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to fail. This week the Council’s road safety officer Daivd Codd revealed to councillors in Gorey that under guidelines such limits could only be imposed in rural areas where there was a cluster of houses. Cllr John Hegarty said there would never be sufficient houses in the area to meet the guidelines so the limit would never be changed.
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Council admits roadworks on key route have gone on ‘forever’ Second Wexford bridge will be required The man in charge of the county’s roads has said that people who feel roadworks on one of the county’s busiest routes have gone on forever are correct---------- because they have. Director of Services Eamonn Hore also revealed that the cost of upgrading the Wexford town to Castlebridge road, which is used by an average of 10,000 vehicles per day, has spiralled from its original estimate for a variety of reasons. Back in early 2015 when the work started it was anticipated that a government grant of €500,000 in addition to various development levies would have been sufficient to do the upgrade works. Now more than two years later the eventual cost is likely to be
several million euro and Mr Hore said that in the long term, given the volume of traffic using the route in addition to residential and business expansion which is anticipated in the area, a second bridge will eventually be required to deal with congestion. The big jump is costs means that much of the funding for the work has had to come from the Council’s own resources. The initial problem arose when work started on the road outside the new Audi garage. The road was found to be in such a poor condition that a complete rebuild was required, work which eat up the entire budget for the remainder of the job. It was also decided as part of
the plan to completely future proof the road with all utilities and full drainage provided as part of the project in addition to new footpaths and this has also increased the cost. But Mr Hore said it was a case of deciding to do a comprehensive job on a very important route which would leave everything in place for the future. Explaining that the Ardcavan road was the most important of the main routes in to Wexford town he said sixty seven businesses currently operated in the area and more were planned while an application for a residential development was also in place. The work had been delayed by various problems and the Council also had to deal with a
barrage of criticisms and complains on an ongoing basis about the scale and extent of what was proposed. He made his comments as part of a presentation to Wexford Borough District Councillors who had sought a full update on the progress of the project and details of what it would eventually cost. The work is now expected to be completed later this year and a final cost will be available next month but with the first section of the road using up all the cash provide for the overall project by the government the job is expected to have consumed a large amount of the Council’s own resources which would otherwise have been earmarked for rural roads.
A recent visit to Dail Eireann arranged by Minister Paul Kehoe proved a big hit with locals. Such was the interest in the outing, with over one hundred participating, that two full size buses had to be hired. The visit included a tour of the chambers and the Ministers Offices in the Department of the Taoiseach. Lunch was provided in the Dail restaurant and almost enjoyable day was had by all. Even two buses were not enough to take all those who expressed an interest and a further trip will be necessary in the near future. Pictured are those who enjoyed the trip with Minister Kehoe.
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News Rural roads dropped from Council’s re-surfacing plan Two South Wexford roads have been removed from the Council’s works programme following the implementation of a new system to determine which routes are in greatest need of resurfacing. The move has led to harsh criticism from the current Mayor of the Borough District, Frank Staples and his predecessor in the role, Ger
Carthy. The routes involved are the roads from Tagoat to Our lady’s Island and the road from Mayglass to Ballymore. Cllr. Carthy suggested that money was being taken away from rural roads to be spent in the urban area and he questioned how a road which had been deemed necessary for work a year ago was now off
the list. Mayor Staples said he had been campaigning on the Mayglass/Ballymore road since his election and was very disappointed it had been removed. However, officials strongly rejected suggestions that that the urban area was being given priority at the expense of rural areas and Director of
Services Tony Larkin said he would not like to see an urban/rural divide emerging on the Council. Cllr. Lisa McDonald said the real problem was there was not a sufficient amount available to do all the necessary works and she called on the Council to write to Transport Minister Shane Ross to seek more funding.
Mayor to head up action group on Mental Health The Mayor of the Wexford Borough District has agreed to try to establish a cross party and community based movement to deal with all issues associated with Mental Health. This follows a motion from Cllr. Davy Hynes who said urgent and concerted action was required to try to deal with the problem. A meeting of the Borough District Council also heard concerns expressed over proposals to cut the number of beds available in the Mental Health Unit in Waterford. Following a safety audit the
plan is to cut the number of beds from fourteen to six. Cllr. George Lawlor secured a suspension of standing orders at the meeting to raise the issue. Councillors agreed to oppose the move and to step up their campaign to have a 24/7 facility established in Wexford. At the same meeting members also backed a call from Cllr. Ger Carthy for discussions between the HSE and the Co. Council with a view to reaching some agreement in respect of Council lands which are currently for sale right beside the hospital.
Cllr. Carthy suggested that the land could be very important for the future development of the hospital and a portion of it
could be provided for the building ofla Mental Health Unit as part of the Council support for that facility.
Green spaces damaged Several green spaces in Wexford town have been badly damaged by contractors carrying out works for various utilities including water, broadband and gas Cllr. George Lawlor said the Council needed to ensure that proper
restoration works were carried out by each companies involved in the work. District Engineer, Sean Kavanagh said regular meetings were held with all contractors and he promised to bring a full report to the next meeting.
Why does George want a telephone box? When Labour councillor George Lawlor told a meeting of the Wexford Borough District Council that three telephone kiosks in the town were no longer
being used and should be removed, Councillor Anthony Kelly asked him if he required the phone boxes to hold Labour party meetings.
Safety concerns in villages Rural villages are out in the cold in terms of traffic safety management because a policy not to provide speed ramps on regional roads had been adopted.
Cllr. Jim Moore told a Council meeting that alternative means of providing traffic control were required to make many rural villages safer.
Road to re-open The Keelogues Road which links Larkin’s Cross to the Irish national heritage park is to be reopened later this year following a number of years closure. However, it will only be open to cars with all heavy traffic banned from the
route. A full repair of the road, which suffered a number of slippages would cost €2m. and the Council does not have the money to carry out the work. It is hoped to have the road reopened in May.
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Civic honour marks band's 90th. birthday They have been entertaining the people of Wexford for nine decades but last Thursday night it was time for the members of the Holy Family Confraternity Band to sit back and be entertained themselves. They were guests of the Mayor of Wexford Cllr. Frank Staples, who hosted a
civic reception in honour of the band at the Irish National Heritage Park. The Mayor organised the event to mark the 90th. anniversary of the band and he had warm praise for the band members when he addressed the event. He praised their contribution to
civic and cultural life in Wexford over the years and said the band had played an important role at many important events over the years. To mark the significant event in the band's history he made a special presentation to Chairman Seamus Mahoney.
St. Senan's sale halted Deputy James Browne has said that the surprise removal of St. Senan's Hospital from auction was the right thing to do. Recently the HSE had put both the iconic St. Senan's Hospital building and 44 acres of sorrounding land up for sale. However, the two Enniscorthy TDs, James Browne and Paul Kehoe, have been supporting attempts to have the lands
earmarked for the development of 3rd level facilities. Deputy Browne said that "the iconic building and adjoining lands situated in the centre of County Wexford is ideally located for the development of a 3rd level campus. Any attempt at a rushed sale would be detrimental to such a development and the Department of Education and
other interested parties need to be given the time and space to develop the idea further. Several community leaders have been working on this idea for a number of years and if this project happens it will be down to their dedication, vision and hard work.” “A rushed sale at this time would be reckless.” added Deputy Browne
Pictured below: Band members pictured with Mayor Frank Staples at the Civic Reception. Top right: Sophie Ennis,Ruth Hendrick and Caoilinn Shore enjoyed the reception. Bottom right: Seamus Mahoney,oldest person in the band and Uisce Moroney the youngest member.
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Concern over plan to curtail rates relief for Charity Shops A decision on a change in policy which would end the practice of Wexford Co. Council automatically writing off rates on businesses which operate as charities has been deferred by one month by councillors following concerns expressed by some of them that there could be unintended consequences of the move. Traditionally the Council has provided relief to all properties claiming to be in operation for charitable purposes. However, in recent years it has become clear that some of these operators are in fact making a profit from their enterprises and are in direct competition with other high street traders. This has led to complaints from many rate payers about what they see as an unfair advantage being given to those who operate under the umbrella of charities. Some changes to tighten up on those availing of the reliefs were introduced in recent years but sixty rate accounts still secured a write off in
2016. The total of the rate relief provided for the year was €231,000. Now the Council wants to pass the decision making to the central authority with expertise in this area. This is the practice operated in most other counties, the Council’s Finance officer, Annette O’Neill, told members at the February meeting of the council. With a strict examination of the charitable status of each business and an examination of whether or not the enterprise is in direct competition with other rate paying businesses it is thought that up to twenty four of the charity shops that currently enjoy rates relief could lose it. Several councillors including Michael Sheehan in New Ross and Malcolm Byrne in Gorey welcomed this plan to level the playing pitch. However, others including Willie Fitzharris, Deirdre Wadding and Davy Hynes expressed reservations with Willie Fitzharris saying he
wanted time to make sure that no enterprise or operation which provided vital finance for a community or local project was affected. Cllr. Johnny Mythen too was concerned pointing out the vital contribution made by the HOPE Charity Shop in Enniscorthy to the organisation of the same name. Cllr. George Lawlor was concerned that charity shops were classed as core retail and could get planning permission in town centres ahead of cafes and coffee shops in some instances and it was an issue which he said he would like to see examined. Annette O’Neill attempted to
address members’ concerns about unintended consequences of the proposal saying she had contacted other local authorities throughout the country where the system was already in place and no issues were raised in respect of legitimate charity operations which had fallen foul of the new rules. However, the level of concern about the change was evident when a vote to approve it was tied at 14 votes. Chief Executive Tom Enright suggested putting the matter back for one month to give members and opportunity to examine the proposals further and this was agreed
Call to extend Illness Scheme Libre Meters which are mainly used to deal with Children suffer ng Type 1 Diabetes should be made available as part of the Long Term Illness Scheme, members of Wexford Co. Council have
said. They backed a call from Sinn Fein councillor, Mick Roche, who explained that these meters scan the blood and give far more information without disturbing the child.
‘Animal’ circuses banned from Council land Members of Wexford Co. Council have finally backed a call to ban all wild animal circuses from Council land. Last year Cllr. Deirdre Wadding sought Council support for the banning of wild animals circuses from all land in the county and when it was pointed out to her that the Council did not have the power to do that it was suggested that she bring forward a motion to deal
with Council land. However, late last year when she brought that motion to the agenda it was ruled out on the basis that it had been discussed within the previous six months. However, on checking the records it was discovered it had not been discussed and Cllr. Wadding finally got her motion approved at the February meeting of the Council.
Councillors want Coveney to provide cash for their pay rises Councillors are to get a pay rise thanks to a decision of the Minister for the Environment Simon Coveney. However, there is no plan for Mr Coveney to pay for the increases. Now the members of Wexford Co. Council have decided that Mr Coveney should put his money where his mouth is
and provide the extra cash to pay for the councillors’ increased level of expenses. The call which councillors supported came from Sinn Fein councillor, Johnny Mythen who proposed that the Minister be asked to provide an increase in the Local Government Fund to cover the increases.
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Wexford Co. Council must adopt a policy of zero tolerance with its tenants in respect of anti-social behaviour, Council Chairman Paddy Kavanagh has warned amid concerns that a new local authority handbook which outlines the responsibilities of those who are tenants of the Council does not give sufficient priority to the matter.
Equally there was a concern that the responsibility for tenants to properly look after their house was not highlighted sufficiently with Cllr. George Lawlor asking when was the last time a tenant had been evicted for failing to look after a house. He also supported Cllr. Paddy Kavanagh in respect of anti-social behaviour. He said there was
a feeling among some people that they could do what they liked. They could drive cars across green areas, shout in the middle of the night and break windows and nothing would be done about it. That had to change, he said. Cllr. Tony Dempsey said the problem with anti-social behaviour was that people were afraid
to come forward with evidence. When people damaged common green areas in an estate for example it was very difficult to get evidence about who was responsible, he told colleagues. Cllr. Dempsey suggested the possibility of installing cameras in some areas be examined to help with the gathering of evidence.
Courtown Marina back on agenda as works near end Work on Courtown’s Pier and Harbour is set to finally end in April. The long running works which some public representatives have suggested have virtually destroyed business in the resort have been continuing for a number of years. And as they are about to end councillors in North Wexford are pushing to have a comprehensive plan for the future of Courtown prepared for presen-
tation to government by the end of the year. Cllr. John Hegarty said a twin track approach of rebuilding the beach and developing a marina needed to be adopted. To revitalise Courtown it needed both a functioning beach and the marina and this should be a key objective of the plan. If ambitious proposals were not adopted now the resort would not exist in any meaningful way
in fifteen years’ time, he told a meeting of the Municipal District Council. This was the one big chance which the Council had to go forward with something ambitious and then campaign for funding for it. Cllr. Malcolm Byrne agreed and said people had to get away from the notion that Courtown was a little small seasonal village. It was the fifth largest cen-
tre of population in Co. Wexford. Cllr. Anthony Donohoe said a structure should be built in the harbour to tackle silting so that dredging did not have to be carried out on an annual basis. Cllr. Robbie Ireton remained unconvinced that the current works would be completed by the end of April saying no work had been carried out since Christmas.
Wardens ordered to track down fouling dogs Community Wardens in North Wexford are to be ordered to dog fouling black spots in a bid to deal with the problem which is creating serious difficulties in many parts of Gorey and North Wexford. Cllr. Robbie Ireton initially raised the issue saying dog owners were being allowed to destroy the town. He called for the installation of high quality CCTV in areas
where the problem was particularly acute. Cllr Ireton singled out the Gorey Town Park as another area where the problem was particularly bad. But is not just fouling dogs that are causing a problem. Cllr. Joe Sullivan recounted an occasion recently when he drove into a housing estate recently and had to remain in his car for fifteen minute as a man allowed two
Alsatian dogs and one German shepherd to exercise freely in the green area. All these problems with dogs needed to be tackled, he told colleagues. Cllr. John Hegarty said there was no point in continuing to talk about the problems at meetings. He asked if the warden could be sent to operate in specific areas to tackle the problem,
There were key times when people allowed their dogs to run around the town park, he suggested and the area needed to be patrolled at these times to make progress on the problem. While most councillors suggested the problem was caused by a minority of dog owners Cllr. Robbie Ireton did not agree said the problem would not be as bad if a majority were not responsible.
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Wedding Dress Ball in aid of Cystic Fibrosis
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Happy couple Cezar and Sarah Murgoci,Gorey
It looked the wedding of the year but a rather confusing one at that. A visitor to the Ashdown Park Hotel last weekend would be forgiven for thinking that they had walked into a very glamourous wedding. That's when they spotted the 'bride' but that 'bride' was quickly followed by another and another and another. The casual observer could be forgiven for reaching for medication fearing hallucination. But it wasn't a wedding at all, rather a very special night organised to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. They gathered in the Gorey Hotel and sipped champagne as they waited for the annual Team
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Mason Wedding Dress Ball. There was a great sense of occasion and style with the ladies turning up in spectacular outfits which covered every aspect of the bridal party. The gentlemen too played their part and looked resplendent and they all danced the night away in a fashion which would have left any bride and groom proud that they had organised a very fine wedding. The big difference, of course, was that at the end of it all a very important charity was much better off . The bonus was that everyone had a really good time while helping support the work of Cystic Fibrosis.
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Paddy’s Three Sisters Crematorium idea as ‘never on a Sunday’ funerals plan upsets the ‘country’ people It may be the Spring of the year when everyone is looking forward to new life, a new season of growth, longer evenings and the planting season ahead. However, at their February meeting it was more end of life and pulling the curtain down on this world which had the members’ attention. It was all started by Director of Services John Carley. John has a wide ranging brief. He is the man in charge of rubbish and litter management, housing is also part of his remit, he is the go to man in relation to all environmental matters, he’s the boss of the libraries and he looks after the Arts. And at the February meeting burying the dead was top of his agenda. His area of responsibility also extends to the management of all Co. Council graveyards. Since the amalgamation of the
local authorities in the county an anomaly has occurred with higher prices being charged for burials in some places than in others. Barbara Ann Murphy, whose local cemetery in Bunclody is one of the pricier locations to select for your final resting place has been seeking action on the matter for some time. She has been pointing out that it is cheaper to get buried in Wexford’s Crosstown than in Bunclody despite the fact that land would be more expensive in the urban area. John promised months ago that he would have a look at the situation. He did have that look and brought forward a very comprehensive document of by-laws covering not only price but a whole range of things for the proper managements of the cemeteries. Had he put on one of his other caps and proposed that
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a Nuclear Power Station be built in Ballymurn it would hardly have excited any more debate. Burying the dead and the great old traditions attached to funerals are obviously very important still in Ireland and some of John’s proposals had councillors in such a state of shock that they lost all sense of reason. You see most rural cemeteries in the county are actually parish controlled and have nothing to do with the local authority, so any by-laws would not apply to them, However, for some reason members seemed to think that John’s burial plans would bring an end to the rural way of organising a funeral. Out would go the age old practice of friends and neighbours digging a grave, because in future anyone setting out to put a spade in the ground would require mil-
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lions and millions of euro insurance cover and there would be no funerals on a Sunday, for example. Martin Murphy and Larry O’Brien were among those concerned with Larry pointing out that in the country they did things a little different than in the towns and that should be protected. Larry was concerned too that the practice of people being able to purchase a grave space well in advance of their death was to be discontinued. Many people liked the security of knowing the exact location of their final resting place and would be anxious if they could not make their own arrangements. John assured Larry that if a person produced a medical cert they would get a grave. Exactly what the cert would contain remained a mystery but perhaps ‘anxiety’ would do the trick. There were other baffling moments too like when Willie Kavanagh raised a question about his local cemeteries and differences in charges in relation to Crosstown and the answer appeared to suggest that the difference was caused by the fact that people were ac-
tually buried in Crosstown but left on the top of the ground in Oylegate and Glenbrien. Everyone knew that simply wasn’t true but that’s what people genuinely thought they heard. George Lawlor was more concerned about a different type of resting place. He had suggested some time ago that a columbarium wall should be erected in Crosstown for the containment of ashes after cremations. What had happened to that proposal, wondered George. Cost, said John Carley. Lisa McDonald was going one step further. As a woman who makes part of her living from writing wills she said an increasing number of people wanted to be cremated and it was sad for families to see a hearse travel off with one of their loved ones to a crematorium in Dublin. She raised the possibility of a crematorium for Co. Wexford. But Larry O’Brien had already thought of that and a friend of his had examined the plan but it simply would not make financial sense for Co. Wexford. Perhaps the Chief Executive would discuss the possibility of a crematorium for the South East
with his colleagues in Waterford and Kilkenny, Larry suggested. ‘Yes’ said Chairman Kavanagh ‘a sort of Three Sisters effort’, referring to the joint proposal which failed to bring the European capital of Culture to the South East/ Where culture failed maybe death can succeed and perhaps we could see the Three Sisters Crematorium on the banks of the Barrow. If it does go ahead they better make sure they have Sunday opening, at least for the country people. It was a day when councillors could not get away from death and burials regardless of what they discussed. When Robbie Ireton asked councillors to provide what support they could for the London/Wexford Association he was supported by Larry O’Brien who outlined some of the good work carried out by the Association like ‘burying the homeless’ George Lawlor wondered if that was the new Fine Gael solution for the housing crises. Larry was less than impressed by George’s interpretation of his statement and said so in terms which were effective but not printable.
No Pope and no road for Lady’s Island as CPR does the trick on vacant houses It was a day of many questions but also plenty of answers when members of the Wexford Borough District Council met this week. Ex-Mayor Ger Carthy was particularly exercised about how the road from Tagoat to Our lady’s Island had disappeared from the Council works programme. He demanded answers and demanded answers and demanded answers but he was just not happy with the explanations being offered by the engineers. If the road qualified for resurfacing last year how come it was no longer bad enough to have the work carried out this year? After all the condition of the road had not improved in the meantime, he reasoned. Still the answers did not satisfy the Our lady’s Island councillor. Finally Labour’s George Lawlor offered an
explanation. The road was included last year because they thought the Pope was coming to Our lady’s Island and that’s now looks like it’s off the agenda and so is Carthy’s Road. Off the agenda too, at least for the foreseeable future, are replacements for the footpaths in Rowe Street. Works had been planned here for some time. Lisa McDonald, whose office is located on the street, knew this because the Council painted lines at various points along the paths where repairs were required. First these lines were yellow, then blue and now they have disappear complely, Lisa reported, wondering what it all meant for the repairs. There was bad news for the Fianna Fail woman. The council had intended to repair these paths, but now gas and other utilities are on
the way so the Rowe Street paths have been taken off the agenda for the time being. Davy Hynes caused a bit of a stir when he returned to one of his favourite topics. ---------derelict houses. This time he wondered if the Council could ‘CPR’ them. George Lawlor asked if the Independent councillor wanted to ‘breath life back into the vacant buildings’. CPR or CPO, District Director Tony Larkin was happy to provide an update. A house which had been the subject of complains for years in Bride Street had just been taken over, there would be progress soon in Devereux Villas and for good measure waste land in King Street had also been purchased. It could be a site for houses, a car park or a recreational area, he reported. It seems that CPR is the way to go if you want progress on these vacant sites!
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News Council row as 200 plus housing plan gets green light There were sharp exchanges at a meeting of the Gorey Municipal District Council this week when Sinn Fein Cllr. Fionntan O’Suilleabhain attacked a decision by the planning department of Wexford Co. Council to grant permission for a development of more than two hundred houses at Kilanhue on the outskirts of the town. Cllr. O’Sulleabhain said local residents who had been strongly opposed to the development were asking what the point was in preparing reports and engaging expert opinion when their views were ignored.
He claimed that the developer had ‘got his way’ despite not consulting with locals as he had claimed. He claimed the whole process was pointless and the residents felt it was just window dressing on the part of the planning authority and their views had not been listened to. But other members, despite sharing the concerns over traffic and infrastructure in the area attacked the Sinn Fein man over his criticism of the planning department. He accused Cllr. Anthony Donohoe of being a developers’’ representative’ a charge
which the Fine Gael man flatly rejected demanding that Cllr.O’Suilleabhain produce evidence or withdraw the remark. And he pointed out that a large amount of development levies were attached to the permission which would be used to improve the infrastructure in the area. Cllr. Donohoe also pointed out that the development would provide over two hundred homes which were badly needed in the Gorey area, Cllr, Malcom Byrne said he shared the concerns of residents over the potential traffic
problems in the area but said he accepted the decision of the planning department. He insisted it was vital that all the infrastructural works take place before work on the houses begins. Cllr. John Hegarty said it was a difficult application and many people had concerns about the development but he said he had full confidence that the planning department had given consideration to all aspects of the application. Cllr. Robbie Ireton said that if the residents had problems they could appeal the Council’s decision.
strive once again in the county. There was also a discussion on putting a bid in for this year’s Fianna Fail Summer Camp, The newly elected officers are as follows; Chairperson Sinead Scallon, Vice Chair John Hig-
gins, Secretary Tom Sullivan, Treasurers Patrick Higgins and Cian Sullivan, Membership Officer Niamh Crowhurst, P.R.O. Andrew Bolger, Ogra Officer on C.D.C. John Higgins
Ogra Fianna Fail Wexford The AGM for Ogra Fianna Fail Wexford took place recently in the Riverside Hotel, Enniscorthy. There was a large attendance at the meeting.. In attendance was Bill Underwood Senior Cdc Sec. Eileen Higgins Constituency Organiser, Cllr Tony Dempsey, Cllr Willie Kavanagh, Cllr Joe Sullivan, Cllr Malcolm Byrne and James Doyle who is uachtaran for Ogra Fianna Fail. The newly elected TD James Browne spoke about the mental health issues in Wexford alongside chairperson Sinead Scallan.
The discussion involved Cllr Joe Sullivan and Cllr Tony Dempsey telling the youth of Fianna Fail how they got involved and what keeps them motivated in the world of politics., The topic then changed to the upcoming year and how there will be social nights out and a trip to Dail. Other issues discussed were how car insurance for young people was too high in Wexford and how we can make the most of Wexford’s countryside and beaches in the coming year to make tourism
Wexford is an age friendly county Wexford County Council is committed to ensuring that the county is a great place in which to grow old. To this end, and in our capacity as members of the multi-agency Wexford Age Friendly Alliance, we have helped produce the Wexford Age Friendly Strategy, which was launched recently at the headquarters of Wexford County Council by Mr. Paul Kehoe, TD, Minister of State with Responsibility for Defence. The Wexford Age Friendly Alliance was formed in 2015 and has guided the research, consultation and formulation of this County Strategy. Membership of the Alliance includes representatives from An Garda Síochana, Diocese of Ferns, Church of Ireland, Wexford Chamber of Commerce, Wexford Local Link, Wexford Local Development, Wexford Campus of Carlow IT, Age Equality Network, Waterford /Wexford ETB and the HSE. The Wexford Age Friendly Strategy articulates the views of more than 650 people aged over 55, collected through a series of public consultations held in 27 locations in County Wexford during 2015 and 2016. These
views represent people across a wide age range and depth of interests and circumstances. The objectives contained in the 5-year Strategy will be implemented through an Action Plan to prioritise short, medium and long term initiatives that will enhance the quality of life of older people in this county. The implementation of the Strategy will be through a collaborative, multi-agency approach including the statutory, voluntary and community sector. The goal is to make a difference together, for the older people living in the villages and towns across County Wexford. The Strategy and Action Plan will be supported by the Age Friendly Alliance members. The development of the Wexford Age Friendly Strategy is timely as the number of older people is expected to rise significantly over the coming decades. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) predict that the ’65 plus’ age cohort for the South East will increase from 12.5% of the population in 2011 to 22% in 2031 indicating the urgent need to plan for this population growth and the needs of older people.
Foaling Advice from Frontier Veterinary Services Foaling Advice The average length of pregnancy in the mare is 334 days. A foal born before 320 days is premature. Most mares will foal without any bother but it is vital to be in attendance to ensure that you can assist or get assistance if necessary. What are the signs to look out for? • The udder will start to increase in size 2-4 weeks prior to foaling. • Hormonal changes in last few weeks can cause a dip to appear either side of the tailhead. • The mare may ‘wax up’ 1-7 days before foaling. This is a honey-like secretion from the teats.
• The vulva can elongate when foaling is very close. A maiden mare may show no sign at all so you must be very vigilant.
available in case it is needed. The three stages of labour
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What to look out for? A handy guideline is standing at 1 hour, sucking at two hours and placenta passed in three hours post foaling. MARE • check the placenta passed • that she is eating and drinking • no obvious blood loss • that she is letting the foal suck FOAL • bright and alert • getting up to suck every 30 minutes or so • the first droppings have passed. • first urination by around 12
hours after birth • observe that there is no fluid dripping from navel COLOSTRUM The first milk is hugely important to ensure a healthy foal. If this is insufficient or of poor quality, the foal is very susceptible to infection. They need to absorb this within the first 12 hours. A foal is at risk if the mare runs milk prior to foaling, the mare has inadequate colostrum, or if the foal doesn’t suck. A blood sample can be taken from the foal at the mare and foal check at 1824 hours after foaling to check if it has received sufficient high quality colostrum
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Arranging a Funeral Help of professionals vital in easing the stress associated with arranging a funeral Skeeter Park, Cleariestown, Co. Wexford Tel: 053-9139390 Mobile: 087-2930148 kearnsmonumental@hotmail.com
Few of us, if indeed anyone, can ever be adequately prepared for the emotional stress which results from the death of a loved one. That is why at this particular time you really need the services of a professional who understands exactly what you are going through and who can handle all the necessary funeral arrangements in a caring and compassionate manner. The funeral director will have all the experience to deal with all the issues. For many people it may be the first time they have had to take charge of arranging a funeral and their initial concern is what to do first, where to start. To an extent this depends on the circumstances of the death but one of the first calls you should make is to the funeral director who will immediately offer guidance and support and take charge of a range of things that have to be organised. If a person dies at home the initial call should be made to the GP who has attended the deceased. The doctor will be required to visit the home to confirm the death. For sudden deaths the GP may advise the family to contact the GardaĂ and the matter may be referred to the Coroner. If a person dies in hospital or in a nursing home a doctor is normally in attendance or called by a member of the nursing team. While the list of arrangements that have to be made may seem daunting at the outset your funeral director will have all the answers and ensure that everything is put in place seamlessly. While every life is unique and families will do their best to honour their loved ones in a unique way there are a number of common questions which are applicable in almost every instance and here are a number of questions which the family will need to con-
sider at an early stage **Do you want a burial or cremation? Cremations are growing in popularity but in Co. Wexford the vast majority of people are still buried. You will need to consider which cemetery the burial is to take place in and whether or not a new plot needs to be purchased. **The next question to consider is the type of funeral you want both in terms of which church it is to take place in or indeed if it is to be conducted in a church at all. There is also the question of whether or not there should be a removal with an increasing trend towards the removal taking place on the day of the funeral rather than the evening before. **There is also the question of where the deceased should repose------that can be at home, in a hospital/nursing home mortuary or in a funeral home.
**Clothes need to be selected for the deceased to wear when reposing **There are also the arrangements for the time of the funeral and the funeral director will organise this with the clergy subject to the family’s instructions. ** The family will need to decide if they require any special transport for the funeral **You will need to decide what type of music you require for the serviced and this will then be arranged by the funeral director.
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Arranging a Funeral One thousand people die in Co. Wexford every year Wexford Co. Council has undertaken a major review of burial needs into the future across the county as part of preparing a policy for the provision of burial facilities in areas in greatest need. New rules are also on the way to govern the operation of cemeteries operated by Wexford Co. Council across the county. The council operates and maintains fourteen of the county’s cemeteries. They cover three of the four towns, New Ross, Wexford town, and Enniscorthy, in addition to Bunclody, Ardamine, Askamore, Ballymurn, Castledockrill, Clongeen, Ferns, Glenbrien, Oulart, Oylegate and Rathnure. Other cemeteries in the country are operated by local parishes. Funding for the provision and maintenance of burial grounds in the county is provided in the annual revenue budget
of the Co. Council. The provision of burial grounds is one of the few areas of local authority responsibility where no capital grants are provided by the central government. This year a total of almost €470,000 has been allocated for burial grounds with the money mainly going to cover the provision of a Capital Fund for new facilities and the improvement to existing cemeteries. Grants are also paid to communities for the provision of New Burial Grounds. To date Wexford Co. Council has not had a policy in place for the provision of new burial facilities. A limited number of new burial grounds and extensions to existing burial grounds have been provided on an ad hoc basis as the need arose in recent years but this was not done in a structured manner. Now the Council sees the need to put a plan in place
to ensure that burial facilities are provided on a structured basis with a planned approach to ensure both the best use of available resources and the requirement to meet the needs of individual communities. The mortality rate in Co. Wexford is currently 0.7% which means that approx. 1,020 people die in the county each year. As part of preparing a policy on the future provision of burial grounds The Council conducted a review of burial ground capacity around the county and established that while there is substantial capacity in the county as a whole the capacity is not always in the locations where it is required. The survey also established that in some locations burial space is rapidly running out and additional spaces will have to be provided in the short term.
The Council believes that in future rising costs associated with providing burial facilities will limit its ability to provided new burial facilities on a large scale basis. Instead it sees grants to community groups as the way forward with a €25,000 proposed for local groups involved in providing new facilities in their own areas. Despite the pressure on space the Council does not propose to allow areas of ‘closed’ cemeteries where people were laid to rest many years ago to be reused. The Council also wants to end the practice of selling grave spaces in advance and no one individual is to be allowed to purchase more than two adjoining plots.
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GER WALSH Kenny departure could mean changes for Kehoe and D’Arcy It is said that political careers ity but for the reservations the of all leaders end in failure and public had about Kenny’s leadthat seems to be substantially ership and last year his party true. Some are forced out as a took a hammering at the polls. result of scandals, some lose Despite leading his party to Office as a result of disastrous what could only be seen as an errors and others just hang on electoral defeat Enda managed too long. to hang on to Office simply beMargaret Thatcher in the UK cause no one else won the was a good example of the latelection either. ter, scandals forced out Bertie At the time of writing there is Ahern, Brian Cowan was simstill some uncertainty about ply a failure and now we have exactly how long he will reEnda Kenny. main at the top but his days are Having waited so long to secertainly numbered now. cure Office it is probably no His imminent departure will be surprise that he wanted to hang uppermost in the minds of on as long as possible, but to Wexford’s two FG TDs. Paul think that after his performKehoe was probably praying ance of last week he wouldn’t every night that his good pal immediately have confided in his closets colleagues that he would be leaving within weeks, is unbelievable. Enda did a reasonably good job in hauling the country back from the gutter it had been driven in to by Fianna Fail and he deserves a lot of credit for that. He has also represented the country well on the world stage. However, he has never been a big hit Paul Kehoe with voters. In 2007 despite a cloud hanging Enda would still be around to over Bertie Ahern he failed to greet the Pope in August 2018. topple the Fianna Fail leader Paul’s fortunes are very and in the circumstances of the closely linked to Kenny. 2011 election there are those Despite being Party Chief who believe Fine Gael would Whip in opposition few behave secured an overall majorlieved the Enniscorthy man
would retain that position And as long as Kenny rewhen Fine Gael entered govmains leader the perception is ernment. that D’Arcy will always have But he got the job which to play second fiddle to his meant he sat at the Cabinet table for the five years of the last government and when the new administration was formed last May Kenny appointed Paul to the Department of Defence ensuring his continued presence in the Cabinet Room. There would be no guarantee that a new leader, Michael D’Arcy wishing to freshen up the team and promote people from constituency colleague, a posithe backbenches, would leave tion which the North Wexford Paul in place. man would dearly love to reOf course a new leader could verse. retain him, or even promote A change of leader would not him but there would always be guarantee a reversal of the a risk of demotion which is roles but at least from Darcy’s why the man who currently point of view it would put both has responsibility for the DeTDs back in the starting stalls partment of Defence will be and create an opportunity for quite happy for things to stay him to emerge as the Office just the way they are for as holder. long as possible. There is, of course, the possiMeanwhile, Wexford’s other bility that a new leader could Fine Gael TD, Michael demote Paul Kehoe and leave D’Arcy, will have had an enMichael D’Arcy on the back tirely different agenda when he benches as well or even retain said his prayers. the Enniscorthy man in posiDarcy, of course, was not in tion. Much will depend on the last Dail, but it is widely which of the candidates make believed that even if he had it to the top job. been a TD he would not have Meanwhile, both Kehoe and been considered for promotion D’Arcy will have a lot to ponabove Paul Kehoe. der over the next few weeks.
Thumbs up for compo Judge A court decision to overturn an award compensating a woman who injured herself while walking on the Wicklow mountains is most welcome. The judge hearing the appeal rightly took the view that if you are going to engage in potentially dangerous
pursuits then you have to expect that things may go wrong. Unfortunately in this country there has been a view, fuelled by the courts, that if anything goes wrong there is always someone to blame and that is one of the reasons why insurance costs in the country are so high.
A pig is not a pet, but what is a pest? Wexford Co. Council has prepared a new handbook for tenants to outline to them the responsibilities they have when they occupy a Council house. Some of the content makes interesting reading. Tenants are reminded, for example, that they may keep one or two small domestic pets, such as a cat or dog ‘as long as they do not become a nuisance’ Later on they are reminded
that ‘poultry, pigs and nondomestic birds are not pets’ and that the keeping of horses is prohibited. In another section the tenants are reminded that they are responsible for dealing with ‘pests and vermin’. When I read that it set me thinking. Does that mean that the tenant and not the Council is responsible for those causing anti-social behaviour in their estate?
Hurling on a high Two hurling league wins in a row and already supporters are dreaming of success in September. No wonder Davy Fitz has said one of the biggest challenges he faces now is to control the expectations of the Wexford fans. Nevertheless, the performances of the last couple of Sundays have
been in stark contrast to what we had become accustomed to in recent years and everyone in the county is talking hurling again. While we must all be careful not to run away with ourselves it has been a very encouraging start for the new set-up and here’s hoping that it continues.
Our friendly neighbours salt the roads The dispute between politicians in Kilkenny and their counterparts in Waterford over a proposal to transfer land close to Waterford city from the local authority area of Co.
Kilkenny to Co. Waterford, has been in the headlines lately with public representatives in Kilkenny totally opposed to the idea. Councillors in Wexford are not
so precious, it seems, when it comes to the involvement of other local authorities in their area of responsibility. Last week councillors approved an agreement with Car-
low Co. Council which allows the outside local authority to take over the salting of the road from Borris to Kiltealy. Kiltealy is just 3km inside the Wexford border and the Car-
low authority have offered to do the work for no payment. When they heard there would be no money involved for the work councillors had no problem with a ‘foreign’ authority
invading their area. In fact Barbara Anne Murphy wondered if they could be encouraged to come in to Bunclody and do the salting there has well.
Mary ‘butts back’ at Pip and Robbie previews the deaths Councillors in Gorey do their business in a rather relaxed manner. It sometimes has the feel of a group of people chatting around a pub counter.. There is rarely any bad blood between the members but the laid back nature of proceedings does have the unfortunate effect of dragging meetings on
and on and on. To address that they started half an hour earlier this week, but the earlier start had no impact on the finishing time at all. In fact the meeting dragged on later than ever. And the somewhat relaxed mood was shattered too before the end when Chairman Pip
Breen told his neighbour Mary Farrell to ‘butt out’ as she tried to interject when he attempted to challenge a contribution from Sinn Fein’s Fionntan O’Suilleabhain Was Mary annoyed?, yes she was. Was she offended? yes she was. Was she outraged? Absolutely and she made her views clear to Pip.
This was no way for the Chairman to treat a member, she said. Pip tried to explain that she had been challenging the Chair, but he did retract and regret the comment. That sorted the matter, but to suggest that everyone was best friends again might be stretching it. Maybe they should put a
limit on these long meetings because the stress is beginning to tell, I think. Just before the end Robbie Ireton joined in votes of sympathy. He mentioned one family who had lost a loved one recently and then added that more of the family would probably pass away in the not too
distant future. Poor Anthony Donohoe, who enjoys the privilege of sitting beside Robbie during meetings, nearly fell off his Chair. ‘Has he a direct line to the Lord or what?’ wondered Anthony. These meetings are definitely going on for too long
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