 60 years

Sun, 29 Oct, 2023

Sarah Harte: We must learn from past floods how to live in this new reality of climate change
Sarah Harte: We must learn from past floods how to live in this new reality of climate change
In the wake of Storm Babet — and with the prospect of further similar disasters — Ireland has to re-examine how it organises planning, forecasting, and insurance

Wed, 25 Oct, 2023

Students back in the classroom after flooding forced evacuation
Students back in the classroom after flooding forced evacuation
Firefighters were forced to step in to help to evacuate pupils from a Kilkenny school, as heavy rain again brought flooding to parts of the country on Monday

Tue, 24 Oct, 2023

Wexford to honour crew's heroic rescue of 168 German sailors during WWII
Wexford to honour crew's heroic rescue of 168 German sailors during WWII
Following the rescue, the Germans were interred in Cobh until they were moved to the Curragh. Many of them later settled in Ireland and married

Wed, 18 Oct, 2023

25-acre Wexford farm seeking €15k/acre at auction
25-acre Wexford farm seeking €15k/acre at auction
The property has frontage onto the public road and the lands are all in grass, laid out in two divisions.

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023

Traffic delays reported on multiple routes as heavy rain hits Cork
Traffic delays reported on multiple routes as heavy rain hits Cork
There is a risk of localised flooding and travelling conditions may be difficult.

Wed, 11 Oct, 2023

Drugs seizure on cargo ship
Interpol team in Ireland to assist with cocaine investigation
The Interpol team will have a base of operations in the Garda Organised and Serious Crime headquarters in Walter Scott House in Dublin

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

Drugs seizure on cargo ship
Eighth man arrested after €150m cocaine seizure off Cork coast
The arrest follows the discovery of more than €150m worth of cocaine on the MV Matthew earlier this week.

Sat, 30 Sep, 2023

Spectacular cocaine seizure shows us the level that drug gangs operate on
Spectacular cocaine seizure shows us the level that drug gangs operate on
The MV Matthew cocaine bust off Ireland's south coast illustrates the sophisticated logistics and vast sums of cash involved in drug trafficking, writes Ann Murphy

Sat, 30 Sep, 2023

Cocaine cargo ship must have made multiple drop-offs before Ireland, expert says
Cocaine cargo ship must have made multiple drop-offs before Ireland, expert says
The former Navy Commander said the Naval Service was lucky Tuesday's operation went well as the navy could command just one ship

Thu, 28 Sep, 2023

Stranded boat Wexford
Men who bought West Cork trawler linked to cocaine haul 'hadn't a clue' about boats
Castletownbere fisherman said the men were 'tripping over ropes' and did not seem to know 'where to even put their feet'

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

'Let’s go get my coke!': People descend on Wexford beach on cocaine hunt after ship seized
'Let’s go get my coke!': People descend on Wexford beach on cocaine hunt after ship seized
After the MV Matthew was seized, whispers rang around the coast that the ship's rumoured cargo — bales of cocaine worth millions of euro — had been dumped in the sea

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

'Significant' quantity of suspected cocaine on Panamanian cargo ship due into Cork Port
'Significant' quantity of suspected cocaine on Panamanian cargo ship due into Cork Port
It is believed that the trawler travelled out to sea to meet up with a 'mother ship', thought to have travelled across the Atlantic with a cargo of cocaine on board

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

Stranded boat Wexford
Two arrested as major operation off Co Wexford coast continues
It is believed the boat was carrying a large consignment of cocaine and that it had left Castletownbere port before getting into difficulty

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

'I did feel like I was going to die': Sepsis claims almost 3,000 deaths a year
'I did feel like I was going to die': Sepsis claims almost 3,000 deaths a year
A staggering 60% of all hospital deaths in Ireland are related to sepsis

Tue, 12 Sep, 2023

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