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Grá for Gráinne
IRELAND’S NEWEST swimming superstar, and Ballinaboola native, Gráinne Murphy, was formally acknowledged in New Ross this week for her success in the recent European Swimming Championships.
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Tidy Towns’ awards presentation
ST. MICHAEL’S Theatre was buzzing with excitement last week as it played host to the annual New Ross Tidy Town’s awards ceremony. The event was held on Wednesday night.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
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Large crowd at field day
A LARGE crowd gathered in the sports ground of Cushinstown/ Rathgarogue G.A.A. Club recently for the annual field day.
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Lace exhibition goes on view
A LARGE crowd of people gathered in New Ross Public Library last week for the official launch of an exhibition of historic New Ross lace.
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Unveiling of Memorial to victims of Nazi bombing
OVER ONE thousand people attended the unveiling of a beautiful monument and memorial garden in Campile on Saturday at the site on the 70th anniversary of the first Nazi bombing in Ireland, which claimed the lives of three young women.
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Tree appeal chopped down
AN APPEAL regarding the planting of ‘a wall’ of trees beside a house in Campile has been refused by An Bord Pleanála on the grounds that it does not constitute development.
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Surf’s up off the Hook
THE HOOK Peninsula has just received a major boost with the opening of County Wexford’s very first surf school on one of the south-east’s best beaches.
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Artist Maeve creates a masterpiece for Gráinne
IT WAS a case of one artist paying tribute to another this week in New Ross as swimming sensation, Gráinne Murphy, from Ballinaboola, was presented with a specially-commissioned portrait by Glenmorebased artist, Maeve Doherty.
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Hip patients to be contacted
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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.
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Hundreds will pay stealth tax
Thursday, September 02, 2010
MORE THAN 500 commercial vehicle owners in Wexford will be subject to a new stealth tax from the government, according to an insurer.
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‘The utter shock is still unforgettable’
Thursday, September 02, 2010
AUGUST 26TH began like any other day for Mikey Whelan, who lived opposite the Shelburne Coop which employed over 70 people.
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Campile bombing book launched
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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.
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“Coming to Wexford is much better”
Thursday, September 02, 2010
CAROLYN FISHER from Fishguard has been visiting Wexford and the South -East for many years and she always enjoys a day at the races.
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Councillors unite to resist downgrading
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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.
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Hedgehog vandalised
Thursday, September 02, 2010
A PIECE of artwork that has been described as a symbol of Gorey has been vandalised by a graffiti artist.
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Farewell to Pat Mulcahy
Thursday, September 02, 2010
A LONG and distinguished career in An Garda Síochána was marked on Friday night at Detective Sergeant Pat Mulcahy’s retirement party.
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Casualties could have been much greater
Thursday, September 02, 2010
FORTY WORKERS at Shelburne Co-op in Campile, had finished their dinners in the canteen only ten minutes before the bombs fell.
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Councils get ciggy with it!
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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.
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