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END OF THE LINE Wexford and Rosslare rail stations could close THREE of Co. Wexford’ s five remaining railways stations could close if Transport Minister Leo Varadkar goes ahead with his threat to shut off funding for uneconomic sections of the rail network unless the rail company implements major efficiencies. The straight talking Minister sent shock waves through the rail
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The Wexford town Station and those at Rosslare Strand and Harbour all have less than one hundred passengers per day using them. One hundred is seen as the very minimum required to keep a station open under any rationalisation plan If the Minister’ s shake up goes ahead then Enniscorthy would become the terminus on what is now the Dublin/Rosslare route with the stations at Rosslare Harbour, the Strand and O’ Hanrahan Station in Wexford town all ceasing to function. Wexford town is particularly vulnerable because a major rail census report by the National Transport Authority highlighted the station as having a particularly low level of usage per head of population. With an average of just 97 passengers per day using the Wexford facility in 2012 the report contrasted Wexford with Sligo station which has almost 1,000 passengers per day. The report said that Wexford town had a low number of daily journeys relative to other towns with a similar population density. ‘ This indicates that the population of Wexford is more inclined to choose alternative modes of transport to rail’ the report noted. Part of the problem in Wexford had been the fact that the service was particularly poor until the
Trains travelling along Wexford Quay Front could become a thing of the past if the Minister cuts funding to Irish Rail. Picture by Patrick Hogan
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number of years ago. Continued on Page 2
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HOWEVER, despite the low usage of rail in Wexford town there is likely to be a furious reaction to any
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2012 was 141, Gorey (221), Arklow (331) Rathdrum (409) and Wicklow (549). Kilcoole, which is little more than a village with a limited number of trains stopping each day had 570 passengers per day. In contrast Rosslare Europort had just twenty customers daily, while Rosslare Strand had forty. Tourism and business leaders in Wexford will be particularly concerned by the Transport Minister’ s statement that he loved trains but was not prepared to fund a romantic notion of them. Any campaign to save rail services to Wexford against a Varadkar plan will have the numbers stacked against it given the very light level of usage of the current service from the town. Campaigners may have to opt to seek an upgrade in the current service, both in terms of frequency and journey times in an effort to convince the minister that an improved service which would prove more attractive to the public is the way forward rather than the closure of what is currently a major loss maker for Irish Rail.
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County will require 1,100 new homes before 2018 CO. Wexford will require more than eleven hundred additional house units between now and 2018 according to a report compiled by the Housing Agency, an advisory body to the government. Despite a large number of properties remaining unoccupied and in many cases unsold in recent years this new report indicates that things are about to change. However, the need for new homes will be spread evenly across the county. Indeed in some locations the report suggests that there will not be a requirement for a single extra home between now and 2018. However, the authors do point out that their figures in all cases represent the minimum number of properties that will be required to meet
demand because they take no account of demand which has built up in recent years due to a lack of credit and other economic factor. The biggest demand for properties will come in the Wexford urban area, the report suggests, with an additional four hundred and forty properties required over the period. The county town is followed by Gorey where three hundred and sixty four new units will be required and Enniscorthy where the figure is projected to be one hundred and forty four. New Ross town lags well behind the other three main urban centres in the county with a projected figure of just seventy two. That’ s less than the eighty four housing units which will be required in Bunclody over the same period the report suggests Castlebridge will require twenty three. But three areas of the county are identified as not likely to require even a single additional home between now and 2018. They are the resort villages of Courtown and Rosslare Strand and Rosslare Harbour. The supply requirement projections in the report indicate that the towns of Wexford and Gorey are likely to continue to grow at a much faster rate than any other area of the county, while New Ross looks set to lag far behind.
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G.A.A. fans may be forced to take the bus to Wexford Park GAA fans attending games at Wexford Park should be asked to take the bus on the final stage of the journey to the game as part of a new park and ride set up aimed at dealing with car parking problems in residential areas around the sports ground. That’ s the proposal which has come from members of Wexford Borough Council who are concerned that ambulances or other emergency services may be blocked by illegally parked vehicles on match days. Cllr Anthony Kelly who raised the issue and made the park-and-ride suggestion and he was backed by Cllr. Jim Allen who said it seemed a possible solution to the long running problem caused by parking on match-days. Cllr Padge Reck said that whatever new regulations were put in place had to be strongly enforced or people would ignore them. He said illegally parked vehicles should be towed away. Meanwhile, plans for a a new car park on Belvedere Road, a short
distance from Wexford Park were unveiled at Monday night’ s meeting . The one hundred and twenty three space facility will be available for use on match days as well as providing parking for the new Wexford Courthouse. However, several councillors raised concerns about the new car park with Cllr Jim Allen asking if it was value for money at a time when there was no money for a range of other projects amd Cllr Danny Forde suggesting that it was being built to provide parking for the courthouse. But Co. Manager T Enright said the Council had an obligation to provide parking in the town. He said it was not just for use by people in the courthouse, but for other uses as well, including for supporters attending Wexford GAA Park on match days. The new car park, plans for which now go to public consultation, will be barrier controlled and the parking fee will be 2 per visit.
Paul dies in car crash THERE has been an outpouring of sympathy and support for the Kelly family in Barntown following the tragic death of thirty years Paul Kelly, of Ballyhine, in a single vehicle at Newtown Road early on
Sunday morning. Mr Kelly’ s car hit a wall at the Co. Council water treatment plant as he drove towards home from Wexford town at 5am. He is survived by his parents Pat
and Olive, his brother Philip and sister Sharon. Paul Remains were reposing at the family home from Tuesday until the Requiem Mass in Barntown Church on Wednesday.
The scene of the fatal accident at Newtown Road just outside Wexford Town Picture by Ray Flynn
Deaths of Katie (103) and Mary (94) THE death has occurred of one of Co. Wexford oldest residents. Catherine ‘ Katie’ Delaney, aged 103, of Courtnacudy died at the weekend. She was a well known and highly respected member of her parish community. She was pre-deceased by her husband Tom and is survived by her sons Laurence, Timmy, Mattie and Eamon daughters Betty and Mary and a large number of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Katie was laid to rest in Courtnacuddy cemetery on Tuesday. Meanwhile, in South Wexford Kilmore Parish also lost one of its oldest residents at the weekend following the death of 94 years old Mary Lambert. She was wife of the late Walter and mother of Theresa, Moira, Patty, Michael, Marian, Kay, Billy, Myna, Angela, Phil and Josie. Mary’ s funeral took place to St. Mary’ s cemetery, Kilmore on Tuesday.
Good news for some estates THERE was good news for the residents of housing Wexford
four Wexford town
estates
this
Borough
week
as
Council
confirmed they were to be taken in charge by the local authority. There was mixed news for two
are aggravated by the fact that there is no bond in place to cover the costs of issues which have emerged in relation to services at the estate. Matters are likely to get more complicated with Irish Water now also involved in the process.
others with Ard Na Cuan now said
The estates to be taken in charge
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BROWNE ANNOUNCES HE WILL STAND AT NEXT ELECTION By Jimmy Gahan IT’ S OFFICIAL ……Fianna Fail’ s
the unique distinction of heading
John Browne will contest the next
the poll on no fewer than four
general election for the Party in the
occasions.
Party’ s spokesman on Marine and
general election. During his 33 years of unbroken
Fisheries and contributes regularly
service, Deputy Browne has served
to debates on such matters in the
five seat Wexford Constituency
A veteran of Fianna Fail politics,
as Minister of State in a number of
Dail.
whenever Taoiseach Edna Kenny
Deputy Browne is the Party’ s
Government Departments under
Deputy Browne succeeded his
decides to go to the country.
longest serving T.D. and was one of
both Albert Reynolds and Bertie
uncle, the late Sean Browne T.D., a
Speculation has been rife for the
just 20 Party representatives, out of
Aherne. He first served as a Junior
former Leas Ceann Comhairle, as a
past number of months
Dail representative for
that
Wexford and between
the
veteran
Enniscorthy
based
them they have given
politician
stand
over 60 years service to
down in favour of his
the electorate of the five
son, James, who is a
seat
candidate
Constituency.
That
service
well
will
in
the
upcoming
Local
Government
Wexford may
continue
Elections
into
the
for a seat on Wexford
foreseeable future, for
County Council.
John’ s Barrister at Law son,
That speculation was
James,
is
pursuing
head’
this week when
career of his own. He is
Browne
political
presently a member of
‘ The
the soon to be defunct
confirmed
for
Chronicle’
he will be
Enniscorthy
contesting
the
Council and will stand
general fully
next
election
expects
to
on
be
Wexford
returned to Dail Eireann
Council
“ at the head of the poll” .
month’ s
The
next
Town
for the Party for a seat
and
County
in
next Local
Government Elections.
general
Should he be successful, he will be
a total of 77 outgoing T.D.s, to retain
Minister from 1992 to 1995 in the
before the electorate of County
his seat last time out. He is now the
Environmental
Protection
ideally placed to succeed his father
Wexford since first winning a Dail
only Fianna Fail T.D. from the East
Department and from 2002 to 2008 in
whenever John Browne decides to
seat in November 1982. He has
side of the Limerick border to
the Departments of Agriculture,
call it a day ….. but that day is not
successfully defended his seat at
County Louth, something he is
Marine
expected to be anytime soon in light
every subsequent election and has
confident will be rectified at the next
Under Micheal Martin he is the
election will be his 9th., time to go
Gardai in Wexford town discovered an estimated 45,000 worth of cannabis when they searched a house in the town last Thursday night. The raid took place at 7.40pm and the cannabis was discovered in what has been described as a ’ grow house’ .
now
firmly ‘ knocked-on-theDeputy
a
€45,000 Cannabis find in Wexford town
and
Communications.
of this week’ s announcement.
No arrests were made at the time of the raid at a house in Lee Heights which is in the Townparks area of the town near the old County Hospital building. The cannabis was taken away for analysis and when tests have been completed an exact value will be put on the cannabis which was discovered. Gardai are continuing their enquiries.
SNOOKER GREATS Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry were in Co. Wexford last week to play a series of exhibition games and they proved that they still have the pulling power of yester year when they drew a b ig crowd to watch the games and they were also much in demand for autographs. Picture Patrick Hogan
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€1.4m hotel extension to open in June existing jobs in the hotel.
that ever exacting standards and
expected to improve when the
segment of the market,
The
Moorings
demands of its customer base once
Riverside
said
Restaurant has also been
the new extension comes in stream
extended
at the end of June.
THE economy of Enniscorthy is Park
Hotel
officially
after
the
conference
Mr.
Neville,
the
and
is
now
opens its new 1.4 million extension
because
in June. That’ s according to the
despite having a very
capable of accomodating
Hotel’ s Managing Director Colm
large conference room,
120 people at any one
Riverside
Neville, for the new extension will
did
the
sitting, while The Alamo
Management Team in attracting
allow the hotel bid for small to
overnight accomodation
Restaurant has undergone
conferences to the hotel would
a
reflect itself in a wide variety of
not
hotel,
hotel’ s
have
to
facelift
in
with
the
facilities
attract such conferences
accordance
to the town.
to Enniscorthy. All that
wishes of its clientelle.
The extension to the Riverside
required
major
medium sized conferences which ,in turn, will attract a lot of new visitors
of life.
Last September, he said, the hotel
bedrooms
the extension because of
Council
the
Investigators
additional come
function
followed very shortly
hotel’ s
segment
commercial
hosted the annual gathering of the
additional 20 bedrooms and a new the
every
Mr. Neville said it was
under construction, will add an to
in
Enniscorthy’ s
Hotel’ s
necessary to undertake
added,
room
ways
Park
20
will change in June, he
Park Hotel, which is presently
when on
Mr. Neville felt the success of the
the
stream,
huge
demand
accomodation
for
of
International which
attracted
related
delegates from 16 countries from
existing facilities and will allow for
afterwards
functions being catered
around the World. That conference,
a much greater uptake in bookings
official opening of a
for
he
in
weddings,
second function room
remarked
areas
such
as
by
the
in
the
hotel.
He
added,
though
small
by
how
comparison to some, was worth in
gatherings,
capable of accomodating
Enniscorthy experienced
the region of 100,000 to the local
meetings etc., according to Mr.
up to 200 delegates or 150
a huge shortage of bed
economy and only a fraction of that
Neville. Most importantly, however,
banquetting guests.
receptions,
social
accomodation,
amount was spend in the hotel
hotel’ s
The Riverside Park
particularly during the
proper. Conference delegates like to
management team promote The
Hotel first opened for
busy tourist season, and
visit various locations during their
Riverside Park Hotel as an ideal
business in 1998 and the
he hoped the soon to be
stay, he remarked, and should the
venue for small to medium sized
new extension will mark
opened extension would
hotel
conferences capable of catering,
its
go some way towards
endeavours
with accomodation, for up to 200
business. It employs up to
meeting that shortage. He
gatherings, Enniscorthy, as well as
people.
120 full and part time staff and is
created as a result of the extension
was responding to demand, he said,
the Riverside Park hotel, will
Heretofore, The Riverside Park
now one of Enniscorthy’ s biggest
but, more importantly, according to
and he was confident the new look
benefit from the spin-off.
Hotel was not in a position to go
employers. Additional jobs will be
Mr. Neville, it will copperfasten the
Riverside Park Hotel would meet
it
will
allow
the
ferrybank advt half page
16th.,
year
in
Colm Neville
be
successful to
in
their
attract
such
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‘Views from Vinegar Hill’ Development of Quarrypark site could give Enniscorthy a jobs boost WEXFORD County Council’ s Economic Development Section is joining with Enniscorthy entreprenaeur, Dan Kickham, in promoting a 20 acre site ar Quarrypark, Enniscorthy, which has the potential of creating a large number of badly needed jobs in the town. The green field site, adjacent to a site originally earmarked for a Tesco superstore, is located beside the N11 on the main Enniscorthy/Dublin Road and is considered ideal for small to medium enterprises. Promotion of the site which is zoned ‘ mixed use commercial’ is actively underway, according to Wexford County Council’ s Development Officer, Padraig O’ Gorman, and already a number of interested parties have made enquiries concerning the possibility of establishing job creating projects there. The site, he added, is ideal for a variety of uses and can be sold to would-be developers in sizes ranging from half an acre to10 acres or, if required, as a 20 acre single unit. The site is being offered for sale at market rate, said Mr. O’ Gorman, and any would-be purchaser of part or all of the site will be given every assistance by his office in obtaining the necessary planing permission required in getting a start-up project off the ground. The Quarrypark enterprise site is one of 6 land banks presently being
promoted by the Council’ s Development Section in what has been described as a ‘ strategic partnership’ between the owners of the various land banks in question and Wexford County Council. The sites are located in all four main towns of the County as well as in Taghmon and Rosslare. The Enniscorthy site, however, is believed to be particularly significent given its ideal location in the centre of the county and the immediate availability of a well skilled workforce. Easy access to the site and its location alongside the main route to Dublin and Rosslare are other factors sure to be of appeal to would be developers. According to Mr. O’ Gorman there is an urgent need for good quality office space in Enniscorthy. Enterprise units are also in demand, he added, and the Quarrypark site meets the criteria required for the promotion and development of such projects. There is also a demand for ‘ fit-for-purpose’ units, he said, but as none are available at present, Wexford County Council’ s Economic Development Section – while examining the possibility of providing such units in the future – is presently concentrating on promoting the green field site concept to would be developers. He was firmly of the opinion, the Quarrypark site offers the best opportunity for job creation in Enniscorthy going forward.
Working in conjunction with Mr. Kickham, he said, and promoting the site both at home and abroad, could yield a very rich harvest in terms of jobs. He cautioned, however, against expectations of a ‘ quick-fix solution to the town’ s unemployment problem. Quarrypark is just one initiative under active promotion at present, he said and while he was confident of its success, he was of the view it would take an undetermined period of time to reach its full potential. Asked if any other job prospects were in the pipeline for Enniscorthy, through the efforts of the County Council’ s Economic Development Section, Mr. O’ Gorman responded positively by saying his Department was engaged in talks with would-be employers on an on-going basis in a bid to attract new industry to the County. Enniscorthy’ s many positives would always be promoted during these talks, he said, and if a potential employer had a specific requirement in respect of the town, every effort would be made to facilitate and assist in meeting that requirement. He was ‘ very optimistic’ that with the upturn in the economy and with the level of activity again being generated in the industrial sector, some good news on the jobs front for Enniscorthy was not too far off.
Saoirse Ronan has her hair attended to before filming begins on the set of “Brookyln” in Enniscorthy last week
Are local lock-up shops the target of professional criminal gangs? AS Garda investigations continue into the break-in at Martin’ s Foodstore and Service Station, Tomnalossett, Enniscorthy, there is growing unease among the business community in Enniscorthy that the town is being targeted by a gang of professional thieves. Last Wednesday night/Thursday morning’ s robbery, is the third major hit on lock-up shop premises in the Enniscorthy area in just over a month and in each case the gang or gangs responsible circumvented very elaborate security systems before gaining entry to the respective properties. Two of the three premises burgled are service stations with very elaborate security systems, while the third, a retail outlet on Templeshannon Quay, in Enniscorthy, is also protected by a monitored security system. Yet in the case of Doyle’ s Daybreak and Service Station in Ballymurn, Martin’ s Foodstore and Service
Station in Tomnalossett, Enniscorthy, and The Bus Stop Shop on Templeshannon Quay, Enniscorthy, the gang or gangs quite easily dismantled the security systems before proceeding to ‘ clean-out’ each premises of huge quantities of cigarette stocks and goods, including cash. The ease with which those responsible for the raids were able to circumvent the elaborate security systems in place and the manner in which there presence went unnoticed by families living in close proximity to all three premises, strongly suggests a professional gang is behind the raids even though Gardai are refusing to speculate on this possibility. What is clear, however, is that the modus operandi in all three raids is similar. Entry was gained to each premises only after the security systems were dismantled and within days of large cigarette stocks having being delivered to the
premises in question. This, in the view of many traders in Enniscorthy, clearly implies the person or persons responsible has detailed information on the movement and delivery of cigarette stocks or has the targeted premises under surveillance for some time prior to carrying out the raid. Either scenario is very worrying from a business point of view, particularly in light of the fact most business premises in Enniscorthy are owned by people who no longer live over the premises. With security systems less of a deterent than heretofore, traders are now seriously concerned about what steps to take in order to protect their properties. Another worrying aspect of the problem is the very obvious cutback in Garda patrols in and around Enniscorthy, particularly during night time hours. The number of Gardai on duty at any given time is believed to have been reduced substantially in line with
Garda cutbacks generally but for security and operational reasons, Garda management are refusing to say how this is impacting on operations generally. What is clear, however, is that there has been a substantial increase in house-breakings, burglaries and other related crimes in the general Enniscorthy area in recent months and this trend is adding to the worries of the business community. In respect of the three most recent break-ins at business premises over the past month, Gardai are carefully examining all aspects of the crimes in a bid to determine if they are linked in any way. The concensus of opinion is that all three robberies were carried out by the one gang and that they are targeting Service Stations, in particular, but so far Gardai are understood to have established no positive links to connect all three. A number of factors have emerged, however,
which Gardai are keeping ‘ under wraps’ for operational reasons and they believe these factors will eventually lead to the arrest and conviction of those involved. No exact figure has been put on the amount of goods, including cigarettes and cash, taken in the most recent raids, but in the case of Doyle’ s Daybreak Store and Service Station in Ballymurn, upwards of 60,000 is believed to have been involved. A similar sum is being mentioned in respect of Martin’ s store in Tomnalossett, while a smaller figure is understood to have been involved in the Bus Stop Shop raid. No arrests have yet been made by Gardai although progress is being reported in each case. The belief among the business community in Enniscorthy, however, is that more raids will follow unless those responsible are brought to justice sooner rather than later.
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‘What’s next an interview from the graveside?’ developed where people’ s deeply
has
people
queued
up
disturbing personal traumas are
bereavement has no duty to anyone
confession
boxes
I am old enough to remember the days
when
suffered
a
very
recent
in
used to chase radio and television
other than themselves in the first
churches all over the country on a
ratings is indeed disturbing and
instance and in the immediate
Saturday to confess their sins.
distasteful.
aftermath of a personal family
outside
tragedy a television appearance,
Those days are long gone but in
No doubt television and radio
recent weeks there has been an
producers of programmes such as
ever
initiative by the Church aimed
Joe Duffy’ s ‘ Liveline’ and and
unlikely to be a good idea.
encouraging people back to the fold
Ryan
Tubridiy’ s
in terms of dealing with complex
Show’
will
issues in their lives.
‘ Late
defend
how
well-intentioned,
is
Late
Of course it’ s a great idea for the
their
television producers who hope that
programmes on the basis that
the
It was in this context that the
people are not forced to appear on
emotional family recounting their
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin,
television or to call the radio
story will draw in thousands of
Denis Nulty, highlighted a trend
programme.
extra viewers. People should be
that has developed in Irish society
However, that misses the point.
and
given space to grieve before they are encouraged to lay bare their
emotionally disturbed that they are
innermost
radio
not
state
national airwaves or on television.
television to reveal their innermost
themselves to make these decisions.
If the current trend is brought to its
secrets.
They may feel that they have no
logical conclusion the next thing we
other hope of getting out of a
might see on our TV screens is a
that people think again before doing
particularly
personal
presenter standing at a graveside
this and instead consider going to
situation other than highlighting it
placing a microphone in front of a
confession.
to the nation or they may believe
grieving family as a coffin is
Whether a majority of people
that they owe it to some other
lowered to the earth and asking:
would consider going to confession
family to highlight their own issues
What
an option for them is open to
in an effort to help someone else.
thoughts’
on
Now the Bishop has suggested
question, but a trend that has
IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK IT’ S good to be back. Believe it or not almost eight months have elapsed since this column last appeared in print. Although it’ s coming to you in a different publication
nothing
else
has
changed in terms of how we hope to tackle the issues on a weekly basis. And of course the really good news is that you will no longer have to put your hand in your pocket for the privilege of reading the content of this column or any other news brought to you each week
on
the
pages
of
the
Chronicle. You can even read us if you don’ t get a copy of the paper by going Online to view our weekly web edition.
really
in
any
difficult
fit
so
wrecked
Often
going
are
a
their emotional issues by calling a of
people
of
where people now seem to deal with presenter
these
sight
are
heartache
your
on
the
immediate
But, for example, a family that
RYANAIR SURPRISE FOR HOWLIN Politicians are used seeing their images used in Ryanair adverts as part of a campaign of abuse-------who will ever forget the Mary O’ Rourke in the bath adverts, for example. However, Minister Brendan Howlin must have been pleasantly surprised last week when he featured in an advert from the company which actually said ‘ thanks’ to the government. Ryanair booked the space to mark the ending of the Travel Tax and used the adverts to praise the initiative and highlight the benefits the scrapping of the tax would deliver to the country. Howlin would probably have preferred it if the company had used a better image of him in the advert, but he will be grateful for small mercies. For once he was the subject of praise and not abuse.
A LEGAL LAUGH I always suspected that there wasn’ t much to that legal lark and now I think I might be right. I see where a guy in the UK spent got away for twenty years with pretending to be a barrister despite having only ‘ made up’ qualifications. Amazingly Amir Saleem’ s legal career only came to an end when he SUCCESSFULLY represented a client in court and won a damages pay-out. Suspicions were raised during the hearing in Manchester because of what were termed ‘ nonsensical legal propositions’ put forward by the ‘ barrister’ . Nonsense or not he won his case and a £7,680 pay-out for his client. Apparently Saleem also pretended to be a brain surgeon. I have no news to report on how successful he was in that career, but whatever about a dodgy solicitor representing me I think I’ d pass on a dodgy brain surgeon!
Although it’s a bit late I would like to salute all the volunteers who took part in the recent daffodill day. At a time when charities have such a bad name because of the greed of a few its good to remember that there are thousands of genuine charity volunteers in the country like Fiona Saunders above. Picture by Patrick Hogan
‘ I WANT MY CHIPS’ You know that feeling you get
inside.
when you arrive at a shop just as
Miles was none too impressed and
they are closing for the day. The
when her shouts of ‘ I want my
helpful assistant usually smiles
chips’
broadly
threatened to set the premises alight
‘ sorry
as
he/she
we’ re
announces
closed’
before
pushing the door into your face. Did you ever feel like putting your fist through the glass in anger?
before
went unanswered pushing
burning
she paper
through the letterbox. The fire was quickly extinguished and there was little damage, but
Well Deirdre Miles did a little more
lives could have been put at risk.
than that when she arrived to pick
Miles was handed a 28 month jail
up a take away at her local kebab
term for her efforts. However, I’ d
shop. She had placed her order a
say the staff will probably open the
little after 10pm and arrived to
door the next time someone arrives
collect it at 11.15, but the shop was
two minutes late to collect a pre-
closed with the staff still on duty
ordered take-away.
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Greed and Sky cash could change GAA forever THE GAA has always prided itself on being close to the heartbeat of the real Ireland with its units located in every parish in the country. Through its network of clubs and close connections with every community-------particularly those in rural areas-------------the GAA would say, with some justification, that it is an organisation which fully understands its membership and always seeks to represent their views and best interests. And there is no doubt that at a time when many rural communities feel under siege with the closure of shops, pubs and even a threat to post offices, the GAA is the only thing which binds many parishes together. The bedrock of the success of the GAA is the massive voluntary contribution which so many people make at all levels of the Association. That starts with those who train and look after the youngest players and for many people continues right
through their lives. The players themselves make a massive contribution and sacrifice much, not just to compete at the highest levels, but to compete at any level successfully in what has become a very competitive sport. Without all this voluntary effort and sacrifice the GAA would be nothing, but with this great support it is a truly great organisation. It should be careful therefore to ensure that all its decisions are taken with this in mind and not just with an eye on a quick buck. However, that seems to be what is happening with the latest proposed deal with Sky television to show some championship games. If the GAA it to sell its sports to the highest bidder and if the public are to have restricted access to its televised games then the GAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s association with its players, membership and the general public changes. If the efforts of amateur players
are to be used to extract the maximum cash for television rights and if the public have to pay for the privilege of seeing these players in action on their TV screens then surely the players themselves deserve financial compensation for their efforts. Equally the plight of elderly former players and officials must also be considered. Many could now be in nursing homes and a highlight of their week would likely be the GAA match at the weekend. However, with some games showing only on pay TV this simple treat will be denied to them. Then there is the question of the amount of taxpayers cash which the GAA received for the development of Croke Park itself and continues to receive for its various activities.
Surely this support of the Association by the taxpayer should at least entitle the public to free access to the games on TV. The GAA is, of course, entitled to pursue its commercial agenda in whatever manner it wishes.
However, if it goes that route it can hardly expect people to continue to view it solely as a great community based voluntary organisation deserving of taxpayer support.
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Corner Boy take over the square
WHILE Enniscorthy may have witnessed the turning of the town into a film set to capture the 1950s over recent weeks, the centre of Wexford town was the venue for the filming of a rather more modest, but not less important piece last week. The venue was St. Peter’ s Square where a crowd gathered in darkness to hear the sound of local group Corner Boy who are fast making a big name for themselves in the music industry. The occasion was the shoot of a music video for the band. The Square and surrounding area was closed off for the event with the little used bandstand coming in very handy as the idea prop for the singers.
Corner Boy are Michael D’ Arcy, Matthew O’ Brien, Karen O’ Connor, Leo Staples and Michael Sutherland . Following an appearance on the Late Late Show in February the Wexford group’ s profile has shot sky high and they have a thirty five date Irish and UK tour lined up. Patrick
Hogan’ s
photos
capture the scene in St. Peter’ s Square as the band and the crowd
showed
their
appreciation as part of the film scene.
Pictures by Patrick Hogan
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Chef Phelim Byrne Local agents merge to form joins Wexford REA McCormack Corish Racecourse
LEADING Wexford Chef Phelim Byrne is to provide the catering at Wexford Races for the new season. As part of ongoing initiatives to improve the raceday experience Byrne will prepare the food in the Ivy Road where racegoers can enjoy a delightful meal while watching the action on the track. Alternatively they can eat before racing begins. This Friday sees the opening of the
Spring/Summer season at the course with a twilight meeting beginning at 4.20pm. However, the 2014 season proper kick-off at Bettyville Park on St. Patrick’ s Day when a bumper crowd enjoyed decent weather and good racing. Course boss Michael Murphy revealed that they had 2,500 paying customers on the day. That was a multiple of what The Curragh attracted through its gates on the opening day of the flat season a week later. Friday evening’ s card is an national hunt programme which tends to be more popular with Wexford locals than a flat fixture. The feature event is the 15,000 Welcome To Chef Phelim Byrne Seasuir To The Ivy Room Handicap Hurdle. The full programme includes four hurdle races, a beginners chase, a handicap chase and as usual a concluding bumper. The final race is due off at 7.20pm
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REAL Estate Alliance, Ireland’ s fastest growing network of dedicated property professionals, has added another great name “ Corish” to its impressive nationwide roster. There are celebrations this month as REA McCormack and John Corish have joined forces to become REA McCormack Corish. As a member of Real Estate Alliance, REA McCormack Corish, look forward to continuing to serve their respective loyal client bases, now, with the added benefit of a strong network of established offices both across Ireland. Robert McCormack of REA McCormack Corish has been a member of Real Estate Alliance for two years and believes that this move will bring real benefits to sellers and buyers in Co. Wexford. Commenting on the move Robert said; “ our membership of Real Estate Alliance has enabled us to share market knowledge with the leading property firms in the country, seize new opportunities for our clients, speed up the sales process and have better access to corporate decision makers.” He
continued, “ Now John Corish’ s clients will benefit from the extra exposure and experience that this nationwide property group brings. We can see a noticeable increase in the level of enquiries and sales over the first few months of the year with many properties now being subject to competitive bidding. According to John Corish, “ The business will be strengthened further as a result of joining Real Estate Alliance. John believes that “ we will now be in a position to offer an even better service, thanks to the training and marketing expertise membership of the alliance brings. John feels that the progressive approach which REA are currently showing in the market place is a vindication of their belief in the positive future which is ahead of us, both in terms of our economy and the property sector. Maria Butler, who has been with John Corish for 13 years, will form an integral part of the new venture in which there is an excellent mix of experience, enterprise and youthful enthusiasm. Philip Farrell, Chief Executive of Real Estate Alliance, added; “ we are
delighted to have John Corish & his team on board. REA McCormack Corish represents the type of firm which Real Estate Alliance is proud to be associated with – experienced, professional and qualified. Our continued emphasis on quality before quantity is a critical success factor for Real Estate Alliance, as our 50 firms are members of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). Our aim is always to provide the best service through the most experienced, qualified and professionally recognised estate agents and auctioneers throughout the country,” said Mr. Farrell.
New times for funerals New regulations have been introduced to government funeral times in Wexford. In future all funerals will take place at 10am mass. Where a second funeral is scheduled on the same day it will be held at mid-day. In the past funerals were held at various times throughout the morning and even into the afternoon. The new times have been introduced following discussions between the priests of the Wexford town parish and local undertakers.
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Twomey calls for a Patient Safety Authority By Tim Ryan, Oireachtas Correspondent WEXFORD Fine Gael Deputy Liam Twomey called for the establishment of a Patient Safety Authority in the Irish health service. Speaking in the Dáil he called on the Minister for Health to bring forward legislation to establish a robust Patient Safety Authority that will inspire confidence in patients that their concerns will be properly addressed, ensure that the structures and governance of such an organisation are properly resourced so that complaints are dealt with in a timely manner and that the Patient Safety Authority can enforce the changes needed in our health service to protect patients. Deputy Twomey said that in terms of the many weaknesses that have arisen time and again within the health services, which fell to the Minister to deal with, there is a need for a one-stop-shop, such as an ombudsman to whom patients can go to have their issues dealt with. “ I call on the Minister to ensure a robust and well resourced Patient Safety Authority is put in place to protect patients,” he said. “ I do not think it is right that the Department of Health should be investigating itself when issues arise.” In response, Minister James Reilly said he would like to see in a patient safety authority is a champion for the patient, an organisation that can support the patient in getting satisfaction in relation to his or her complaint. “ It is my view and has been my experience as a doctor that the three ‘ As’ apply here,” he said. “ What people want when something goes wrong is an acknowledgement that something went wrong, an apology for it going wrong and an assurance that it will not happen again because things will change. I envisage that the Patient Safety Agency will be such a body. It will be the patient's
friend and the go-to-place for patients when issues arise, be that an issue such as the serious issues that arose in Portlaoise hospital or a staff member being rude.” Wallace concerned at increased costs for haulage industry The fact an increasing number of haulage operators are reregistering their vehicles in other jurisdictions due to the significant costs associated with the haulage industry here, such as the commercial vehicle road tax and commercial vehicle testing was raised in the Dáil by Wexford Independent Deputy Mick Wallace. Speaking during Question Time, he sought the view of Transport Minister Le Varakkar on the United
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport when the trucks were seized. There is little doubt the Irish hauliers have been looking at the difference it costs to run a truck in Ireland and in the UK on an annual basis, a difference that amounts to 31,000. It beggars belief.” In reply, Transport Minister Leo Varadkar said the Road Safety Authority has undertaken a comprehensive programme of reform of CVR testing. “ Conformity with vehicle standards is fundamental to our safety agenda,” he said. “ The previous system was introduced 30 years ago and is no longer fit for purpose. Specific concerns were raised by the industry about the
Kingdom’ s restrictive interpretation of the revised cabotage rules which is making it extremely difficult for Irish operators, in addition to the pending introduction of the lorry road user charge in the UK and Northern Ireland and his plans to address these challenges facing the industry. “ More than 11,000 international trucks operate in Ireland but more than 1,000 have left the jurisdiction and reregistered elsewhere because they do not feel there is a level playing field here,” he said. “ Nolan Transport, one of the biggest companies in the country, lost two trucks recently. The company is out of pocket to the tune of 300,000 from this issue but claims it was working under Irish guidelines set by the
testing of trailers under the new regime. I am pleased to report that my officials, the RSA and the Irish Road Haulage Association met to discuss these concerns and they have been satisfactorily dealt with.” “ I have had consultations with my UK counterpart to discuss cabotage carried out by Irish hauliers in the UK. Ultimately, the issue is that the British Government is taking a very strict interpretation of EU cabotage rules and that is impacting greatly on the ability of Irish hauliers to operate in the UK. The current cabotage regulations are too restrictive, inappropriate, anticompetitive and represent undue interference in the free market. However, while the current regulations are in place, the British
Government’ s actions, while legal.”
enforcement unwelcome, are
Walsh accuses Shatter breaching confidence Commissioner
of of
Wexford Fianna Fáil Senator Jim Walsh accused the Minister for Justice of breaching the confidence that should exist between every Garda Commissioner and the Minister last year. In a reference to Minister Shatter’ s revelation concerning Deputy Mick Wallace, he said it is traditional that the Garda Commissioner keeps the Minister informed but the last thing he expects is that the Minister will go on television to use the information politically,” he said. “ The position of Commissioner was politicised at that stage. It was a serious error of judgment on behalf of the Taoiseach to fail to comprehend the gravity of what happened on that occasion.” As a consequence, Senator Walsh said the Taoiseach has compounded the episode by sending the most senior official in the Department of Justice and Equality, An tUasal ÓPuirséil, to the Garda Commissioner with a political message. “ The intent of it was to cause the Commissioner to tender his resignation,” he said. “ That is particularly serious and it brings into question the position of the Taoiseach and not just the Minister for Justice and Equality. In that regard, I am somewhat critical of my party for tabling a motion in the Dáil that deals only with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter. It should include the Taoiseach, who has also been culpable in the Shattergate debacle.”
Wexford CBS boys are top debaters FOR only the third time in the 33 year old history of the event, a Wexford Secondary School has won the National Public Speaking Final of the Mental Health Ireland sponsored competition. Wexford CBS, represented by Jack Crean, Eric McGuire, Matthew Deveraux and Ross Long (sub) and tutored by Padraig Whitty emerged victorious at the national final in Trinity College, Dublin, on Saturday afternoon debating the subject “ Is mental health determined by memorable yesterdays, cheerful todays and hopeful tommorrows?” Three schools, including Wexford CBS, participated in the final, the other contestants being Haywood Community School, Ballinakill, County Laois and St. Joseph’ s Secondary School, Foxford, County Mayo. Points of reference for the adjudication panel were material, understanding of subject, originality, structure of material, delivery and rapport with audience and general impression and it was the unanimous view of the 5 man adjudication panel that Wexford CBS outscored their opposition on all reference points. First staged in 1982, the National Public Speaking Competition is now a major event in the life of second level schools and colleges and this year 162 second level institutions took part. St. Mary’ s CBS Enniscorthy, won the national title way back in 1989, while Gorey Community School emerged victorious in 2001.
Shots fired at house Gardai are investigating an incident in Wexford town in the early hours of Monday morning when a number of shots were fired at a house in George’ s Street. The incident happened around 5am when two shots were fired at the house which is close to the George Street junction with Abbey Street. No one was injured in the incident and Gardai believe that the shooting was intended as a warning.
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Enniscorthy says ‘thanks’ to cast and crew of Brooklyn’ ENNISCORTHY Town Council, in conjunction with Enniscorthy and District Chamber of Commerce, will this week host a reception in Enniscorthy Castle for the cast and crew of the film ‘ Brooklyn’ . Based on Colm Toibin’ s best selling novel of the same name, the film adaptation of the epic love story, starring Saoirse Ronan and David Gleeson, is being partly filmed in Enniscorthy and has brought in its wake a welcome financial boost for the town. Wednesday night’ s reception is the Chamber of Commerce and the Town Council’ s way of saying ‘ Thank You’ to the cast and crew of ‘ Brooklyn’ for focusing an unexpected spotlight on Enniscorthy which, hopefully, will generate a new found interest in the town among tourists when the film is released sometime next year. Tourist sources estimate filming part of ‘ Brooklyn’ in Enniscorthy could be worth several million Euros in visitor revenue over the next couple of years. Enniscorthy was just one of a number of locations around Ireland examined by the production team behind the making of ‘ Brooklyn’ and the decision to come to
Enniscorthy was based, in part, on the cooperation received from the Town Council, the local Chamber of Commerce, the Gardai
in Enniscorthy, he said the level of cooperation received was far greater than had been expected.
Extras pictured on the set of Brookyln last week Picture by Liz Wildes and the business community in general. The film’ s Production Manager, Gordon Wicherley, explained that filming scenes for a movie in a large urban area like Enniscorthy can be extremely difficult without the full cooperation of a very large number of people and
Mr. Wicherley singled out Town Clerk, David Minnogue and Chamber of Commerce President, Michael Bennett for particular mention, saying they embraced the concept behind the project from the outset and enthusiastically supported every request for
assistance from the film’ s production team. He also praised the Gardai for their cooperation, the business community in Enniscorthy and the general public for what he described as their “ professional approach” to all requests for assistance and help during filming. Asked if he would like to return to Enniscorthy to shoot another film at some time in the future, Mr. Wicherley said the town has some wonderful characteristics which could form the backdrop for any number of projects and as such he would not rule out returning to Enniscorthy. A lot would depend on the requirements of the production team, he said, but Enniscorthy, as a town, had a lot to offer and with its fine street scape, he would not be in the least bit surprised if film makers were to use its many attractions going forward. Filming of scenes for ‘ Brooklyn’ began on Monday of last week and centred mainly around Castle Street, Court Street, John Street and Friary Hill. Other scenes, however, were filmed at Island Road and outside St. Aidan’ s Cathedral, while the town’ s famed Athenaeum Hall was used to film a dance scene involving over 100 local people as extras. Filming also took place on Curracloe Beach, at Crosstown Cemetery in Wexford and at Tagoat Parish Church on the main Wexford to Rosslare Road.
NATIONAL HUNT RACE MEETING AT WEXFORD FRIDAY APRIL 11TH. SEVEN RACE CARD. FIRST RACE 4.20PM.
Chef Phelim Byrne’ s Seasuir new to The Ivy Room
Book Now (087) 3828099 We are delighted to welcome Phelim Byrne as the Caterer in our restaurant, The Ivy Room. Consider dining at The Ivy Room before or during the races, choose from a wide selection of hot/cold food. Food is also available in The Snack Room all during the races.
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Political Notebook Can Ger and Mark keep it in the family ? THE Carthy and Fenlon names
to their advantage———————and have
Is a councillor’s life as good as it is painted? MUCH of the publicity around
However, the reality must be a little
outgoing members but have also
local councillors in recent years has
different given the difficulty which
found the task a difficult one.
centred on what is painted as a
almost all parties have encountered
Of course there are plenty of candidates queuing up on all sorts of
have been very significant ones in
both
impressive
lavish lifestyle of expenses, salaries
as they set about the task of
local politics in Wexford for many
involvements in their own right,
and perks. Indeed the only time
selecting candidates for the contests
‘ anti’ platforms to seek seats, and
years. The late Leo Carthy had
both in the sporting and voluntary
some newspapers devote a decent
in the four districts that will make
some may well be elected, but for a
represented the people of South
sector.
amount
up
lot of people it seems the challenges
of
space
to
local
representatives is when they are
Wexford’ s
new
enlarged
council.
of being a councillor somewhat
Wexford for half a century before
Carthy will be hoping to return
his defeat five years ago, while
the ‘ family’ seat to Our Lady’ s
Anna Fenlon, who has been
Island and he is strongly fancied
plagued by ill-health, is standing
to be successful although he does
If you were to judge by these
Tony
been hot tips for re-election are not
down this time around after two
face a pretty crowed rural field in
reports alone you could only come to
Dempsey and Fergie Kehoe but so
in the race this time. For example,
decades in local government.
the Wexford District. However,
the conclusion that the councillors’
far they have had little success.
in the Wexford District almost all
There will be a lot of interest in
with ten seats up for grabs he is
jobs on offer in next month’ s
Similarly in Enniscorthy area Fine
the councillors with long experience
the performance of their sons, Ger
seen as one likely to come
elections would be much sought
Gael have been on the lookout for a
are opting for retirement.
after.
new candidate to join the three
Carthy, who is standing as an
through.
Independent and Mark Fenlon,
Fenlon faces a bit of an uphill
publishing the amounts which they were
paid
in
allowances
and
expenses.
battle but if outgoing councillor
Despite all the efforts to bring new
Anna makes it to the doorsteps
blood————-people who are not
during the campaign and can
THE now retired Acting County
related to outgoing politicians——
swing a reasonable slice of her
———-into politics those whose family name has been on the
This probably also explains why so
been going to great lengths to find a
many councillors who would have
third
candidate
to
join
happened. Before he left the job
Hynes, formerly of the Labour
Manager, Adrian Doyle, hardly
Adrian expressed the view that
Party, to support his claims that the
own support behind him then he
expected his words to be used as part
‘ local government is going down
government are destroying local
will be challenging at the finish
of the local election campaign battle.
the tubes at the rate of knots’ . Now
government.
assuming he picks up even a
But
his words are being used by Davy
that’ s
exactly
what
has
modest amount of votes in his own
James’ dilemma EXPECT a lot of attention to focus on the vote of Enniscorthy Fianna Fail
candidate
James
Browne in next month’ s poll. In a sense he can’ t win because if he does well his Dad, TD John, will get the credit but if he doesn’ t do as well as expected it Ger Carthy
Mark Fenlon
won’ t be long before you
do have the edge when it comes to
right.
hear some people making
standing as a first time candidate.
Fenlon, of course, did not come
unfavourable comparisons
Both Leo Carthy and Anna Fenlon
through the local Fine Gael
with the TD. However, one
were strong vote-getters in their
convention, but was added to the
thing
day and it will be interesting to
ticket by party headquarters. HQ
Browne Junior will have a
see how much of their vote
obviously believes that just like
transfers to their sons.
his mother he has the ability to
Of course neither man is standing
pick up hundreds of votes that
solely on the track record of their
would not normally go to a Fine
mother or father————-although
Gael candidate. Time will tell.
they would be foolish not to use it
outweigh the rewards.
for example, that Fianna Fail have
Adrian’s campaign words
who is on the Fien Gael ticket.
ballot paper in previous elections
We hear from the Welford District,
seems
certain,
strong campaign in place. John
Browne
hasn’ t
achieved the success he has enjoyed over the years without having a well oil election machine in place
and knowing a thing or two about effective campaigning.
Martin plays into the wind ON the hurling field he was a man who was feared the by teams from all over the country and he has a collection of medals to show for his efforts, but Martin Storey has yet to be tested on the field of battle that is a local election. Next month his name will appear on a ballot paper for the first time as he contesst the Enniscorthy area. Martin is, of course, already a councillor, but he secured his place as a result of a co-option following the untimely death of Pat Cody who won the seat for Labour five years ago. Prior to that you had to go all the way back to the days of the late Andy Doyle to find a Labour representative at Co. Council level in Enniscorthy so the late Pat’ s breakthrough was quite an achievement. Martin has the advantage of being very well known through his sporting profile, but on a day when the wind is likely to be against the Labour Party he will have his work cut out. However, you should never underestimate the pulling power of sporting success, particularly when it is achieved all the way to the level of an All-Ireland final.
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PHOTO DIARY by Ray Flynn With St. Patrick!s Day 2014 just gone leaving us with fond memories of this year’s parade. How many of us can remember back to the St. Patrick!s Day Parade in 1977. Were you there?
Fr. Noel Hartley blesses the shamrock watched by The Mayor of Wexford Avril Doyle and the Late Brendan Corrish with other dignitaries
Girl Guides Step it out Leading the parade
C.B.S. Boy’s Band
Sea Scouts
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Spring time in the garden Beechdale Plants plus Garden THIS weekend there are a number of Spring Offers
available at !2.99 each or 6 for !15.99. Staff at
at Beechdale Plantsplus Garden Centre. Beechdale
Beechdale are keen to help you pick the right plants,
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so bring in plans or photos and we will guide you.
Cottage garden plants for summer colour are now
Beechdale has an impressive range of garden furniture and giftware in stock to suit many different tastes and budgets. Check out their website www.beechdaleplantsplus.ie or ring Beechdale @ 053 9244271 for information. Beechdale is located 10km south of Enniscorthy on N30, near Clonroche, they are open from 9am - 6pm Mon-Sat and 12-6pm on Sundays. Beechdale are holding a FREE garden talk on Luscious Lawns on Saturday 12th at 11am where you can get tips on improving the look of your lawn, or controlling moss or weeds. Beechdale’ s annual Easter Egg Hunt takes place at 2pm on Easter Sunday. Make sure to colour in your picture and bring it in before 3pm on Easter Sunday. Pictures are available in store or downloaded from www.beechdaleplantsplus.ie The Wildflower Café at Beechdale continues to draw the crowd, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. Their home baked treats are to die for. Checkout the Wildflower Café Facebook page for today’ s specials.
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is a family owned and run garden centre with years of experience. We are offering true expertise and inspiration for both your home and garden. We stock a vast range of products to suit modern or traditional gardens for both the expert or novice alike. As well as an exceptional range of all garden
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What to do in Your Garden this April It's hard to know where to start when everything is bursting into life and flower all at once. Start with these jobs and you won't go far wrong. Don't forget to stop for a moment occasionally, though, just to enjoy. General tasks: Tackle bindweed the moment it pokes above ground. Dig it out by the roots, or paint each new shoot with glyphosate-based weedkiller. Store seeds carefully after sowing and they'll last for next year. Seal inside boxes somewhere cool - the fridge is perfect. Ornamental garden: Sow annual grasses like quaking grass (Briza maxima) and squirrel-tail grass (Hordeum
jubatum) for delicate foliage and dancing flowers. Dead-head daffodils once they finish flowering so they can put their energy into building up reserves for next year. Plant summer flowering bulbs like Anemone 'De Caen', wood hyacinth (Galtonia candicans) and star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum). Kitchen garden: Support peas using twiggy peasticks or pea netting tied to canes. You'll find all you need for the job in our garden centre. Plant maincrop potatoes about 60cm apart and 30cm deep, putting them in with the 'eye' end (with the most knobbly buds) upwards. Thin seedlings to the spacings given on seed packets, removing the weakest and leaving strong young plants to grow on.
Each piece we produce is manufactured to the highest standard. We offer a range of beautiful colours to suit every taste. Available from Wallace's Wellingtonbridge.
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AE &
Adam
Hey everybody ! ce w e ie p t s ir f e h t is is h t g Considerin e we s n e s n o n e h t g in d lu c x e have written ( and r e t it w T n o e t u ib r t n o c both be a ld u o w it t h g u o h t e w , ) Facebook ot. o f e iv it s o p a n o t r a t s great idea to article is h t g in it r w e b o ls a l We’l not ly e k li t s o m l il w h ic h w , together on t e g ’t n o d e w s a e r u t u f happen in the lise, our a e r o t e m o c l ’l u o y s a , at all, and ent. r e f if d y ll a t o t e b n a c interests
‘HUGE SUCCESS OF #NOMAKEUPSELFIE AND #MAKEUPSELFIE’. SO,
yet another social media craze took up newsfeeds on
Facebook across the world in the shape of #NoMakeUpSelfies and #MakeUpSelfies. Unlike the majority of rot (mostly from Adam) that clogs up your newsfeeds, this one had a serious purpose. Most of you will already be familiar with the concept, but for those of you who have been hiding under a rock, or at least a metaphorical one that stopped you from using the internet, here’s the basic idea:
Girls from all over the world got the makeup wipes out in an attempt to raise awareness for breast cancer. They took “selfies” (a photo of yourself, taken by yourself) without any makeup on and posted them publicly for their hundreds or thousands of friends to see. After a matter of hours the whole trend had taken over Facebook and Twitter. Within 24 hours of the campaign being launched, the Irish Cancer Society had received in excess of !200,000, and a reported £1million had been donated across the UK.
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This was not the end of the craze, not by a long shot. The girls were making such an impact while the men were sitting back and admiring them, until some brave bloke took the idea of a #MakeUpSelfie upon himself. Unlike the girls who took their makeup off, the boys slapped their makeup on which was also a huge success and absolutely hilarious and also added to the overall amount donated to charity which exceeded !1millon. It was a pleasure to see the young and old of Wexford contributing so much towards the cause. Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Sons, they all came together, and had a bit of craic at the same time! The whole campaign was a prime example of how social media can be used for positive trends just as much as the other stuff that’s posted. So, to all the doubters, HA! From both of us, we want to say a big well done to all who were involved, and I suppose we should practice what we preach, so here’s our #MakeUpSelfie:
Adam & Eoin
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AE &
Eoin
Tune of the Week
Mrs Pettitts Party"
The death of house music legend Frankie Knuckles shook the world of music recently so tune of the week is in honor of him so I give his classic "Your Love! Tune of the week. Eoin
It!a great when you get to DJ a party with a real buzz and I managed to spin the music for one of the parties of the year when I went down to the Sky and the Ground to head up the celebrations for the birthday of Mrs Pettitts herself Trudy Conway. It was her 21st and everyone was in great form, well no really she!s 40 (sssh) and the place was buzzing as I spun a few old skool tunes. Was like a 90!s rave, excellent party all around. Below you can see a picture of Trudy and her amazing cake, YUM.
All polar bears are left handed, yep there you have it folks, its true all of them! Not some, all!!, so if you ask a polar bear for an autograph he will use his left hand, tune in next week for more useless facts. Eoin
Eoin
WHAT’S A THREE MONTH ANNIVERSARY!
Sooo,
HOT – DAVID LETTERMAN The American chat show host legend David Letterman has called time on his amazing hosting career, he has announced this week that this is his last year in front of the cameras and the 66 year old will I!m sure receive all the plaudits he deserves, we salute you.
NOT – CHRIS BROWN He!s at it again, ultimate bad boy Chris Brown has been removed from rehab and put in prison once again with all the other "Beautiful People!, and yes he!s back inside for you guessed it, assault charges. I just don!t get why he didn!t just "run it! because now he!s just going to be looking at "wall to wall! Ok I!ll stop now, here!s Chris looking like "fine china!.
I thought it would be a good idea to start writing about things I see on Facebook that make me want to scream into a pillow, which by the way, is literally all my Twitter account (@I_Rant_A_Lot) consists of. Anyways, for the next few weeks, if not longer, I’ll be giving out. Yay! Not because you want to hear me give out, but because I have nothing really else to talk about. First on the agenda? Cringe-worthy Facebook couples! As it’s my first rant, I’ll be nice and keep it short, because realistically, most people will get fed-up half way through and stop reading – presuming they haven’t already! Anyway, the people I’m referring to are those “friends” that post on each other’s pages daily declaring how much they love each other. All you’re doing is blocking up Facebook and annoying people. Newsfeeds are for news, not for you to post 40 million pictures of yourselves hugging each other a day. Stop! It’s unnecessary. While I’m at it actually, a “3 month anniversary” isn’t a thing, so don’t try make it one. Neither is a “1 year and 2 months anniversary”, so again, don’t be that person! Adam
Eoin
D N A P U G IN K IN R D , P U G IN S S DRE 50CENT BETS After buying my ticket and waiting about 3 months, the Leopardstown Raceday finally took place last Wednesday (2nd April). Unfortunately the rain was flat-out for the whole day, but after a few drinks everyone forgot anyway. Over 8,000 students got dressed up and drank copious amounts of Aldi beer. Well, correction actually, the girls drank wine to try seem lady-like but realistically they paid !3 a
bottle. Colleges all over Dublin were empty and most lecturers probably didn’t bother coming into work. Win-win! It was a grand aul day, full of students pretending to know something about horses. The lads were out in numbers going mad after winning !2.50 on a bet – it was right craic! And yes, I was part of the whole thing, including the 50cent bets. The races were on from about 4pm to 6pm, and after, we all got on a bus and headed into town for more pints, which to be fair, turned out being a seriously good night in the city! Here’s a few pictures of us earlier in the day before everyone started getting messy
Adam
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Wexford Agony Uncle I AM SO UNHAPPY IN MY JOB Dear Alan, I am a very troubled man. Life should be fantastic for me now. I have what should be a great job which pays loads of money and gives me a very high profile. However, this good job has turned into a nightmare. Up to last summer I was very happy. The job I had wasn’ t as good and it didn’ t pay as much money, but everyone was very happy with me. Then I got this great new job offer and felt I couldn’ t refuse it. I don’ t know if I would have been considered for it, to tell you the truth, only for the influence of my uncle Alex. You see he used to have the job himself and he really enjoyed it and everyone loved him, even the Queen, which is why most people now call him ‘ Sir’ , although I just call him Alex. Anyway Alex persuaded me that I’ d be mad to turn the job down. He said the staff were fantastic and were in fact the best in the country at their job, success was guaranteed. Doing the work was no problem, he assured me, the only downside was sometimes having to speak to a nasty TV type who might say something I didn’ t like, but Uncle Alex assured me that I could turn my back on them if I felt like it.
“ The message on the Plane said I should be sacked” Well Alan I’ m not a year into the job yet and the ‘ dream’ has turned into a ‘ nightmare’ . I simply can’ t do right for wrong and some of the staff, far from being fantastic have proven to be a disaster. Sometimes I think they are doing a bad job on purpose, but I can’ t tell anyone that or things would only get worse. They are saying terrible things about me in the newspapers and
sometimes when I go to work I can hear people saying nasty things as well. The final straw was when someone paid a lot of money to fly a plane over my place of work. It had a message on it saying I should be sacked. I am at my wit’ s end Alan, what should I do. David, Manchester Dear David, It seems to me that the root of your problem is that you did not get this job on your own merits. From what you say, it seems that your Uncle Alex was really responsible for getting you into this position and maybe, just maybe, you were never really suitable for it. It is always better to try and get a job on your own merits rather than relying on a relative or friend to ‘ lift’ you into it.
“ You could always go to Job Bridge” So for the future I would say try and stand on your own two feet when you are seeking a job. You may not get as good a position as you currently have but you would be happier. I note you are from Manchester, but in this country we have a thing called JobBridge which might be of interest to you if things get really bad. Any TD will be able to send you details. Sometimes people are just not cut out for certain jobs and from what you say you seem to fit into this category. Given what you tell me about how people are treating you in this job I say you (and a lot of others) would be much happier if you left. You may even be entitled to some compensation. I am sure you will be able to get a solicitor to represent you on a ‘ no foal no fee basis’ . You will be able to find one from the adverts on daytime TV. Alan
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Simple food for simple people With Delicious Kevvi and Strawberry Mary WELL hello and welcome to our new cooking
able to read them, let alone cook the dam things.
column here at The Chronicle. You may wonder
So this week we will focus on an egg. There are, of
what two world famous cooking experts like us are
course, many ways to cook an egg, but we are going
doing writing a weekly column in a local
to opt for the fired egg. This week readers, it’ s how
newspaper. After all it’ s not as if we need the
to fry an egg. So pay attention and consider how
money.
lucky you are to have people of the calibre of
And on the subject of money, we’ re not managing
Strawberry and myself offering up some of our
to command our usual fees for this, so don’ t expect
valuable (and expensive) time to provide cooking
much from us on a weekly basis. For what we’ re
guidance to the people of Wexford.
getting we’ ll be limited (very limited) in the
We could be earning a lot more money spending
amount of words we’ ll
just a few minutes on
write each week, but
breakfast TV or putting the
don’ t worry we’ ll make
finishing
the pictures very large to
another chapter in our
touches
to
make up for it and I
latest books, you know.
suppose that’ s probably
So the first thing to do on
just as good because
the road to frying the egg is
most of you would not
to actually find one. We’ d
understand the meaning of much of what we’ d have to say in any case.
suggest a trip to the local supermarket (I find Supervalu best) and search
Anyway, why are we doing this column here? Well
along the aisles until you come across a sign which
Strawberry recently did one of those programmes
says ‘ EGGS’ . You probably won’ t actually see
on the BBC tracing family histories and discovered
any eggs because they are likely to be contained in
that she is related------a long way back--------to the
boxes of six or twelve. Select a box and proceed to
Berrys of Enniscorthy and she thought it would be
the check-out where you pay the required amount
nice to do something for the relatives back in
for the eggs you want to purchase. ‘ What’ Strawberry ‘ Oh we’ ve used up all the
Ireland. And I plan to run a beach café in Curracloe next
words we were paid for this week’ . Right that’ s it
summer---------it will be a high class place, naturally
then for this week but below we publish a large
enough-----------so I thought the bit of local profile
picture of an egg box just in case you have any
wouldn’ t do any harm.
trouble finding them on the supermarket shelves
Now on to the cooking. Strawberry and I know there
and also because it helps us fill out space.
is no point in printing our usual elaborate and much
Until next time ‘ Happy Cooking’
so-after recipes here, sure most of you wouldn’ t be
Search the supermarket shelves until you find a box like this
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LOCAL NOTES Enniscorthy Notes FUNDRAISING CONCERT ENNISCORTHY Choral Society in association with Co. Wexford Hospice Homecare Fundrasing Concert this Friday night in St. Mary’ s Church, Enniscorthy. Tickets available from The Reception, Frizelle O’ Leary’ s Enniscorthy 053 9233547, Hospice Homecare c/o Eamonn Mernagh 087 8111855, or any member of the Enniscorthy Choral Society. A great night assured, tickets only 10 euros.
A NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR LIFE Organised by Life Institute in Dublin Castle on Saturday April 12th from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This will be a day of Renewal to bring Ireland back to life. Come and hear a host of star speakers. Admission 15 euros including coffee/tea/snacks at two breaks or 25 euros including lunch. Bus leaving SuperValu Car Park, Abbey Square, Enniscorthy at 7 a.m. To book please contact Elizabeth at 087 922637.
LEARN NEW SKILLS In the comfort of your library from April 14th. 20 hour training will be provided. Courses are free. Please book early to avoid disappointment. If you are interested. Please complete an Application form at the Library or call in to your
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WALK FOR FRIENDS OF ST. JOHN’ S HOSPITAL
Ex-Comrades in Council shoot out over tax cuts A bitter pre-election clash erupted at Monday night’ s meeting of Wexford Borough Council between two former Labour Party comrades over how revenue from an economic situation should be distributed.
A fun walk in aid of Friends of St. John’ s Hospital will be held on Sunday May 18th commencing at 2 p.m. The 10k walk begins at Vinnies Pub, Island Road and will proceed to Scarawalsh via the old road and back to Vinnies along the main road. Sponsorship Cards available from Margaret Walker, on 087 6862765. Your support will be appreciated.
AN EVENING OF STYLE AND ELEGANCE At Donohoes Mercedes-Benz, Quarrypark, Enniscorthy. Featuring fashions from La Creme Boutique and Jack Dunne and Son, Gorey. Hosted by Brendan Courtney, RTE’ s Off The Rails. This Thursday, 10th April at 7 p.m. All proceeds in aid of HOPE Cancer Support Centre. Tickets 5 euros available from Donohoe Mercedes-Benz, The Bus Stop Shop, HOPE Cancer Support and Byrne’ s Bookstore.
Davy Hynes The clash between Labour Mayor, George Lawlor and his former party colleague, Davy Hynes, who now sits as an independent followed a motion from Cllr Hynes calling on the government to consider reversing ‘ some of the horrendous cuts to benefits, including child benefit and medical cards and also seeking cost of living increases for social welfare recipients instead of a proposal to cut taxes, which Cllr Hynes said would benefit the better off. But there were angry exchanges between the proposer of the motion and the top table when the Mayor accused the independent member of
EASTER IN ST. AIDAN’ S CATHERDRAL Lenten Penance Service Monday, 14th April at p.m. and Saturday, 19th April at 12 noon Holy Thursday Mass of the Lords Supper at p.m. Good Friday Children’ s Passion at 12 noon The Lord’ s Passion at 3 pm Prayer around the Cross at p.m.
abandoning the working poor with the wording of his motion. But Cllr Hynes strongly denied that he was opposed to an easing of the tax burden on lower paid workers. ‘ They did not cause the problem’ , he said However, he insisted that Ireland was not a high tax economy and refused to amend his motion which called on any return from an uplift in the economy to be used to reverse social welfare cuts and to improve benefits. But the Mayor said people in a welfare trap and on modest incomes deserved to have the burden on them lifted. Cllr Jim Allen said people were hitting the high rate of tax to soon and were caught in a social welfare trap as a result. His party colleague Phil Roche said couples where one partner had a salary around €30,000 and where the other was on a three day week were struggling to pay their mortgages. ‘ They are being forgotten’ , she insisted. Cllr Padge Reck said Ireland was no country for old people. If he was in his twenties himself he would leave the State. He said there were many people who were old, cold and not able to buy coal. Cllr Joe Ryan said the motion was too narrowly focused. There were many public servants on very low
George Lawlor happening it would be totally wrong to follow the path suggested by some councillors and put it all at risk again. The motion was defeated on the grounds that it was too narrow and did not address the issue of low income workers who would benefit from a tax break. Fianna Fail councillor Paddy Nolan abstained on the vote. He said the man criticising the cuts, (Cllr Davy Hynes) had been supporting them up to a few months ago and he did not want anything to do with it.
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incomes that would benefit from a tax break. Cllr Anna Fenlon said she accepted that people had to make a lot of sacrifices in an effort to turn the economy around. Now that it was
Good Friday Children’ s Passion at 12 noon The Lord’ s Passion at 3 pm Prayer around the Cross at p.m.
Holy Saturday Penance Service at 12 noon Easter Vigil at p.m. Easter Sunday Normal Sunday Mass Times: 9.30 am, 11 am and 12.3M0pm Easter Monday Mass at 10 am
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Launch of Wexford Craft Trail
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DAFT.IE REPORT INDICATES HOUSE PRICES MAY BE SET TO TURN A CORNER THE average asking price for a one bedroom apartment in Co. Wexford in the first quarter of 2014 was just !44,000, a drop of 5% on a year earlier, according to the latest Daft.ie survey of asking prices for property across the country. The asking price for a one bedroom apartment in Co. Wexford was higher than that sought in Carlow, Longford or Laois, but lower than in the remaining counties in Leinster. The asking price for a two bedroom apartment was on average !59,000, while the asking price for a three bed semi was on average !81,000. Four bedroom bungalows had an average price ask of !172,000, while five bedroom properties in the county were being offered for !215,000.
Year on year there was barely any movement at the higher end of the market in terms of asking price, but the asking price for apartments and three bed semis all dropped by between 4% and 5%. Commenting on the latest Daft research on the Irish property market in-house economist Ronan Lyons said Dublin still dominated developments in the housing market. ‘ This latest Daft.ie House Price Report shows that annual inflation in Dublin list prices rose to 15% in early 2014 compared to a rise of just 0.5% twelve months previously. The rate of inflation is also accelerating---the average list price in the capital rose by 5.7% in the first three months of 2014, equivalent to the entire increase
between July and December last year’ ‘ But it would be wrong to assume that house prices are still in decline throughout the rest of the country. While the year on year change outside Dublin remains negative, a 3.3%, this twelve month figure hides an increase between January and March of 2.3%. This quarter on quarter rise in list prices is the first one since mid-2007, ending a run of twenty six straight quarters of falling values outside the Capital. Mr Lyons said this end of price falls around the country was not surprising when taken together with the supply figures. The total stock of properties sitting on the market fell from 54,000 in March 2012, to 33,000 last month.
‘ Ravenwood’ , Coolteigue, Bree, Co. Wexford Price: €425,000 Exquisite residence extending to c. 3,650 sq.ft. Set on c. three acres with 5 stables and outbuildings With some wonderful views of the surrounding countryside SET on some three acres this exquisite residence extending to c. 3,650 sq.ft., offers peace and seclusion in a wonderful setting. It is quietly tucked away with some wonderful views of the surrounding countryside. This property would be ideal for those looking for a large family home and in particular those with an equestrian interest. Outside there are two large paddocks, 5 stables and other very useful outbuildings. It was constructed in 2001 to exacting standards and incorporating many attractive design features, the elegantly proportioned reception rooms lend themselves beautifully to entertaining with the kitchen/breakfast room being the heart of the house. There are two high quality multi-fuel burning stoves. Outside no expense has been spared with extensive limestone patio area and the most wonderful pond with water feature. This patio area has an ideal southerly orientation and it is just perfect for the evening sun. The patio area can be accessed directly from the kitchen/dining room and offers ample space for outside dining. ‘ Ravenwood’ is extremely well located being only a short distance from the N11 and with easy access to both Wexford and Enniscorthy towns. The accessibility is further enhanced with the new Enniscorthy By-Pass due for construction shortly. This will bring this area of County Wexford within 1hr. 30 minutes’ drive of South County Dublin.
The Puzzles’ , Ballyvaughan, Blackwater, Co. Wexford Price: €110,000 THE Puzzles is a lovely traditional, detached cottage built in 1839, tastefully extended to the rear and presented in mint condition throughout, retaining all of its original character and charm. The property stands on a mature c. ! acre site laid out mainly in lawns with a number of established trees including two large monkey puzzles in the front garden. Conveniently located on the main Blackwater to Kilmuckridge road, only 1.5 km from Blackwater village, 4.5km from Ballyconnigar beach and only 2km from Knocknasillogue beach. Suitable as a holiday or permanent home, convenient to all local amenities.
3 Trinity Street, Wexford Price: €45,000 NO. 13 Trinity Street is located within walking distance of all town amenities. A short stroll will take you to Wexford’ s South Main Street with a host of amenities such as shops, supermarket, pubs, restaurants, etc. It is located most conveniently to primary school, medical centre, supermarket, hotel, etc. The property is in need of modernisation. Internally the rooms are of generous proportions and it is well laid out. To the rear there is an extension which incorporates a rear lobby and shower room. Enclosed rear yard with garden shed and door to rear garden. With some outlay this property would be an ideal home for first time buyers or possibly a purchaser trading down from a larger home. It represents excellent value for money and early viewing comes highly recommended.
For information on properties on this page contact Kehoe & Assoc. Commercial Quay, Wexford Tel: (053) 91 44393 | Fax: (053) 91 23021 | Email: jenny@kehoeproperty.com | Web: www.kehoeproperty.com
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Ford hails strong growth IRELAND’ S new car market continues to bounce back, as another 20% increase in sales during the month of February – on top of a buoyant January – has helped to boost the country’ s struggling retail sector. A total of 12,754 new cars were registered in February, with a further 1,869 new commercial vehicles ensuring the market remains on course for 100,000 sales in 2014. While the car market is generating most headlines, it’ s the growth in sales of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) that is sparking the most optimism in business circles, as SMEs continue to invest for the future. In each of the first two months of the year, the LCV market has grown by a colossal 41% to boost the growing feel good factor in showrooms around the country. Ford once again leads the commercial vehicle market for the year to date – as they have done for 24 of the past 25 years – and the Cork-based manufacturer says that
resurgent vehicle sales can play a leading role in Ireland’ s continued economic recovery. “ A sustained increase in new car sales is fantastic
news for our industry and it’ s giving a lot of hope and encouragement to dealers who have endured a really tough time in recent years,” says Ford Ireland chief Eddie Murphy. “ In a way though, it’ s the growth in new commercial sales that is the greatest cause for optimism as it reflects how companies, SMEs in particular, are feeling,” he went on. “ Small businesses are the backbone of our economy so if they are feeling positive, if they are investing in new vans and trucks, if they are spending money, that’ s a very good sign. “ Our success in the commercial market is down to an outstanding product line-up,” Mr Murphy explained. “ The Ford Transit remains the country’ s most popular LCV, with the Focus Van, Fiesta Van, Transit Connect and Transit Custom also performing strongly.” In addition to leading the commercial market, Ford has also posted a strong car market share with two cars – Focus and Fiesta – in the top 5 best-sellers.
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All-New Opel Vivaro: Top Design and Best-in-Class Engines THE new Opel Vivaro combines the functionality of a light commercial vehicle with the comfort and design of a passenger car. Coming to Ireland in Autumn, The second generation of Opel’ s bestseller delivers an impressive ‘ wow’ factor by bringing Opel’ s awardwinning ‘ sculptural artistry meets German precision’ design philosophy to the light commercial vehicle segment for the first time. Complementing its new, eye-catching looks are state-of-the-art technologies and many practical, innovative features, under the hood – diesel engines ensure strong pulling power with advanced BiTurbo propulsion – and in the cabin, making the Vivaro an extremely attractive competitor in this key vehicle class. “ The second generation Opel Vivaro distinguishes itself with its superb practicality and quality. After 13 successful years on the market, we wanted to make the all-new Vivaro even more attractive while raising the standard of its core capabilities,” says Mark Adams, Opel Design Vice President, describing the design team’ s task. “ The new Vivaro showcases sculptural artistry and German precision with sweeping sculptural design accents, bold proportions and premium accents. This gives it a sharpened and more refined character, making it the ideal mobile business card.”
Simply unmistakable: New Opel Vivaro is robust and elegant The new Opel Vivaro’ s exterior is now even more elegant and modern. With a large, prominent grille, distinctive headlamps and the flowing blade side feature from Opel’ s multi-award-winning design language, it includes the characteristic forms of the brand’ s passenger car models. The headlamps are executed in high-gloss black moldings with embedded chrome accents that enhance their jewel-like effect. The daytime running lights come with signature Opel wing graphic design and are available with modern, crisp LED technology, giving the Vivaro an unmistakable look. In all its elegance, with its wide face and clean, practical rear, the Vivaro clearly communicates the robustness that customers demand from the van during its everyday use. Its side design brings sculptural artistry to the van segment, with the signature Opel blade feature flowing from under the side mirrors back to the rear wheel-arches in the same style found on the Insignia family and Astra GTC models. Depending on how the new Vivaro is to be used – as a robust van, a representative business vehicle or a comfortable largecapacity car – customers can choose between three body design trim levels. Additionally, the new Vivaro color palette comprises eleven standard colors, with five solid and six twocoat metallic finishes. Right from market launch, further specific colors will be available for special-use vehicles. So customers can order their new Vivaro in the perfect outfit for every business and commercial need. Four-way practicality: Vivaro with two lengths, two roof heights and even more room The versatile Vivaro is the right vehicle for almost every customer need. The new edition continues the successful concept of diverse
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Nissan Juke 1.5XE Diesel, Red, 52K km
!14,444
2013
Hyundai Veloster 1.6 Petrol, 3dr, Silver, 19K km !19,555
2011
Renault Megane Dynamique 110 4dr,
!12,666
2013
Mazda 3 1.6D Sport, 4dr, Grey, 15K km
!19,333
2013
Mitsubishi ASX 150BHP DiD, Blue, 26K km
!22,500
2013
Mitsubishi Outlander DiD Intense, Grey, 13K km !31,500
2013
Mitsubishi Space Star 1.2L AS&G Intense,
!12,555
Grey, 32K km 2010
2012
!9,555
White, 142K km 2010
4dr, Black, 12K km 2013
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5 Petrol Sportback,
Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2DiD LWB Commercial,
!19,950
Incl VAT, Blue, 139K km
Nissan Qashqai 1.6Xe, Blue, 33K km
!20,222
2010
Peugeot 308 1.6HDi, Silver, 82K km
!10,555
Ford Focus Edge 1.6TDC 95PS 4dr, Grey,
!15,555
2010
Peugeot 308 1.6HDI SW, 5dr, Blue, 96K km
!10,888
2010
Skoda Superb TDi Elegance, Red, 82K miles
!13,999
2009
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5 Intense, Auto,
50K km 2012
Ford Focus 1.6TDCi Edge, Silver, 57K km
!15,555
2012
Hyundai i40 1.7 Diesel Executive, Black, 34K km !19,999
2012
Mitsubishi ASX 1.8DiD Intense, 2WD,
!19,444
5dr, Red, 57K km 2012
Mitsubishi ASX Intense, Black, 69K kn,
2012
Mitsubishi Colt Cleartec Invite, Blue, 34K km
2012 2012
!8,888
Grey, 32K km 2009
Nissan Qashqai 1.5Dsl SE, Black, 86K km
!13,500
2008
Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 4WD 7 Seater,
!13,750
!19,444
Blue, 148K km
!9,555
2008
Peugeot 308sx 1.6HDi, Grey, 155K km
!8,111
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.8DiD, Silver, 44K km
!15,555
2007
Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0DiD, Silver, 170K km
!9,950
Nissan Juke 1.5 Sport Diesel, Brown, 37K km
!16,444
2007
Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2DiD LWB Commercial,
!12,500
2012
Nissan Qashqai 1.6DCi, Blue, 44K km
!18,555
2012
Peugeot 207 1.4HDi 4dr, Grey, 56K km
!11,111
2012
Peugeot 207 1.4HDi 4dr, Blue, 60K km
!11,111
Incl VAT, Grey, 147K km 2007
Mitsubishi Pajero GLS 3dr Passenger, Silver, 133K km
!12,950
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Sport
LARRY O’GORMAN The man who gets Behind the Sports Headlines LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE GO TO LOURDES, NOT WEXFORD PARK WHERE are we now. Oh Brother where are we now. That’s the question everyone has been asking since our league quarter final clash with Kilkenny at Wexford Park. True, it’s fair to say that very few, if anyone, even the most loyal of Wexford supporters thought we could beat Kilkenny but it was the day we all felt we could look for evidence that Liam Dunne’s hard work might pay dividends for the future. It was a chance for Wexford to lay down a marker for the upcoming championship. Did we lay down that marker and give some indication that we might be a championship force to be reckoned with this year. I am not so sure that we did. Sure yea we showed great spirit at times, real passion and we battled hard. Yes we got some very good scores as a result of this work but that’s part of the problem. We had to work really hard for everything we got. Every score was hard fought. Meanwhile, Kilkenny were putting our backs under intense pressure and it was only a matter of time before they would open us up, which they did getting two goals to wipe out any advantage we had achieved as a result of all our efforts. Yes Wexford did get a goal just before half time and this gave them a more confident look and with a narrow margin between the sides at the break some in the big crowd no doubt started to dream. A repeat of this in the second half and we’ll be in with a chance, people started suggesting. Well if that was their interval dream it soon turned to a bit of a nightmare. They forgot the line in the script which says Kilkenny usually blows teams away in the second half and of course that’s exactly what happened. Any notion from the first half performance that Wexford had stepped up a few gears and were capable of living with these guys was blown away.
An early goal is always a bit of a body blow but Kilkenny’s early second half score seemed to serve as a type of lethal injection as far as Wexford were concerned. Yes they tried hard, they didn’t drop their heads, but the gap in class was soon all too evident. The more they tried the more mistakes Wexford made. Kilkenny ran riot picking off scores like a side in training practice while a shattered Wexford team spent most
have to go to Knock or Lourdes, not Wexford Park. When you had Kilkenny introducing the likes of Tommy Walsh, ‘King’ Henry, Michael Fennelly and Brian Hogan from the bench it is easy to understand why Wexford, or indeed most teams in the country, would struggle to cope. These guys had forty All Ireland medals between them, plus hurler of the Year Awards and other honours and they
encouraging his young charges and doing his level best to instil confidence and a pride in Wexford hurling into the team. I have absolutely no doubt that come the championship you will see a sharper Wexford side. Playing in a lower Division is never the best way to bring a side on so for that reason the outing against Kilkenny, even if the final outcome was not what anyone would have wanted, will probably
PARK ENTRANCE FEE WAS TOO HIGH WHY is it that money always seems to be a topic not far from the conversation whenever GAA people gather? So it was again after that game in Wexford Park. Full credit to Wexford supporters who turned up in such great numbers to the game, but there was a lot of genuine discontent about the entrance fee. I know you could get a discount if you booked early on line but for those who turned up on the day it was !20. A lot of people I spoke to were very unhappy about the price. So was the entrance fee fair. No doubt the GAA would justify it on several grounds, but then some would say that there are senior officials in the GAA who would defend anything. No I think it wasn’t fair and those loyal fans who were annoyed had every right to be.
IT’S SKY TIME FOR THE PUB
of their time chasing the ball. When they did get it they often took the wrong option, the intense pressure which Kilkenny were putting them under no doubt shattering their confidence. A first half that had looked so promising was soon a distant memory and for every Wexford supporter in the crowd there was a bit of a reality check. The gap between the two sides was indeed as great as we had suspected. Of course we had hoped that all the efforts of the winter and the introduction of new blood might have produced some sort of miracle but for that you probably
were sitting on the bench for most of the game! How can you cope with that! The answer is simple you just can’t. At least not at the moment. But that is not to say that we should lose hope. The passion and support for Wexford Hurling was on display in spades at Wexford Park with a huge crowd turning out to support the team. We are a young team, we are building for the future and Liam Dunne is nurturing young players. And what passion he has for the game, leading from the front,
do more to bring the team forward than anything they do on the training ground. Bringing in new players and giving new blood a chance is the only way forward and Liam Dunne must be encouraged and applauded for his approach. He and the team are on a journey. But as the young lad said to his Da ‘Are we there yet?’ The answer is ‘No’, but we are on the right road and even if we didn’t put down a marker which might scare other teams for the championship we did show courage and great spirit and that is an essential foundation on which to build any team.
So the GAA has teamed up with Sky Sports for coverage of a package of championship games. These games will now be available only to those who fork out a subscription to the British broadcaster. So what is to happen those who can’t afford Sky Sports--------------and that’s a lot of people. The only option they’ll have is to head off to the pub to see the game. So maybe the real reason the GAA signed this deal is that they want to boost the pub trade. I know a lot of pubs are doing poorly at the moment, so is this what the GAA had in mind?. Somehow I think not. They were probably only concerned about their own pockets and whatever about the pubs, they have certainly shown little concern for people who simply won’t be able to see the games in the future. That’s it for now, there’s a good match on Sky Sports so I’m off to the pub.
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FOOTBALLERS END LEAGUE NIGHTMARE ON FINE DAY AT WEXFORD PARK We’ re not fair weather players insisted
takes
precedence,
must
also
be
Wexford footballers after their dramatic
recognised as a contributor to the struggle
survival in Division 2 of the football league
which Wexford football continually has
with a victory over fellow strugglers Longford
in trying to make the grade at competitive
at Wexford Park on Sunday.
level.
But it certainly seems that if they are not fair
Despite what was , at least until Sunday,
weather players in the real sense of the phrase
a very disappointing league campaign,
they do like a bit of sun on their backs when
there are grounds for optimism and with
they tog out. The improved weather on
team building well underway the sided
Sunday had a dramatic effect on their
and their mentors will be hoping that they
performance and they left behind some of the
can put some nightmare league outings
nightmare games of the campaign to brush
out of their minds as they prepare for the
aside the Longford challenge far easier than
championship.
the final shoreline suggests. Staying in Division 3 was really important to
The winning margin on Sunday was just two just two points, but it should have
the side because a drop to the bottom tier of the league really would have meant a year at least in the wilderness as far as the footballers were concerned. Now
with
league
status
undeserved victory and a very
maintained, albeit after going a
strong
rather long and difficult way
second
performance
about it, they can look forward
was
half the
difference between the sides at
and start their preparations for
the end.
the championship.
However, for the first half of
The retirement of high profi8le
this encounter things didn’ t
players and weather conditions
look so positive for the home
for much of the campaign which
side and a scoreline of 8 points
really didn’ t suit their style of
each at the break would not
play are the main reasons given
have been enough to retain
for the struggle which Wexford
Wexford Division Three status
had to stay in Division 3 this year.
because
However, the underlying factor of
of
Longford’ s
superior scoring difference.
operating in a dual coded county,
Whatever happened in the
where hurling nearly always
dressing room at half time it certainly served to inject a determination of urgency into been a lot more. Two late
goals
for
Longford
from
Francis McGee and Paul Barden cut the margin decisively in the closing minutes at a time when it looked as if Wexford had
kicked
themselves
out
of
sight. Although those late goals caused a bit of nervousness it was too late for Longford
Action from the game in Wexford Park on Sunday. All pictures by Patrick Hogan
to snatch what would have
been
an
the Wexford lads who finally seemed to realise exactly what was at stake here. A point from Ben Brosnan and two from Ciaran Lyng had put a little distance between the sides before Kevin O’ Grady shot to the net in the 46th. minute, a score which stretched the lead and provided Wexford with some breathing space. A good tally of points before the closing stages should have been enough for a comfortable victory, but the late Longford scores resulting in a final score which was somewhat deceptive. Scorers for Wexford: C. Lyng (0-5); K O’ Grady (1-1); P.. J. Banville and B Brosnan (0-2 each); A. Flynn, D. Waters, T. Rossiter, J. Holmes and M. O’ Regan (0-1 each)
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