Wexford

HAVING put in countless hours both onstage and backstage on numerous productions in Wexford over many years, there was a notable sadness in local drama ...

Similarly, Betty had long volunteered with Wexford Festival Opera, stretching back to 1968, and sang with the Festival Chorus for 14 years. “Betty was bestowed the highest accolade in WLOS at our Centenary Ball in November 2011 when she was made Honorary Life Member and we were proud to have her wealth of experience, knowledge, and talent each year on stage. In a tribute, posted by WLOS, they said: “Betty was an absolute stalwart of Wexford Light Opera Society having made her debut in ‘The Gypsy Barron’ in 1967 and she performed in 51 shows from this date up to 2019, missing only 2 productions during this time.

AS Justice Minister Helen McEntee published her 'Zero Tolerance strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence', gazing down the camera she ...

It is estimated that the build, which consists of 12 self-contained apartments, childcare facilities, a room for teenagers, counselling rooms, consultation rooms training rooms and staff quarters, will take in the region of 15 months to build. “Following the process, it will go to tender for five weeks and then return to the council for assessment for three weeks before the contract will finally be awarded. Despite this, there’s been a number of delays and a distinct lack of activity at the site.

THREE County Wexford based archives have been listed as participating institutions in the 'Beyond 2022 Project' which produced the Virtual Record Treasury ...

He described the project as ‘momentous’ in terms of its significance. She also said it will be underpinned by access to materials in the collections of 70 archival partners around the world. Mr Hill is the custodian of Monksgrange Archives and he said the funding support of local civic bodies and the Heritage Council enabled the county’s archives to give their support to the project and in so doing give enhanced benefit to the public.

Tutors from GAA, Rugby, Cricket, Shielbaggan activity centre will be present each day providing a great variety of activities and sports for children to sample ...

The following are the dates and locations of the Fun in the Sun days across the county: July 26: Enniscorthy Hub, July 27: Riverchapel Community Complex, July 28: Pearse Park, New Ross, July 29: Duncannon Beach, August 4: Bunclody GAA grounds, August 5: St Mary’s GAA Club, Maudlintown, August 6: Rosslare Recreation Centre. “We have been unable to hold our Fun in the Sun days for the last couple of years due to Covid, so we are delighted to be able to provide this again this year,” said Assistant Staff Officer with Sports Active Wexford, Bridget Kenny. Sports Active Wexford are holding a number of free ‘Fun in the Sun’ days for kids in different locations in Wexford in July and August.

Wexford County Council was the place to be this week as it hosted The Great Wexford Bake-Off, a special competition organised to raise funds for Relay for ...

“His wife and children were there for the first time since, that was started it for us. “We have a great catchment here in the council and we had great engagement from staff,” she said. Having followed a Nigella Lawson recipe for Chocolate Guinness Cake, one which wasn’t quite alcohol-free, Fiona revealed that she had been chosen as winner by the clearly discerning judges.