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The dream lives on The dream lives on. The summer of 2014 is turning out to be a rather special one for the people of Wexford as a tide of hope and passion sweeps the county in the wake of another weekend of hurling glory. For three weekends in a row the population of the county has been transfixed by hurling as the post mortems of one weekend give way to the anticipation of the next encounter and the crowds are building all the time. It was estimated last Saturday that more than 8O% of the supporters in the 20,000 strong crowd at Nowlan Park were dressed in the Wexford colours and the cheering and shouts of encouragement which have done no harm at all as the Wexford lads battle their way to overcome Waterford.
While some commentators and supporters were worried about the strain all the games would place on the team the players themselves had no such concerns. Curracloe beach is their favoured place to get over a game before starting the preparation for the next encounter. The mood in the Wexford camp is not one of concern, but joy and happiness that they are still hurling this late into the summer, a feat which many Wexford teams have failed to achieve in recent y ears. A huge crowd is expected to travel from the county to Thurles for the game4 against Limerick next Sunday. The
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A Night of Drama and Comedy in a Cabaret Setting 25th/26th/31st July and 1st/2nd August at 8pm DUN MHUIRE THEATRE WEXFORD Tickets €12/€10 available from Wexford Arts Centre Phone 053 91 23764 www.wexfordartscentre.ie The Mayor of the Wexford Municipal Borough, George Lawlor, and Malcolm Byrne, Chairman of Wexford Co. Council lay wreaths during the patron at the paupers Graveyard in Wexford last Friday night. Pic Pat Sheridan.
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Housing problems are set to get worse The housing crisis in North Wexford is set to deteriorate as private landlords end their relatioshipn with the RAS scheme as a result of the low rents being offered for private dwellings. That was the prediction of Cllr. Joe Sullivan who told the July meeting of the Gorey Municipal Council that as rents began to increase people would not be prepared to provide their houses to the RAS scheme for €575 per month. This would lead to a scarcity
of houses under the scheme and drive even more families onto the housing lists. But the entire value of the RAS scheme itself was questioned by Cllr Malcolm Byrne who said he advised people who came to him not to opt for the scheme. It provided a short term fix but it could have long term disadvantages because people dropped to the bottom of the housing list if they had to vacate a RAS scheme properly. Fionntain O’Sulleabhain
said problems with RAS were a huge issue in Dublin already and they were starting to become a problem in Wexford. Quite a number of people in RAS properties were living in very bad conditions but they were afraid to complain in case they ended up in no man’s land. He described the scheme as a bit of a disaster. However, Cllr Robbie Ireton said that while RAS was not perfect it did provide a roof over the heads of families and
this was an important fact which should not be forgotten. He said the problem was houses had not been built by the local authorities for hears and, the country was broke. However, there were now positive signs and he welcomed the allocations which would enable local authority house building in the area to begin again.
Irish Water may block development in North Wexford Delays to key water infrastructural works could put a major block on the future development of North Wexford. That was the stark warning from Cllr. Malcolm Byrne at a meeting of the local Municipal Council when several members raised concerns over the attitude of Irish Water to problems in the area. He said it would be the biggest obstacle to the development of North Wexford if Irish Water did not progress works quickly. But on a more local level there was criticism
too with Cllr. Fionntan O’Suilleabhain warning that there were a lot of problems with Irish Water particularly in relation to how they responded to complains from the public. He described their responses as a joke. And on the question of poor quality water he said people should not have to pay any charges for water until it was delivered to an acceptable standard. Cllr Malcolm Byrne suggested that a representative of Irish Water be asked to attend a meeting of the Council.
Lunchtime concert New A&E providing ‘much improved’ experience for patients The new A&E Department at Wexford General Hospital is meeting demand with much improved patient experience times despite claims last month that a lack of adequate staff for the Unit was putting lives at risk. Hospital General Manager Lily Byrnes has confirmed that the unit opened with existing staffing levels but the signifi-
cant expansion in capacity is leading to improved admission times for patients and a much enhanced environment for patients and staff working there. So far this year 16,316 patients have been treated in the unit which now has a total of seventeen treatment spaces and two resuscitation rooms for emergency patients. Ms Byrnes was responding
to a call from Cllr. James Browne at the Regional Health Forum for ten additional staff and two A&E Consultants to be provided for the unit. She said a comprehensive staffing review had been undertaken at the hospital under the auspices of the office of the national midwifery planning development unit and a business case had been prepared
and submitted based on initial findings. Further assessments are also planned prior to meeting with the National Human Resources Office to address how the issue of staffing may be addressed in what she described as ‘the current circumstances’ and to determine the most appropriate model to deliver best care to patients attending the hospital
Drama group launches programme Wexford drama group take to the stage at Dun Mhuire this Thursday night with their latest offering 'Midsummer Drama', but the busy group took time out on Friday night to launch their entire programme for the next year. The group welcomed a large crowd to Fusion Cafe on Monck Street where local playwright Billy Roche and Mayor of Wexford George Lawlor were on hand to officially launch the season. The group will perform ˜Bombshells' by Joanna Murray Smith in October, an entertaining and thoughtful show starring six women. It will be directed by Jayne O’Sullivan, who explained that the play was originally performed in Australia as a one-woman show but had been adapted to a six-woman piece. Then, in February, the group will perform ˜The Seafarer™ by Conor McPherson as their 2015 Amateur Drama Circuit play. Speaking about that play on the night, director Tom O'Leary described the play as a powerful piece with moments of hilarious comedy and dramatic brilliance.
Auditions for both shows will be held in the coming months. But the focus for the night was on the group’s current production which welcomes new members and directors to the fore. Starting in the Dun Mhuire on Friday night, ˜Midsummer Stephen Byrne, Anna Hayes, Billy Roche, Tom O Leary, Carol Drama™ feaLang Jane O Sullivan outside the Fusion cafe for the official tures three one- launch of the Wexford Drama season act plays: ˜April Mayor of Wexford Cllr. own experiences of stage diGroom' by Pat Wollaston, George Lawlor also congratrecting. He wished the group ˜The Sweet Shop™ by Maria ulated the group on its sucthe best of luck in its future Tivnan, and 'Bedtime Story' cess earlier in the year and endeavours and offered his by Sean O'Casey.. wished it the best of luck on support for the coming year. Speaking at the event on the upcoming production. He The groupâ' next producFriday night, group chairman remarked that Wexford was a tion Midsummer Drama™ Paul Walsh spoke of his dehaven for artistic talent and begins on Thursday night at light at seeing new directors that Wexford Drama Group the Dun Mhuire Theatre, and cast members. He conwas one of many others that with the plays performed on gratulated all those involved constantly delivered great multiple stages in a cabaret with the show as well as pay- drama and entertainment. setting. The show runs on ing tribute to those present Officially launching the Friday and Saturday night, who had helped steer the programme, local playwright and again the following week group to Athlone earlier in Billy Roche reminisced on on Thursday, July 31, Friday, the year for the All Ireland his own time as a member of August 1 and Saturday, AuDrama Festival final. the group and imparted some gust 2. words of wisdom from his
The fourth concert in Music for Wexford’s summer lunchtime series on July 23rd features Beth McNinch, viola and Lance Coburn. Their attractive programme will include works by Kilmore based composer Liam Bates, who was nominated at this year's IFTA's for his score for the motion picture 'Last Passenger'. Also included are works by Nino Rota whose film scores are familiar to many and by the English composer John Hawkins. Beth McNinch,who lives in County Wexford has performed with the leading orchestras in the UK and Ireland and is a busy chamber musician. She is also the artistic director of Musici Ireland, a multi-instrument ensemble which performs in various com-
binations. Beth has worked with Liam Bates before, most recently in the premiere of Heroes of the Helen Blake for orchestra and male voice choir. Lance Coburn is in great demand as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. He made his way from New Zealand, via Australia and Russia, to Dublin, where he studied with John O’Conor. In addition to his work as a performer he also teaches at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. The concert takes place in St. Iberius Church at 1.05pm. Tickets, priced €12, €10 and €5 are available at the door, or call Betty on 086 363 6080 for reservations.
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Patients told to ask staff at hospital if their hands are clean Patients at Wexford General Hospital are being encouraged to ask staff if they have clean hands when they approach to carry out procedures and walkabouts of Clinical Areas by senior staff are being undertaken to monitor compliance with environmental and hand hygiene. This is part of a co-ordinated response by hospital bosses to poor hygiene levels at Wexford General which also includes measures to ensure that staffs are trained in the area of hand washing. To date six hundred staff from all areas have been trained in hand hygiene. Staff who do not comply with the programme are made aware of their failures and a failure to improve their hygiene standard will be dealt
with through the hospital’s disciplinary process. Details of the hospital’s action plan to deal with the problem of poor hygiene standards were outlined by Manager Lily Byrnes in response to a query from Fianna Fail councillor Joe Sullivan at the Regional Health Forum. Cllr. Sullivan had raised concerns about patients acquiring healthcare associated infections in hospitals and had also asked for details of the steps being taken to deal with the concerns raised in the recent HIQUA report on Wexford Hospital. Ms Byrnes said the Executive Committee had taken measures to ensure that 100% of staff are trained in hand hygiene and she revealed that training is provided through
direct teaching and eLearing in order to make it accessible to all staff groups. And the hospital has purchased additional signage for awareness of staff and the general public while incoming patients are to be provided with an Awareness Pamphlet to increase their awareness of hygiene issues. Outside of staff training, wash hand basins are to be repaired and upgraded while a phased purchase plan has been put in place to replace clinical waste bins and linen. Ms Byrnes also revealed that a proposal is being prepared for submission to the National Capital Plan for the replacement of buildings which are no longer fit for purpose, specifically the Medical Unit.
Water remains in the bottle People Before Profit Councillor Deirdre Wadding came fully armed to make a splash about water quality in parts of South Wexford at the July meeting of the Wexford Municipal District Council. Cllr. Wadding arrived to the meeting with a litre of water from the Whitebrook Estate on the outskirts of the town where the problem of ‘hard’ water has been highlighted for months However, she didn’t even managed to unscrew the cap from the bottle before her efforts were drowned out by Mayor George Lawlor who
said the issue of water quality in Whitebrook had been a concern of councillors long before Ms Wadding was ever elected to the Council. The matter was not on the agenda for the meeting which was held mainly to deal with Standing Orders and the Mayor was determined not to allow the issue to drip onto the agenda.
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An Eye On Gorey by Gavin MacDermott
Shaughraun a feel good hit of the summer Gorey Little Theatre fans are being graced with popular director Imelda McDonagh’s latest offering. The director saw recent and deserved success with Gorey Musical Society’s Evita earlier in the spring. Her leadership of Gorey Drama Group’s first melodrama, Dion Boucicault’s The Shaughraun, is no less entertaining. The audience can really get into the story, fulfilling their purpose in the melodrama as The Shaughraun’s energetic cast demands them to hiss and boo at the villain Kinchela, played by Gary Lombard, and cheer for the roguish Shaughraun portrayed by Colum Coomey. It’s like panto, except funnier and for grown-ups. Set in the 19th Century Sligo countryside, The Shaughraun tells an intriguing story of a falsely accused Fenian
rebel, who has escaped from a prison ship bound for Australia in order to rescue his fiancé from a potential union with the villain Kinchela. “Melodrama is very unusual. And it is an unusual animal for a Gorey audience!” said Director Imelda McDonagh. “The cast have become really confident at this stage and they are prepared to take risks. The fact that it’s a comedy means that when you have a really good audience, it encourages the cast so much.” The integration of the backstage crew and musicians into the cast created the sense of a very strong ensemble at work. Most impressive was the maintenance of such a high energy level by the cast throughout the performance. Colum Coomey, who played the role of the roguish Conn the Shaughraun, delivers the titular character’s boisterous dialogue with
Debbie Gartland as Claire Ffolliott and Oliver Stephens as Father Dolan in the Gorey Little Theatre Group’s production of Shaughraun. Pic by Joe Dixon
great relish, and won the audience’s hearts not just through his brilliant slapstick humour and witty gibes, but through
the sheer tenacity of his performance overall. Five out of five Gorey. We eagerly await August’s Tom, Dick and
Harry. The Shaughraun will be showing at Gorey Little Theatre till next Thursday. For further information on
tickets and upcoming events see www.goreytheatre.com.
‘The Empire’ provides important 5km Run For Haiti Mission service for Gorey youth The Christian faith based youth group that was first established in Gorey during the summer of 2010 has gone from strength to strength over the last four years, attracting many young people in the community to the drop in centre where they can participate in music, sport, and discussion group activities. Delegations of young members of Cornerstone Church, Wyckoff, New Jersey, have been coming to Ireland every summer for a few weeks over the last 8 years in order to help Irish communities set up youth drop-in centres. Along with ‘The Empire’ in Gorey, Cornerstone has affiliations with ‘The Rock’ in Kilkenny and ‘The Cove’ in Greystones. The American youth organisers aim to
teach Irish teenagers not just about the Christian faith but how to be leaders in their own community. “So far our experience here is great,” says Jack Hein, Head Youth Leader at The Empire in Gorey. “We want to say church isn’t just this terribly boring thing that you’ll fall asleep at! You can actually have fun here. It gives teens a safe place to be themselves.” It is Jack Hein’s first time visiting Ireland on behalf of Cornerstone Church. Through open mic sessions, open discussion groups and other activities such as art craft and sport, The Empire offers young people a chance to understand their place in the community and what they can do for each other. Aaron Doyle and Carla
Davis are two local leaders from Gorey that help keep ‘The Empire’ running in the town throughout the year. “I like working with other young people,” says Aaron. “It [The Empire] helps people to make new friends and get off the streets.” Carla also spoke about how important The Empire has been for helping young people to feel that they are valued and part of something positive in their community. Rev. Steven Foster, Minister of the Methodist Church in Gorey, has been working with the church in the local community since 2011 and facilitates much of what goes on at The Empire. He is keen that the youth group should and will endeavour to effect positive change throughout the com-
munity and that the stewardship of future projects will lie with the young people within the group. “A number of young people here are actively talking about getting together on a regular basis to be involved in something that benefits the community. There is an emphasis here on it being youth led.” Anyone aged 12 to 21 are welcome to drop in to The Empire at the Wesleyan Chapel. The youth group is always on the lookout for adult leaders to help with the running of the initiative. If you would like to get involved contact Steven at 083 331 7818 or call into the drop in centre personally. The Empire also has a Facebook page www.facebook.com/theempire
A charity 5km run on the Arklow Road will be held on 27th July to raise funds for a Methodist Missionary Society volunteer expedition to Haiti. Haiti was of course ravaged by a hurricane in 2008 and St. Aidan’s Services nurse Michael Redmond has volunteered to participate in a two week mission to the Caribbean island in an effort to alleviate the circumstances and help with the rebuild of infrastructure. From 29th December 2014 till 14th January
2015 the team of 16 who have volunteered for the Haiti mission will provide healthcare clinics, refurbish an accommodation block, organise activities for children and also help with church leadership work. There will also be another 5km run in held in aid of the mission on the 16th August at Craanford. If you want to get involved with the fundraising efforts you can contact Michael directly at 087 838 2317.
The Rock Field Day The Annual Rock Field Day will be held at the Rock Hall on 10th August from 2pm till 5pm. This is always
a fun family event and will feature a variety of games, music and sports activities.
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First Ever All-Ireland Scooter Final To Be Held In Gorey In conjunction with the Gorey Market House Festival, the Republic’s first ever all-island scooter championships will be held on the 2nd August. Three qualifying rounds have taken
place in Cork, Derry and Gorey which will see Ireland’s most talented riders take to the ramps in the state of the art indoor skate park facility on North Parade Gorey. Entrants and spectators alike will be treated to demonstrations by two of the world’s most eminent scooter riders, Terry Price and current European Scooter Champion Dan Avery.
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The indoor skate park was commissioned by skate shop Wreckless and built by master skate part builders
414 Skate Parks UK. Founded in 2007, Wreckless has become a significant hub in the south east for skate based sports. After recently expanding the Wreckless premises out of its humble side street beginnings, owner Grant Masterson said that it “made sense” to build the skate park as well. The park is open to the public seven days a week with options for riders to pay per session or purchase an all day pass. Wreckless have also commenced their 2014 summer camps. The week long camps will provide participants with tuition Harry Monaghan, David Nolan, Daniel Kelly & Dillon OConnor. (Pics by Joe Dixon) from sponsored riders covering a different and are open to those interested ners of the country, with riders Wreckless Summer Camps and skate park discipline each week aged six and upwards. and rollers coming to compete the upcoming All-Ireland Scooter including skateboarding, inline Grant also said that and use the facility from all Championships, see the Wreckskating, BMX and Scooter ridthe park and shop had received a across Ireland. less website at www.wreckless.ie ing. They will be running every lot of support from the four corFor more information on or call 353 (0)5394 30838. week till the end of September
Gorey’s 3rd Annual Boutique Boulevard Open Air Fashion Show Preparations are underway for the South East’s third fabulous, sassy and feisty annual fashion event of the year. Gorey’s Boutique Boulevard open air fashion show is to be staged on Friday August 1st at 7pm on Esmonde Street in the town centre. Hosted by the fabulous Brendan Courtney, this stylish occasion will showcase Gorey’s fashion scene at its best. The show will
feature clothing and accessory collections from both Irish and International labels with contributions from all of Gorey’s main fashion boutiques and retailers. Participating stores will stay open till 9pm on the evening of the show to allow those in attendance to shop for their favourite showcased styles. There will also be an opportunity to avail of a selection of
additional special offers on featured merchandise. Following the huge success of 2012 & 2013, Gorey’s Boutique Boulevard is expected to grow bigger and better. The event is free to attend, fully seated and its combination of style, music, models, ambience and refreshments will be a definite treat for all the senses!
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Food, music, dancing and a fun day in The Market Square The centre of Enniscorthy was alive to the sound of music, the sight of all sorts of dancing and the smells of a wide variety of foods on Saturday as the town celebrated its food and music. The Riverside Jump Festival which is based around the music of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era kicked off in the town on Friday evening when Junior Minister Paul Kehoe was among those on hand for the official
gigs were played by bands from overseas as well as those based locally. But on Saturday the action moved outdoors when the Market Square was closed off for the day to facilitate the festivities. The aim was to expand the appeal of the weekend event and to provide the town with a business boost. Local businesses responded to the event with enthusiasm and many took the opportunity to set up stalls in the Square and serve samples of their offerings to the public. The food on offer ranged all the way from Young and Old Enjoyed the rock and roll music and dancing in Market Square over the Indian to the Weekend. Fionn OLeary ( Boy in Wine Coloured Suit) stole the show with his dancing and outfit!. Pic by Liz Wildes produce of Madge Dixon’s Doyle’s Butchers and the food in the food there was a quality proved very popular.. Kitchen and prepared by the likes of The array of music to entertain the By evening time it was back along the way Bailey, Wickhams, Malacos crowds from the specially in doors for another round of included and many more. erected stage. Various bands gigs in various pubs and the plenty of ItalU.S Embassy Assistant Diplomatic Director, Angie Smith who offiAnd if all the food proved performed throughout the affestival continued into Sunday ian options, cially Launched the Festival, in Enniscorthy Castle on Friday Night too much for you there was ternoon and the dance platform night. even a Wellness Centre stall. which had been placed in the with Minister Paul Kehoe, TD, Cathaoirleach of Enniscorthy Municipal freshly made burgers from But for those not interested centre of Market Square Authority, Barbara Anne Murphy launch. Paul may not have secured a senior ministry and all that brings with it in the cabinet reshuffle but he had the services of a driver and a fifties style vehicle on Friday evening when he was driven to the opening with the Chairman of the local Municipal District Council, Barbara Ann Murphy. The focus of the night time events was the pubs of the town where a wide variety of
Enniscorthy plays host to national Farmers Market While local businesses were busy showcasing their food offerings in the Market Square food producers from far and near set up their stalls a little further down the town on Saturday for the National Farmers Market. Saturday is Farmers Market day every week in Enniscorthy but last Saturday was a bit special with producers from all over the country coming to join the locals for the national farmer’s market competition. While Curracloe new potatoes and the like still held pride of place in their usual position in the Abbey Square car park the produce on display in the inner car park came from much further afield.
There was a wide range of produce on display from all over the country with cheeses particularly popular. But there was artisan food and preserves, Angus beef burgers, Man of Aran fudge, crepes and even woopie pies. Throughout the day the judges as well as members of the public enjoyed sampling Competition Winner, Mary O'Hanlon From Tasty the food and at the Parlour, Ballykerogue Campile, receiving her trophy end Mary O’ Hanlon from Tim O'Leary Chairman of IFA Countryside. from the Tasty Par- Also in photo, Pat Murray IFA, Judges, Biddy White lour in Campile was Lennon & Maura Canning and Barbara Anne Muramong the winners. phy
Crona Carew & Eleanor Power attended the Offical Launch in Enniscorthy Castle.
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Level of ambulance cover is being reviewed The level of ambulance cover across Co. Wexford is currently under review and changes are on the way aimed at providing all ambulance stations in the county with 24 hour emergency ambulance cover. As part of the process adjustments are to be made to the Enniscorthy and Wexford service levels in order to provide a fourth emergency vehicle in the county on Friday Saturday and Sunday nights. Michael Morris, of HSE South, told Cllr. Joe Sullivan that this will also incorporate an adjustment to the cover in Wexford town with the provision of two emergency ambulances in addition to an Intermediate Care Vehicle to supplement the emergency response capacity. The National Ambulance Service currently operates eight emergency ambulances, one rapid response vehicle, one
4X4 vehicle and one Officer Response Car in Co. Wexford, Cllr Sullivan was told. The Rapid Response Vehicle provides resilience in the area and is utilised as a contingency in the event of short term absence or to back up fleet capacity. The 4x4 vehicle provides back up in the event of extreme weather while the Officer Vehicle provides operational cover
Unruly councillor could be me - Wadding Rules aimed at curbing unruly behaviour at meetings of the Wexford Municipal District Council were most likely to affect Cllr. Deirdre Wadding, the councillor herself told the July meeting of the Council. She was concerned about the wording of a Standing Order on the issue of disruptive conduct in the chamber which in extreme circumstances could lead to a member being ejected from the meeting. Mayor George Lawlor assured Cllr.Wadding that the Standing Order in question was standard and had applied in the previous council. But councillor Wadding was still concerned about it because she said she was the member
most likely to be affected by it. District Manager Tony Larkin said members would only ever be ejected from a meeting in extreme circumstances where the aim of their conduct was to prevent the other members from continuing with the business of the meeting. However, he had never seen it implemented. But councillor Wadding revealed that she had previously been involved in a protest with the direct aim of halting and preventing the proceedings of a Council meeting from continuing. But she accepted that she was not a councillor at the time of the protest. The Standing Order was adopted without amendment.
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for thirty five hours per week. Cllr Sullivan was also provided with a detailed breakdown of the level of
Rural dwellers hoping that cash earmarked for projects in the Wexford urban area could be transferred to help repair potholed rural routes are to be disappointed following news that all cash destined for town roads has been spent on them. Cllr Ger Carthy raised the issue of the merging of the two budgets at a meeting of the Municipal Borough Council.
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In future the cash for work in the entire area will be decided by the main Co. Council but decisions over where exactly it will be spent within the district will be made by the members of the local council. Cllr. Fergie Kehoe wondered how much of a budget the local council would have, but that will not be decided until later in the year.
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GER WALSH Tall Tales and more in Gorey These are the members of the recently elected Gorey Municipal District Council. Four of them are actually new councillors and two of them are Chairmen. John Hegarty is Chairman of District Council while Malcolm Byrne is actually Chairman of the Co. Council itself. They are pictured at a meeting of the Council in Gorey. No they are not actually but I am sure you must be wondering why exactly they were standing around in the sunshine with a cock and bull because that is exactly what they are doing here. I know you would be forgiven for thinking they had completely lost it but to be fair to them they were doing their bit to promote an aspect of the Market House Festival which takes place in Gorey over the August Bank Holiday weekend. One of the events at the festival is the Cock and Bull
Tallest Tale competition and the councillors were doing their bit to promote it. You could say that politicians would make perfect contestants for this competition. In fact some of our national politicians’ could just read from their election manifestoes and they would be almost unJohn Hegarty, Chairman of Gorey Municipal District Council, Cllrs beatable. But to be se- Robbie Ireton, Anthony Donohoe, Fionntan O’Suilleabhain, Joe Sullirious they have van and Malcolm Byrne, Chairman of Wexford Co. Council pictured a great line up recently in Gorey. But where were they posing like this? Pic by Joe of entertainDixon ment for the big festival in shows and much more and of Tales event which sounds like Gorey with plenty of free outcourse the Cock and Bull Tall a lot of fun. door musical events fashion
Hurlers have given everybody a lift Isn’t it amazing how a good run by the hurlers gives the entire county a lift? The success of the last two weekends has really caused a stir in every corner of the county and it is great to hear people talking hurling again at every opportunity. It’s a long time since 1996 and those great days of hurling glory and a generation of youngsters have grown up since with no hurling heroes to follow.
However, the recent powerful performances by this young team have certainly banished the nation that hurling in the county was dead. It takes just a little spark of success to ignite a the passion for the sport again and I have no doubt that there will be a big increase in the number of young lads turning up for training at clubs around the county for the rest of the summer.
Kehoe’s loyalty repaid Paul Kehoe certainly made a wise decision when he opted to become a loyal supporter of Enda Kenny when he was first elected to the Dail in 2002. His loyalty was repaid by Kenny appointing him to the key role of Chief Whip after the last election.
Following the latest reshuffle Paul is one of only two Fine Gael Junior Ministers who have remained in Office since being appointed in 2011. The other is Michael Ring who shares a Dail constituency with Mr Kenny.
it’s TV premier this Thursday night at 11.30pm on the same channel. It’s a madcap comedy thriller featuring some heavy hitters including Brendan O’Carroll, Patrick Bergin, June Rodgers, Jon Kenny and the late Frank Carson. So you’ve guessed it, the film has been a while getting to the small screen. Alongside these big names several locals
also have parts including Maurice McCarthy, Des Whelan, Carol O’Neill, Margaret O’Rourke and Irene Way to name just a few. Barry O’Neill was the man behind the film and it will be of interest to Wexford viewers if for nothing else but to spot places of interest and people they know.
Hard to believe, but Wexford film’s second there is a big attempt at TV shortage of houses It seems only like yesterday that that there was housing madness everywhere in the county with rural villages being expanded beyond anyone’s wildest dreams as new developments began to pop up in all sorts of locations.. The towns too experienced a glut of new buildings with massive estates being built in all the urban centres, but particularly in North Wexford and Wexford town. Then came the big property crash which effectively brought an end to all house building, especially by local authorities and the voluntary organisations who provide dwellings for those most in need. However, even with a halt to building there were literally hundreds of unoccupied houses all around the county, some of them completed others not fully finished, but all suitable to house families with some additional work. Indeed there was an impression at one stage that there were sufficient houses around to cater for the needs of people for almost a generation and with prices tumbling they suddenly became affordable again
to the average family---------or so we thought. It is therefore surprising that a lack of houses is now the number one issue facing councillors who were electedIi n May. I think you would probably have to go back to the 1970s to find a time when housing was such a big issue right across Wexford. In some ways it is hard to believe that the crisis has developed so rapidly, but there is no doubt that it is now a serious problem. The large level of unemployment, lower wages and a reluctance on the part of the banks to provide adequate finance to those trying to buy a home have all combined to lock a sizeable chunk of the population out of the housing market and they are now turning to the State in search of a solution. Local Authorities have been effectively out of the house building scene for many years so their stock of houses is on the decline. In place of the old style large local authorities estates there is a range of difference schemes involving voluntary housing organisations, the private sector and
house purchase by local authorities. However, the sum of all the parts seems likely to fall well short of what will be required to put a dent in the crisis which is coming rapidly down the line. The reality it seems is that the situation will just get a lot worse before it gets better. There were sound reasons for local authorities scale down their involvement in house building and there is also an argument that the specialist voluntary organisations are better placed to operate as landlords than the Councils However, given the sale of the current problem it would seem to make sense to undertake a massive public sector housing construction programme even if the buildings are to be transferred to some other group for the purpose of on-going management. Such a programme would have the effect of not only dealing with the housing problem which now exists in many parts of the country but it would also provide much needed employment for construction workers.
Locals who tuned in to RTE 2 last month to watch Dick Dickman PI, a locally produced and directed film shot on location in Wexford some years ago were left watching something else entirely when the national broadcaster pulled the Wexford film to replace it with a tribute to the late Gerry Conlon. Well the film finally makes
Should we spare a thought for the humans? I see where drunken visitors to evening events at London Zoo have poured beer on tigers, broken into the penguin enclosure and tried to climb into pens with lions. The incidents have taken place at events called Zoo Lates which are aimed at a younger audience and are advertised as an ‘after party with animals’ Now concerns have been raised with management about the effect of the inci-
dents on animals’ sleep and stress levels with claims that the zoo is putting profit before conservations. I would have thought that there might be a little concern too for the likes of the intoxicated young lady who attempted to climb into the lions’ cage. If she had succeeded I’d say the stress lev-
els of the lions would have been the least of the zoo’s worries.
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Impressive ceremony remembers Wexford’s ‘forgotten’ dead at Paupers Graveyard For years there was nothing to mark the spot where the forgotten poor of Wexford were laid to rest. There were almost no marking stones, the cemetery, at Coolcotts, was in a terrible state and there was limited recognition that the so called
paupers graveyard even existed. Now the place where the poorest of Wexford’s people were laid to rest is looked after the care and dedication which those unfortunate people deserve and the annual patron is a really fitting and appropriate
The secretary of the Wexford Memorial Trust Helen Corish addresses to attendance at the patron
Colm Connor, Bill Creedon, Nancy Morris, Eddie Morris, Chris Hassey and Francis Connor at the patron
ceremony to remember them. This is all thanks of course to those who set u p the committee the memorial committee to ensure that those interred in the graveyard would be properly remembered and founded the Memorial Trust. Wexford’s Civic and Church leaders now turn out in force each July for the patron. Last Friday evening, with the music of the Confraternity Band enriching the proceedings they gathered again at Coolcotts to pay their tribute. Co. Council Chairman Malcolm Byrne was joined by the Mayor of the Wexford Borough District along with the representatives of other civic groups and organisations. Paying his respects too was the Bishop of Ferns Denis Brennan while the Wexford Parish Administrator Jim Fegan was joined by Clonard Parish Priest Denis Lennon in leading the prayers On behalf of the Wexford Memorial Trust, Helen Corish Wylde extended a warm welcome to all those who attended ‘Thank you for coming to pay your respects - to honour the memory of the men, women and little children buried in this graveyard, The Poor, The Deprived, The Destitute and Inmates of the former Wexford Workhouse. They received no obituary and with one exception all are laid to rest without a headstone, as there was no money to pay for one. Large stones mark the graves, placed there by family members so they could distinguish their loved ones resting place. We are gathered here this evening because we believe that
every human being’s life should be commemorated, as everyone of us makes a significant contribution to our community. The men, women and children buried here have bequeathed to us this spiritual haven with its aura of peace and tranquillity- such a unique legacy!’, she told the attendance. This year, thanks to receiving an Amenity Grant from Wexford Co. Council and with the very generous help from a large number of volunteers, improvements to the Graveyard have been completed John Fowler, Chairman of the Wexford branch of ONE gives Ms Corish Wylde a salute after laying a wreath. thanked a large number of people who had contributed help in many different ways to ensure that the graveyard was properly maintained over the past twelve months. She paid particular tribute to Ray Nolan, Life President of Wexford Memorial Trust and, Padge Reck, Chairman. ‘Both gentlemen have worked tirelessly over the years, to perpetuate the memory of all the men, women and children buried in this graveyard - to ensure that the Annual Patron takes place and that the Graveyard is maintained Members of the Wexford Male Voice Choir, Mike Fox, Terry and respected. They both Byrne, Peter Murphy, Billy Quirke and Nicky Lacey were at the passionately believe in the patron. Pics by Pat Sheridan conservation of The Paupers’ Graveyard for future of the Memorial Trust by Sean there was special mention of generations! They have worked Healy, the Ex-Servicemen Orthe late ger Busher who had diligently with the committee ganisation by John Fowler, the been a stalwart member of the and Trustees to preserve this UN Vets by Joe Whelan and the congregation attending the pavery special landmark in our Lions Club by its President Sea- tron each year until his death community’, she said. mus Murphy. last summer. Wreaths were laid on behalf Before the patron concluded
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Irish Celebrity to Judge Best Dressed Ladies at Wexford Races Wexford’s fashionable ladies are expected to turn out in style for the Littlewoods Ireland Best Dressed Series at Wexford Racecourse on Saturday, 26th of July. The style stakes will be high as Amanda Brunker heads to Wexford to talk fetlocks and finery and find Wexford’s next fabulous fashionista at the third event of the Littlewoods Ireland Best Dressed Ladies Series. Commenting on her involvement with Littlewoods Ireland, Amanda Brunker said: “I'm really excited to be back on board for Littlewoods Ireland’s Best Dressed Ladies Series. Ladies Days are always a celebration of women as much of fashion, the last couple of years I was judging in Kilbeggan and the women there were brilliant fun and so stylish. On July 26th, I'll make my way down to Wexford to pick my best-dressed - so grab your girlfriends and let’s have some fun!
Sharing what style she will be looking for on the day, Amanda said: "I'll be looking for creativity on the day. Style is not about spending lots of money, it is all about understanding what suits your body shape and what tones suit your complexion. Always work your best assets and feel comfortable matching vintage with new purchases. Style and fashion should always be fun so reflect your personality in your outfit.” Describing what she will be wearing on the day herself, Amanda added: “I'm looking forward to wearing a stunning two piece from Littlewoods Ireland own collection, South. Both the trousers and jacket are cerise pink. They're lots of fun and I absolutely love them. Together they're quite loud... but then that's me all over!!” Michael Murphy, Wexford Racecourse Manager said: “We are delighted to have Amanda Brunker
judge our Best Dressed Ladies Day at Wexford Racecourse. With the very best in racing and fashion, our event is always one of the highlights of the horse racing season and with the involvement of Littlewoods Ireland the fashion just gets bigger and better every year!” Hilda Lyons, Marketing Manager, Littlewoods Ireland commented: “We’re delighted to be involved once again with the summer racing season and the Best Dressed Ladies Day at Wexford Racecourse. Each year the feedback from our customers has always been really positive and we look forward bring them another season of style and racing”. The winner of the Best Dressed Lady will win a €1,500 shopping spree with Littlewoods Ireland and the 9 remaining finalists at each event will receive a €100 voucher.
Flat and NH cards over two days It’s not all about ladies and dressing up at Wexford Racecourse this week, although there will certainly be plenty of interest in the big competition on Saturday afternoon. There is plenty of action on the track as well as punters try to gather their expenses for the big Galway fixture which starts next week. The two day fixture has been divided into an all National Hunt Card on Friday evening while a flat programme takes centre stage on Saturday. There are seven races each day with racing due to begin at 5.40pm on Friday and 2.15pm on Saturday. The excitement promised by a good national hunt card should draw the crowds on Friday evening while the attraction of the Ladies Day prize in addition to the fact that entry is just €5 for everyone makes Saturday an attractive option for an afternoon of fun and entertainment with activities for childlren also planned.
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From Russia with Love War U.S. authorities said a surface-to-air missile brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, but could not say who fired it. The Ukraine government in Kyiv, the separatist pro-Russia rebels they are fighting in the east and the Russia government that Ukraine accuses of supporting the rebels all deny shooting the passenger plane down. Moscow also denies backing the rebels. So who shot down the plane resulting in 298 casualties?? Russian President Vladimir Putin says all parties in the conflict in eastern Ukraine should lay down the arms and engage in talks as soon as possible after the commercial airliner was shot down. This is a small sign that he himself knows who shot it down with most
of the world pointing fingers at russian rebels who have the backing of Putin. Ukraine has called for an international probe to determine who attacked the plane and the Unites States has offered to help. But access to the site remained difficult and dangerous. The road from Donetsk, the largest city in the region, to the crash site was marked by five Russian rebel checkpoints Friday, with document checks at each. So, this is another big sign it’s the Russians who have caused this disaster. At a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines updated its nationality count of passengers, saying the plane carried 173 Dutch, 24 Malaysian, 27 Australian, 12 Indonesian, 9 British & Irish,
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realise there was a bandwagon for supporting your county. Did people expect that when hurling in Wexford wasn’t going well, the same number of people would be making the effort to support them? In an ideal world, fine, that would be great, but that’s not how sport works; especially when it’s been so bad for such a long time. If Ireland started playing bril-
TUNE OF THE WEEK Ellie Henderson – Ghost Don’t care, this is a choooon! Never had any interest in her before, but she deserves a bit of credit for this! No doubt you’ve all heard it a million times by now, but it’s still not getting old. - Adam
liantly, beating top sides, who wouldn’t start supporting them more? I just don’t understand how more and more people supporting the team could be anything but positive! Let’s not forget that it’s a big accomplishment to beat Clare at this stage. Whatever happens over the next
Sony Walkman!!!! From cassette to CD, everyone had a walkman at some stage in their life. I remember bringing mine absolutely everywhere with me, most awkward things ever but they were great!!! Eoin
SNAPCHAT OF THE WEEK This week’s snap has to go to the playa himself, Adrian “Ado” Quinn. Isn’t he lovely? Keep sending your snaps on to adam_ennis and ilovecider and we’ll continue to pick the best ones! - Adam
What’s a Fake Fan? With the recent success of the Wexford hurling team you’d think the county would be together in supporting them, right? Unfortunately not. Unsurprisingly – seeing as it’s Wexford – there’s still people trying to put a dampener on it. I’ve read status after status giving out about “fake fans” and people jumping on the bandwagon. What does that even mean? I didn’t
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while, hopefully all these “fake fans” will keep the support going! Adam
Top Tweets @karpackiequeen: I can see girl’s legs therefore I must shout obscenities out of the window of my car as I drive past. What is even wrong with men? @Adjquinn: had my first bath since I was like 10, they were waaaay more fun as a child. @AlanMurphy92: How’s my 90 followers doing? @tiesto: My heart goes out to all my countrymen and the families and friends of everyone killed on #MH17. I am mourning along with you. @LouiseHanton: 1 aw ffs @R_Beary: Just had a 40 minute nap. It was class.
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Eoin Healy Hot - Shakira It’s official: Shakira is the most likable woman in the world! On Friday, the Grammy-winning singer became the first person ever to reach 100 million likes on Facebook. "I am honored and humbled about reaching this milestone," Shakira, 37, said. "Social media and specifically Facebook has helped myself and other artists bridge the
gap between the stage and the audience." Even Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is impressed. "Congrats!" he wrote in a comment on the singer's page. "What an amazing milestone for an amazing person."
Not- Kelly Osbourne This week Kelly has got an absolute shocking tattoo at the side of her head when she had a few drinks. The morning after she tweeted ‘what have I done’ and ‘sorry mam and dad’ haha, what an idiot!! - Eoin
Van Gaal Means Business After the absolute disaster of a season under the hands of David Moyes, Van Gaal arrived at Old Trafford last week. The Netherland’s international manager and World Cup semi-finalist is already putting his foot down at the club after making his debut at Carrington late last week. He has put 10 players up for sale on his first day at the job. On top of that, the 62-year-old has donated his 1million pound agent fee to charity! First to leave will be Patrice Evra as he sets off to join Juventus while flop Bebe has been given permission to speak to Benfica. The biggest shock came when he put Belgium in-
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Under the terms of the National Recovery Plan 2011 to 2014, introduced by the previous Government, expenditure on the Free Travel Scheme has been capped at the 2010 allocation of €77 million per annum, reflecting the tight budgetary constraints in which the Government is operating, the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform Brendan Howlin told the Dáil. Replying to questions from Fianna Fáil’s San Fleming, he said in March 2012, the Ministers for Social Protection
and Transport, Tourism and Sport agreed to establish an interdepartmental working group to examine and report on the operation and future development of the Free Travel Scheme. “The review has been led by the Department of Social Protection but also comprised officials from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the National Transport Authority and my Department,” he said. “The terms of reference included the objectives of the scheme, eligibility, the extent of service
provided, data on usage of the scheme, fraud and control measures and the interaction between stakeholders in the scheme. As part of the review, meetings have been held with elderly people, carers, people with disabilities and transport operators. It is expected that the review will be concluded in the coming weeks and considered by the Government in the normal course. The Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection has indicated her endorsement of the scheme in recent days.”
Walsh calls for review of insolvency legislation The need for a review of the insolvency legislation was raised in the Upper House by Wexford Senator Jim Walsh. “I do not believe she or anyone else in the House should be surprised at the relative ineffectiveness of the legislation, particularly in view of the fact that not only did it give the banks all the aces, it also gave them the entire pack of cards,” he said. “That was an issue in the debate when the legislation was debated in the House. There is absolutely no consideration for borrowers who find themselves in difficult circumstances. There was never going to be engagement on
the part of the banks.” Senator Walsh said the legislation should be reviewed and, he hoped, amended. In that context, he asked if the Leader would arrange for the Minister for Finance to come before the House to discuss the matter and also the current position in the property market, particularly in the capital city? “There are observers who have analysed the position and reached the conclusion that in the past year the release of properties onto the market has been very strictly controlled by both the banks and NAMA,” he said. “The consequence, of
course, is that now prices have increased, properties are being released at these higher prices. There is a view that there could be manipulation of the market going on. There is certainly a view that part of the objective in doing this, particularly on the side of the banks, is that it will lead to a situation where these higher prices will improve their loan books in the run-up to the stress tests. If they are at that, and I do not know if they are, we certainly need to shed a light on it because it is not in the interest of the recovery of a proper effective property market.”
Cut to Respite Care Grant greater than any other ternational midfielder Marouane Fellaini up for sale after his signing last year for 28 million pound. Yet another great call by the new manager! It’s clear he’s going to make
some much-needed changes this season and I can’t wait to see how he settles in! Adam
USELESS FACT OF THE WEEK For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the loose skin on their elbow, it won’t hurt. - Adam
Budget 2013 imposed a 19% cut to the respite care grant, which was significantly higher than other cuts made to the Department of Social Protection budget, Wexford Independent Deputy Mick Wallace told the Dáil. In addition, he said respite care facilities have been closed without any replacements being put in place, which is putting families under serious pressure and stress. Speaking during a debate on a motion on disability services, Deputy Wallace said he supported the call made by the Carers Association for the restoration of the respite care grant to €1,700 in Budget
2015. “The Carers Association has also drawn attention to the challenges faced by those caring for adults with intellectual or mental health illness when applying for carer's allowance, carer's benefit or the respite care grant,” he said. “According to the Carers Association, these people find that the forms and application process ‘weigh significantly in favour of those with a physical disability, while carers for those with an intellectual disability or mental health issue are forced to supply additional medical evidence’. This is burdensome for carers and
puts pressure on other people to write exhaustive reports, thus impacting on service delivery.” Those who have managed to get through the application process and are trying to appeal Department decisions about their eligibility for the carer's allowance, domiciliary care allowance or disability allowance are faced with significant delays in the processing of appeals, he said. Many applications for these payments are being considered by internal medical assessors who do not meet the families involved.
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Wexford’s Agony Uncle Dear Alan, Do you know sometimes you can’t do right for wrong in this country. I have got myself into an awful mess over the reshuffle of my ministers. Things were ok with the tops jobs; in fact people thought I did rather well. You see I slotted in an unknown woman into one of the big jobs and this pleased the media and the talk show whingers not end. Well at least most of them were happy and that’s as much as you can ever hope for. But when it came to giving out the minor posts there was bloody murder. And you wouldn’t believe the stupid things which seemed to get under people’s skin. I didn’t appoint a woman and there was uproar about it. Now Alan, I had very good reason not to appoint a woman to the Junior Minister ranks. Just look at the trouble I’ve had with women in these jobs in the past. The dreadful Shortfall woman was no end of trouble. She gave James Reilly a terrible life before she eventually walked off in a huff. And where would you leave Lucinda. What I didn’t do for that woman and she threw it all back in my face. No Alan I wasn’t going to make those mistakes again; women in those junior jobs are bad news. But the media just doesn’t seem to understand. And then they were going on about the Minister for the Gaeltacht not being able to speak Irish. What has that got to do with it. That’s the same as saying that the Minister for Health should be able to perform brain surgery or that the Minister for Defence should be able to fly fighter jet or that the Minister for Sport should be a premier league footballer. And what about Foreign Affairs, Alan, would the Minister in charge there have to have a mistress in every city. The
whole thing is mad, but do you know what, people actually believe all this hype about the Gaeltacht and they are saying very hurtful things like I insulted the language. And do you know what many of the people making this criticism wouldn’t have two Irish words to put together, but still I have to listen to them. Even the Daily Mail had an editorial on it now they’re some guys to be talking about the Irish language. It’s not so long ago that they were talking about us and the pigs in the kitchen in the same sentence. But I don’t really care what they say my decisions are made and I am not going to change them. Fionnuala has the bags packed for the holidays and we’ll be heading off soon so to hell with them. I have a few Irish tapes left over from when I used to be a school teacher and I have given them to my new Minister for Irish and he’ll pick up enough to get by. They are mainly nursery rhymes and things like that ‘as gaeilge’ but he can just recite them during debates on TG4, no one will know the difference. Me, well I’ll be down on the beach in a much sunnier climate and to hell with the begrudges. Enda, Dublin Dear Enda, I don’t think you are in a mind to take any advice that I might offer. You really do seem to have your mind made up, so all I can do is wish you the best of luck. But I can’t help thinking that if you are short on the old Irish language speakers I don’t think you’ll ever have a problem when it comes to finding someone for Foreign Affairs. Have a good summer. Alan
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Posters blowing in the wind, the ‘small’ party and Pip’s smooth new road When Sinn Fein put up posters for a big public meeting on the future of rural Ireland across South Wexford recently they obviously had an eye on more than the meeting itself because the extensive postering campaign coincided with the run up to some of the biggest events of the year to take place in the area---------the Bannow Show and Kilmore Seafood Festival. The timing of the meeting, at which Gerry Adams, Mary Lou and a collection of other senior people in the party were guest speakers, was not lost on the party’s political opponents. That was probably the main reason behind Jim Moore’s strong attack on the posters at a meeting of the Wexford Municipal Borough Council last week when he launched a scathing attack on the posters. They were littering the whole place, blowing around the roads and destroying the beauty of South Wexford, according to the FG man. There was no point in standing up for rural Wexford if you were
not cleaning it up, he declared. The attack took the two Sinn Fein reps on the Council a bit by surprise but once he had time to compose himself Anthony Kelly did attempt to fight back. There were only a few posters, he started, but Jim shot back ‘I counted seven on the way in’. But wasn’t that only a few, mused Cllr. Kelly. Anyway this was not a nice way for people to be talking about each other according to Deirdre Wadding. Far better that they pick up the phone and tell them about the posters rather than raising it at public meetings. Ah but he only saw them as he was driving in to the meeting, observed Mayor George Lawlor who was himself rather stuck for words when Frank Staples raised the issue of a poster still flying high on a pole in South Wexford promoting a member of the Mayor’s party. Outside the Chamber Sinn Fein was still seething over Cllr. Moore’s attack and they let him know it. Earlier Deirdre Wadding
was going through the new Standing Orders with a fine tooth comb and thought that rules on submitting motions could put smaller parties at a disadvantage. The term ‘smaller’ party amused Cllr. Tony Dempsey. ‘What would constitute a smaller party’ he wondered, as a member of Fianna Fail which has just two members on the Council, the same number as Sinn Fein and Fine Gael, while Labour has just one. In Wexford the days of big parties are over, at least for the moment. A day later they gathered in Gorey for their Municipal District meeting but without key officials from Co. Hall, who would not be attending to discuss housing and planning issues on the direction of Co. Manager Tom Enright. Chairman John Hearty could not bring himself to even start the meeting without raising the matter and predicted that the absence of the people from Co. Hall would be a big problem for the members. They needed the staff that had the answers to deal with their problems, he pleaded.
Talk of passing on questions and the like did not impress the Chairman and he didn’t seem too impressed either with a proposal from Malcolm Byrne that video conferencing be used to link the key staff in Co. Hall to the Council Chamber in Gorey. Malcolm has long been a fan of utilising technology at meetings and it looks like his dreams could soon be realised, even if some other members of the Council may not be mad fans of the idea. But it was far away from technology that Pip Breen was venturing. Pip may be a brand new councillor, but he has been around long enough to know that all politics is local so he wanted to be sure to mention the great job of resurfacing which had been carried out on the road from Ferns through The Harrow and to ask that it be included for more works in the future. There is nothing like a resurfaced road through the heart of your area to make life a little less bumpy for a local councillor.
NWSPCA Report Last week we said goodbye to dogs Rio & Albert who moved to our friends at the Dublin SPCA, to Holly who was adopted by
her long term foster family, to Poppy & Phoebe as well as 2 kittens from our cattery. We wish our canine and feline friends and families all the best for their next chapter in life! This week we would like introduce Doris the puppy to you. Doris is a 10-monthold Jack Russell. She is a very small and funny girl who loves to go for a good walk. Doris is spayed, vaccinated and microshipped and ready to go
to her forever home. She’s only waiting to be spotted by you! Andy is a young male kitten who came to us with a little injury to his face. He had a tough start to life, but the good news is that his wound is healing up very well. Andy has started his vaccinations and will be ready to be rehomed soon. He is a very gently young kitten and gets along well with other cats and dogs. Andy is currently in fostercare with one of our volunteers. The North Wexford SPCA is always on the lookout for new volunteers. If you can spare a
few hours per week, please make contact with us on 087 6392531, send an email to nwspca@hotmail.com or join our Facebook page.
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Adult Fixtures & Results The Wexford senior hurling bandwagon rolls on and while that it brilliant for the whole county, it does mean that no club fixtures are currently taking place. Still no fixture on our next Senior game V Buffers Alley and our next Junior A game V Tagh-
mon. Our Junior B team were in action during the week and were defeated by 2-11 to 1-7. That defeat leaves us with 3 wins and 2 defeats to date and we need to win our final game V St Martins to ensure qualification for the district semi final.
Coiste na n-Og Fixtures It’s also a quite week ahead for our underage hurlers with no fixtures scheduled for the week ahead. Our Juveniles were due to play Oulart on Sunday night last. Upcoming fixtures: Tuesday 29/7 Under 12 “A” and “B” at
home to the Rapparees in Parc Carman at 7.30 pm. Wednesday 30/7 minors away to Fethard in Fethard at 7.30 pm. Thursday 31/7 Under 14s at home to Ballinastraw Gaels in Parc Carman at 7.30 pm.
Summer Camp Our Summer Camp takes place from Monday 11th August to Friday 15th August. The camp is for both boys and girls, from ages 6 to 14 and the children will be looked after by qualified coaches who are all Garda-vetted, while Lee Chin and
Ritchie Kehoe will also be making guest appearances. The camp is from 10 am to 3 pm each day and the cost is only €50, which will include a Harriers jersey. All enquiries to Pat at (087) 2609958.
Best Wishes Once again, congrats to Chinner, Ritchie and their Wexford Senior hurling teammates on their superb victory over Waterford on Sat-
urday last. That’s 2 Munster teams defeated now, let’s hope they make it 3 against Limerick next Sunday in Thurles.
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Art in the Open International Plein Air Festival Next Monday sees the start of a week long festival of art throughout Co. Wexford whihich in just a few years has developed into the largest Plein Air Festival in Europe. If you are looking to brush up on your art and culture this festival, which gets underway in Courtown may be just the thing you’re looking for. The festival will feature six days of paint-outs, events, workshops and a grand finale exhibition at Whites of Wexford on Bank Holiday Monday 4th August. The concept of a ‘Art in the Open’ festival is that all the work is made on location. Artists arrive at a chosen location with blank canvases and over number of hours the artists capture the atmosphere of their surroundings. At the culmination of the festival, the best paintings are selected for a major exhibition. The festival has an enormous international reach with participants coming from all over the world from Russia to Jamaica. The famous Spanish artist Paloma Palaez Bravo will be giving a free lecture at the Wexford Opera house and several international artists including Dot Courson, Valerie Craig, Billyo O’Donnell, Aaron Schuerr and Antti Rautiola will also be giving workshops and demonstra-
Becky Joy from Arizona and Dot Courson from Mississippi, two of the foremost artists from the US who are in Ireland for Art in the Open which starts on Monday 28th July at Courtown pictured on their arrival in Wexford with Peter Wilson, General manager White’s of Wexford, Neil PO’Keeffe, Kevin Freeney and Alma Hynes of Art In The Open. tions. A highlight of the festival is the annual 'Charity Paint-Out' which takes place this year in Wexford town on Saturday August 2nd, where anyone over 18 can paint a shopfront, local scene, etc. for a registration fee of 5euro, which goes to 'Wexford Hospice Homecare'.. It's a timed event in the Selskar area with fun and entertainment for
all the family. Throughout the week the festival will feature six paint offs and they will include Courtown as the first venue, Enniscorthy, Graignamanagh, Enniscorthy, Ballyhack and Wexford town. In addition Art in the Open workshops will feature some of the best known painters from several countries who will be participating in the festival and giving the oppor-
tunity to learn from them on location as they demonstrate and explain aspects of their approach to plein air landscape. One of the highlights of the event is likely to be the ‘quick draw’ on Saturday August 2nd. This year Wexford is the venue for this times charity event as artists have just two hours to complete a painting in Selskar Square.
Hot Weather Warning – Be PetSafe The North Wexford Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has issued a hot weather warning to pet owners - during this hot summer weather many of us want to be outside; relaxing, playing with the children, sunbathing – generally enjoying time with friends and family, including our canine pals. Enjoy the fun, but please remember that dogs (and cats) can suffer from the same problems that humans do from over exposure to the sun, including overheating, dehydration and even sunburn. The Society offers the following advice to prevent your dog suffering in the heat: Never leave your dog alone in a vehicle. You could run the risk of your beloved pet being stolen, or getting hyperthermia - usually known as heat stroke, which can be fatal. Many people still leave their dog in the car thinking that parking in the shade with the windows open slightly is enough to keep them cool, but this is still dangerous because
the sun moves during the course of the day and temperature can increase very quickly. The power of the sun can even penetrate light cloud cover and quickly convert a car into an oven. Also do not leave your dog in conservatories, greenhouses or other small buildings with a large number of glass windows and no ventilation. When travelling with your dog always remember to have shade of some kind and have water available. You never know when your journey time may be increased, such as through traffic jams, so bear this in mind. Avoid taking your dog on long car journeys in warm weather unless the vehicle has air conditioning. If you take your dog to a beach or a day out please check in advance that your dog is permitted to be with you. Do not be caught out by arriving at your destination to find out your dog is not allowed access and you have to choose between leaving the site and leaving your dog in
the car! Do not stay in the hot day sun for long. Be extra careful with any dogs more prone to over – heating. This includes dogs that are overweight, older or have lung or heart disease as their respiratory system is already suppressed. Those of a brachycephalic (squashed nose) head shape such as Bulldogs, Pugs and Shih Tzu’s also need to be kept cool for the same reason. Playing and walks with your dog are best in the early morning or in the evening when the weather is cooler. Remember not to exercise straight after a meal. And do not over exercise dogs with longer coats or those who are prone to heatstroke such as those mentioned above. Make sure shady spots and drinking water is available. Keep your dog away from any plants or areas that may have been sprayed with chemicals such as insecticides. Only apply dog specific products if you are applying for example sun protection or in-
sect repellent. If you are concerned your dog may have ingested a harmful substance please speak with your vet straight away. Keep longer haired dogs cooler by grooming them to get rid of excess hair, and clip long haired coats for this season. Do not shave the hair as this leaves the skin prone to sunburn. If you are having a barbecue keep items such as matches, lighter fluid, candles and left over bones out of harm’s way. Be careful of letting your dog stand on tarmac. This heats up very quickly in high temperatures and if your dog stays still on it his paws can be burnt. If you do keep your dog outside provide plenty of fresh water and shade. Make sure any housing for your dog is of the appropriate materials to prevent temperature build up and make sure it is ventilated. Bring your dog inside to a cooler spot, at least during the hottest part of the day.
Dutch textile artist at the Blue Egg Gallery Described as the 'finest contemporary craft gallery in Ireland', the Blue Egg Gallery, on John's Gate Street will host another new exhibition from July 19th, showcasing the work of one of the most exciting textile artists working in Ireland today 'Diversity', from Dutch artist Joke Buursma. Joke (pronounced Yoka) works with textiles, and her skills in creating beautiful images with threads, fabrics and colours are simply astonishing . Since the 12th century The Netherlands has been highly regarded as a world class producer of fine textiles, tapestries and weaving and Joke Buursma is following in that tradition with aplomb! Opening on Saturday at 2pm, this latest exhibition runs until August 16th. Anyone with an interest in textiles will find it inspirational - it's glorious! Joke Buursma, originally from The Netherlands, has lived for nearly twenty years in Portlaw, County Waterford. Joke's work has been exhibited extensively not only in Ireland, but also interna-
tionally. Her work has featured in a number of juried textile exhibitions in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Taiwan. Her work was also selected for inclusion in European Art Quilts VI, a touring exhibition which ran from 2010 until 2012. She has also been an invited participant in exhibitions in France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland. Joke has won several awards for her work, the most recent of which was at the RDS National Craft Competition 2012. She is also a Juried Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) of the United States.
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August Bank Holiday Weekend 2014
Rathnure to host Martin Codd Festival on August weekend Rathnure is the place to be this August bank Holiday weekend as the inaugural Martin Codd Weekend takes place. Events over the weekend will appeal to all ages with top dance band Gina & The Champions and Mt. Everest climber, Frank Nugent already confirmed to lead activities. The name Martin Codd is well known across the country where GAA games and music are enjoyed. To some people, Martin was known as a hurler, dedicated to his local Rathnure St. Anne’s GAA club and the development of the skills and thinking of the game. To others, he is best remembered as a singer who breathed life into the songs he sang. Martin was centre-forward on the great 1956 All-Ireland winning Wexford team alongside the Rackard brothers, Tim Flood, Jim English, Padge Kehoe, Ned Wheeler and Jim Morrissey. In his own words Martin told the story of that great Wexford team in his book "The Way I Saw It: Nickey Rackard leads Wexford to Hurling Glory" which was published in 2006. Retiring from hurling, Martin turned to singing and music, enjoying chart-topping success with The Herdsmen, with whom he played all the leading venues in Ireland and Britain. From his later years, the annual gatherings to hear him singing at the Fleadh Cheoil are fondly remembered. The Martin Codd Weekend festival offers events for everyone, young and old, over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Celebrating music, sport and culture, proceeds from all events go to Rathnure GAA Club. Friday 1st August: The Martin Codd Weekend kicks off at 10pm with A Dance in Rathnure Hall, with music by Gina & The Champions. The Champions were the obvious choice to provide the music as over the years Martin often performed on the same stage. For regular dancers and new steppers, this is shaping up to be a very enjoyable night. Admission €10 Saturday 2nd August and the venue is Rathnure Hall again for a very special Variety Concert featuring musicians, singers, sketches and comedy. Gathering together artists who shared the stage with Martin over the years, the night promises to be highly entertaining. Included on the bill are original members of The Herdsmen, The Codd Family group, The Bannow Boys, sketches and comedy, local artists and special guests. Admission €10 Sunday 3rd August: Monster Field Day at Rathnure GAA grounds. There will be plenty for both young and old to enjoy! Try your hand at the hurling skills triathlon, skittles, find the treasure and arm wrestling. Whether you’re a ‘Guess the Weight’ genius, always accurate tossing bales, or just love some old fashioned field day fun, there will be lots of events for everyone. With bouncy castles in a dedicated kiddie play area and plenty of food and refreshments on offer, this is a Field Day you won’t want to miss! Free Admission BBQ at Conran’s, Rathnure with music and craic follows the Field Day. Monday 4th August: Walking the Blackstairs led by Frank Nugent, Mt. Everest climber. Beginning at the meeting (on the CarlowWexford border) the walk follows the ridge of the Blackstairs, following the route of the traditional Mountain Sunday. All in all, a fun-filled, weekend of entertainment, song, dance and sport, one Martin himself would have enjoyed! About: The Martin Codd Weekend is a festival taking place in Rathnure, Co. Wexford on the August Bank holiday weekend 1st to 4th August. The festival brings together music, sport, culture and family fun in a jam-packed weekend with all proceeds going to Rathnure GAA. Further information and line up announcements are available on www.facebook.com/martincoddweekend and www.martincoddweekend.com www.martincoddweekend.com
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News Members impressed by scale of Council’s activities Members of the new Gorey Municipal District Council were even surprised themselves b y the amount of activity which the Council is involved in following a presentation from administrator Amanda Byrne at the first full meeting of the Council. In a wide ranging presentation she outlined the full range of services which the Council provides in addition to a range of sporting, social and cultural events which it supports. Chairman John Hegarty was moved to remark ‘we’re great aren’t we’ as Amanda concluded her presentation and Cllr. Fionntan O’Suilleabhain said people generally were not aware the amount of activities
carried on by the Council. Now the challenge for members is to ensure that people in rural areas are fully involved in the Council’s activities in the future. Cllr Robbie Ireton said the wonderful work being done by so many communities for the Tidy Towns should be supported by the Council. However, cash support for such groups has been ruled it, although Council officials have pledged to provide help in other ways. Cllr. Malcolm Byrne said it was important that members of the local Council would be the decision makers in terms of where grants and money went locally because they were best
placed to make such decisions. He suggested the promotion of more festivals in rural areas and Cllr O’Suilleabhain said festivals would expand if they could get additional financial support. Cllr Pilp Breen said Killmuckridge would host the AllIreland Drama finals next year and he was certain they would be looking for financial and other support to assist them. Cllr John Hegarty said recognition for the efforts which people made in the community was very important and he said people from the rural parts of the district be invited to civic functions in the future.
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Medical Card patients who are charged by their GP for carrying out blood tests should report their doctor to the HSE. That’s the message from Anna Marie Lanigan, the Area Manager for Primary Care Services who said that the Primary Care Reimbursement Service has clarified that when the phlebotomy service forms part of the investigation and necessary treatment of a patient’s symptoms or conditions the service should be provided free of charge where the patient has a medical card or a GP Visit Card. She was responding to Cllr. James Browne at a meeting of the Regional Health Forum. Cllr. Browne said there was an urgent need to clarify the costs incurred by medical card patients for blood tests as many GPs were now charging €10 to take blood tests for ongoing treatment.
Night or Day----------that was the question members of the Wexford Municipal Borough Council had to decide when it came to fixing a time for their monthly meetings and this relatively minor issue led to some very sharp exchanges between former Labour Party colleagues Mayor George Lawlor and Cllr. Davy Hynes, now an independent. Cllr Hynes suggested that like the old Borough Council the meetings should perhaps be held in the evening but Mayor Lawlor said they wanted to have the full range of officials present and the way to achieve that was to have day time meetings. But when Cllr. Hynes said this would not suit people who worked Cllr. Lawlor said everyone knew before they stood for election to the Co. Council that meetings were held in the afternoon. Cllr Deirdre Wadding speaking as a woman and a single parent said afternoon or daytime meetings could actually be better in terms of securing child care.
Gorey has more roads than Carlow The Gorey Municipal district has more miles of road than the entirety of county Carlow but has only four road patchers to keep pot holes at bay. Following a report on engineering activity in the district to local councillors Cllr. Fionntan O’Suilleabhain said it was remarkable what was being achieved with the resources available to the Council
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Wexford 3-15 Waterford 2-15 Ian Mitchell reports from Nowlan Park Nobody will be waiting to hear Davy Fitz’ post match riddles, nor will anybody be questioning Wexford’s ability to finish a game in normal time after this thrilling encounter in Nowlan Park. This time Wexford beat Waterford the old fashioned way: 70mns of championship hurling 15 on 15! Waterford opened the scoring with a point. Podge Doran replied with a point when Lee Chin made a fine catch before setting up the Oylegate man. Conor McDonald continued his fine scoring form with an early point when he sold a dummy to Liam Lawlor throwing the ball off the stick over the Waterford full back’s head. ‘Mac’ followed this with another point from a tight angle. It was blow for blow during the opening encounters until David Redmond fired a great pass on the run to Paul Morris.
Morris shortened the stick, put the head down and fired the ball past Stephen O’Keeffe – Wex 1-04 Wat 0-3. Mark Fanning took one for the team when stopping Colin Dunford in his tracks, conceding a penalty and receiving a yellow card for his actions. ‘Auzzie’ Gleeson abiding by the new penalty taking rules was denied by a fine save from Eoin Moore. Lee Chin who had made a run down the wing, found the in-form Guiney with a hand pass, the Rathnure man raised another white flag with a fine strike off his left. Waterford were never out of the game and Gleeson brought the sides level with a fine point before Waterford opened up a 2 point lead Wex 1-06 Wat 011. Chin, Morris and McGovern combined to punish a poor O’Keeffe puck-out with a point. Wexford looked like they were finally finding their shooting Wexford: boots going almost 25mns without a wide. 1. M Fanning McGovern slipped 2. L Ryan in-between two Water3. M O’Hanlon ford defenders to pick 4. K Rossiter up a loose ball, with a 5. A Shore quick jink and burst of 6. E Moore pace he was through on 7. C Kenny goal. Mac was loitering 8. D Redmond (1-0) at the edge of the square 9. L Chin and fired home when 23. H Kehoe McGovern delivered the 11. P Doran (0-2) pass. 13. J Guiney (0-1) Ht Wex 2-09 Wat 010. P Morris (1-6, 0-3f) 12 14. C McDonald (1-2) Straight after the 15. L Og McGovern (0-2). restart Paul Morris forced O’Keeffe into an Subs: D O’Keeffe (0-1) for acrobatic save after a Kehoe (23), W Devereux for low strike to the far corRossiter (27), I Byrne (0-1) for ner of the goal. The goal Devereux (54), G Sinnott for Redmond (65), R Jacob for Mc- did come soon after when Jack Guiney sent Govern (67). a pass of equal class to the one he gave Harry
Kehoe last weekend. This time David Redmond was the recipient. The Oulart man split the defence and put a 3rd past O’Keeffe. Kevin Moran carried on the high standard of passing when he found Colin Dunford at the back post, the Colligan man blasted it home to bring Waterford right back into the game. Auzzie Gleeson followed up with his 3rd point of the game. Things went from bad to worse for Wexford when a mistake at the back under a high ball let Dunford in for his second Lee Chin celebrates another great victory goal of the game. Waterford’s period of dominance was ended when Paul Morris slotted over a point after a scramble in front of the Waterford goal. Ian Byrne found club-mate Morris in space to extend Wexford’s lead once more. It was Ian Byrne who got the final score of the game with a superb long range effort from the sideline of the 65. It was great to see such a huge Wexford crowd make the journey to Nowlan Park and hopefully the Purple & Gold army will march on to Thurles this weekend. Wexford play Limerick this Sunday (27th)in the first of an All-Ireland Quarter final double header at 2pm in Semple Stadium, Thurles. Wexford’s Man of the Match, Paul Morris, gets the better of Padraig Pendergast in this encounter. Pics Noel Reddy.
Players are totally focused on the task ahead The Wexford players and management are not worried about the strain of playing championship hurling for four weekends in a row. Instead they are just happy to be involved in the All-Ireland series this late into the summer. Wexford Captain Matthew O’Hanlon said it was an absolutely unbelievable feeling to be in an All Ireland quarter final after so long not being in one. ‘It is absolutely amazing. We took the experience from the last two weeks in our stride and we were able to see out this
game in normal time’ ‘We are an ambitious group of young men. We met on Sunday morning after the Clare game got a recovery session in and on Monday morning all eyes were on Waterford. It was just about getting bodies recovered after two very tough games against Clare. We were very focused on this Saturday. We have serious inner belief in this group of players. In the last three games we were not as clinical as we should be but we are learning every day we go out and they are
improving and one day when everything clicks we are absolutely going to be on top of our game’. On the prospect of playing four weekends in a row he said it was a good thing because there was no time for the players to lose focus. All concentration is on recovery and another battle next week. We are delighted to be hurling this late into the summer. After a few barren years for Wexford it’s great to be still involved’ Man of the Match Paul Morris described Saturday night’s result as ‘absolutely
fantastic’ ‘It’s great for the people of Wexford’ He said hurling in the county had been down in the dumps for the past six or seven years ‘Since Liam Dunne came in two or three years ago and started to do a rebuilding process and started to put a decent big solid panel together we are starting to see some of the rewards the last few days. He said the team had learned from Clare but still had lot to improve on. He said playing again next weekend would be difficult and tough but added that there was nothing like
momentum. That’s what Wexford have been looking for in recent years to play the top teams. Manager Liam Dunne was simple and direct when asked where Wexford had won the game: It was won on the scoreboard. We got goals and goals win matches’, he added ‘We created more chances again and didn’t take them but I have to give our fellas great credit. In fairness to them it’s their third week on the trot with two extra times and an Under 21 thrown in as well. But we are delighted to get
the victory. Waterford threw everything at us. ‘It is another stepping stone for our fellas. The only way we will learn and learn fast is getting games against the top teams. We missed chances for the last two weeks and we still won the games. That is something you can work on. The only way these guys are ever going to learn is by playing against the top teams’, Dunne added.
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LARRY O’GORMAN The man who gets Behind the Sports Headlines
Well what about that Brother? Well Brother what about that? Wexford are through to an All Ireland Quarter Final and this great summer of hurling in the model county rolls on. They booked their place after dispensing Waterford from the championship after a titanic battle in front of almost 20,000 fans in Nowlan Park. And the vast majority of those fans were from Wexford. The support for our lads was magical and must really have given them a lift. There is no doubt about it both teams were really fired up for this game and both sides were determined to win. Early in the game Wexford seemed to be in control having a lot of the possession, however, they were not managing to translate that superiority on the pitch to an advantage on the scoreboard. There was plenty of man to man marking and not much
through to rattle the net it was Wexford who gained the advantage and buoyed by this goal they started to play with a great deal of confidence. They started running at Waterford and were looking really good. However, Waterford still managed to put some points on the board even if they had to work very hard for them. Wexford were also boosted when Waterford failed to find a net with a penalty. Then just before the break Wexford really got the tonic they needed when Conor McDonald got his side’s second goal to give us a three point advantage at the break. I think that was really important to go in front at half time. After the restart Wexford came out with fire in their bellies and got some lovely scores. With Paul Morris, Lee Chin, David Redmond and Conor McDonald all in good
Conor McDonald proved a handful for the Waterford defence.
room for either side to gain an advantage but when Wexford opened up the Waterford defence and Paul Morris got
form you began to sense that this could well be Wexford’s evening, When Wexford got their third goal to go five
In the other quarter final Tipperary take on Dublin, the beaten Leinster finalists. I think Dublin will play a lot better than they did in the Leinster decider but the Munster men may still be too strong for the Dubs, so I go for a narrow Tipperary win.
The Queen in purple and gold
Ian Byrne is congratulated after the game hard right to the very end. points clear things were lookmond Liam Ryan and Conor It was a great team performing really good. McDonald were really special ance but Paul Morris, Lee The Wexford supporters on the night. really found their voice at Chin, Eoin Moore, David Redthis stage, but Waterford introduced fresh legs and a goal injected new life into them. When Waterford got a second Dunford goal they went one point up and suddenly the picture changed completely and what looked like a certain victory suddenly began to look very uncertain indeed. But Wexford showed great spirit and banished any fears about fatigue to battle right back and hold Waterford scoreless for the final fifteen minutes of the game. You have to give the lads great credit because they cer- Some of the fans at Nowlan Park on Saturday evening, intainly showed a never say die cluding soccer international and Rosslare publican, attitude on the day and fought Stephen Hunt. Pics by Noel Reddy
There won’t be a loaf of bread left in town There’re won’t be a loaf of bread left in Wexford this week, and the meat counters will be cleaned out as we prepare for another away day. This time it is the road to Thurles on a Sunday. So pack up the sandwiches and go well prepared and you want to leave early because I’d say the traffic will be mad. This will be the fourth weekend in a row for Wexford to hurl so there will undoubtedly be questions about fitness and fatigue but they are certainly well prepared and they have a lot of momentum going for them at the moment This is a game that I believe will be very close (I
suppose there is no other sort of games for Wexford these days). No doubt that issue of tiredness will be something which Limerick will go out to exploit. They will be hoping that all the efforts of the last month will have taken their toll but I really do believe we are on a roll now and if we show the same spirit and belief as we displayed last Saturday night then we can cause another upset and reach the semi-finals. Wouldn’t that be marvellous! As I keep on saying ‘You Can If You Believe’ and having watched these lads over the last few weeks I think there is no doubt that they do believe in their own ability. .
Tipp to edge out Dublin
There is no truth in the rumour that the Queen was seen wearing a purple and gold jersey around Kilkenny before the start of last Saturday evening’s match. No she was almost certainly sitting back in her drawing room (that’s what they called them in royal circles I believe) watching the coverage on Sky. According to the GAA Hierarchy she is very fond of hurling, and you’d have to believe everything they say. Anyway the game this weekend is, of course on RTE, much to the relief of many honest ordinary Wexrford fans, but how will the Queen manage I wonder. Maybe the GAA will send her over a Saorview box to ensure she doesn’t miss anything.
Terrible traffic in Kilkenny The traffic was mad in Kilkenny last Saturday evening. I was so late getting home that I had my breakfast before I went to bed. That’s right Brother.
I know I don’t have to urge Wexford fans to get out and support the team. They will do that in their thousands. But let’s get the flags out and bring plenty of Wexford colour to the occasion and have a real party atmosphere in Thurles at lunchtime.
Finally…….
Job Well Done: Eoin Moore leaves the field after a very fine performance on Saturday evening.
Before I go just to congratulate the Wexford Camogie team on their great win over Dublin at the weekend. They are the team that has kept hurling alive for Wexford followers for the last few years. Well done.
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Gaelic Football Roundup
Senior Football Championship Resumes Two games were played in our senior football championship at the weekend when Adamstown met Gusserane at Horeswood on Friday night, while St Fintan’s entertained Castletown on Sunday afternoon at Bellefield. In the first match exchanges were very close up until ten minutes into the second half when Gusserane went on a goal-scoring spree which resulted in them winning rather easily on a scoreline of 5-16 to 1-12, but it does not truly reflect the effort that Adamstown put into this game with Gusserane scoring four goals within a six minute period in the second half. Of course it should be acknowledged that the O’Rahilly’s club would have a far greater con-
centration on the big ball, whereas St Abban’s, being a dual senior club, would be treating both games in an equal manner even though both, in an effort to be truly successful, would require a far greater concentration of effort. But such is life within a dual county! At Bellefield in Enniscorthy the 2010 county champions Castletown had a comfortable 2-13 to 0-8 win over last year’s Intermediate champions, St Fintan’s. Under a new manager this year the north county men are produc-
ing a much more expansive style of football than heretofore and simply cannot be discounted for eventual honours. It is to their great credit that despite losing the county senior finals of 2011 and 2012 they still remain a very com-
petitive force with real designs on the title. They have now amassed three wins on the trot with victories over Horeswood, Sarsfields and St Fintan’s, and are building real momentum.
Pat Spillane Makes My Blood Boil! It was really hard to listen to former Kerry great, Pat Spillane, who has close connections with Enniscorthy, as he moaned about the standard of play at half-time in the Ulster Senior Football final last Sunday on the “Sunday Game Live”. Pat of course was a member of the all-conquering Kingdom side who won an amazing eight All-Irelands in
the ‘70’s and mid ‘80’s. But I have always maintained that Kerry basically got a free ride during that period, really only having to peak for a Munster final, and, in most cases, an All-Ireland Final, as often their semi-final opponents were from Connacht and Ulster and provided limited opposition. They may not have won quite as many All-Irelands if they
had to come through a tough Leinster campaign for example. Apart from the fact that Kerry have had an easy route to the All-Ireland a lot of the time (for example they play the winners of Galway and Tipperary in the Quarter final this year), their massive tradition and huge pick of players always gives them a great ad-
vantage over smaller counties. So in the midst of a really inequitable inter county system when counties such as Donegal try to even up the score by adopting a radical system of play in an effort to be successful (and of course it has worked for them and more power to them!) Pat Spillane of Kerry should be the last person to be complaining.
Ladies Footballers Can Finally Make Breakthrough Our ladies footballers who have really been the poor relations of Wexford GAA recently could finally annex a national title this year. They received great encouragement last Sunday week when they had a comfortable win over Louth in the Leinster Final which was played at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise. Their scoring star was St Anne’s Fiona Bennett who notched up 3-1 out of a winning tally of 3-10. The wee county whom they will meet again in August in the All-Ireland semi-final replied with a tally of 2-6, so the psychological advantage lies with the model county ladies. They have introduced a lot of good young players this year and that could really play dividends. But there is also a lot of
experience to the fore with players such as Kilmore’s Sharon Kehoe, Adamstown’s Catriona McCabe, Ballygarett’s Roisin Murphy and St Anne’s Fiona Rochford having played a lot of excellent games for the county. It would be great to see them making a breakthrough this year to the Intermediate grade, and their faithful sponsors David Bernie and Jim Bolger would be especially pleased. It should be pointed out that the tremendous success of the camogie team has robbed them of excellent players such as Kate Kelly and Josie Dwyer who, in my opinion, would make any senior ladies football team in Ireland, such is their excellence.
Heroic Hurlers A Step Closer It was wonderful to watch our hurlers advance to the quarter finals of the All-Ireland Championship with a well deserved win over Waterford last weekend. Great credit has to go to manager Liam Dunne for the progress he has made with the team. Liam has surrounded himself with an excellent backroom team and one can only stand back and admire how well prepared the team is. The wonderful movement, really intense tackling and delightful score-taking of the forwards is a joy to behold and a lot of the
credit has to go to the forwards coach Liam Griffin, who of course was our Messiah when we last won the All-Ireland back in 1996. It is a testament to the staying power of a truly wonderful Wexford man that he is still at the coal face eighteen years later. Our hurlers have made Wexford people feel good about themselves again - there is a real feel good factor there that is infectious and helps lift everyone’s spirits. And they’re not finished yet! Good luck against Limerick on Sunday lads!
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