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Broken marriages, fractured relationships and increasing mental health problems---------that’s the reality facing the county as the housing crisis soars to become the number one social problem according to Fianna Fail TD, John Browne.

A major social crisis is ‘on the cards’ if the Government fails to respond to demands for a house building programme the Enniscorthy TD warned this week and he called on government TDs in the county, particularly those at the Cabinet table, to use their influence to secure funding for local authority housing before the situ-

ation ‘gets completely out of control’.

He said the housing crises was now the number one issue raising at his clinics each week. People are frantic for accommodation and simply don’t know where to turn as the situation continues to deteriorate at an alarming and unacceptable rate.

Deputy Browne said he could not understand Government thinking in failing to provide funds for a housing programme and wondered if the government was being told the extend of the crisis as it exists in the county.

He also had harsh words for

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local authority officials for what he claimed was their failure to respond to the growing crisis. He was aware of at least a dozen local authority houses vacant in his own area and said he could not understand why they had not been re-allocated.

Many of these houses have now been vacant for a considerable period of time and despite representations made by him to the powers-that-be, they still remain vacant. The re-allocation of these houses would not solve the problem, but it would be a start and a signal to those in need that the Council was serious in its efforts to do something about the problem.

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New Municipal Council It’s all about robes and chains in Wexford A legal touch in Enniscorthy

It certainly wasn’t like the old days when the public gallery used to be packed on the occasion of the election of a new Mayor of Wexford. Last Friday the new Wexford Borough Municipal District Council met for the first time.

The ten members have replaced the twelve who used to make up the Borough Council.

They are now little more than a sub-committee of the actual Co. Council and for the time being they don’t know what powers they have. l.

But the four Municipal councillors who were members of the old Borough body areo obviously desperate to create the illusion that nothing has changed. In the first instance Fergie Kehoe was quickly on his feet to ensure that they would elect a ‘Mayor’ and not a Chairman. George Lawlor and Davy Hynes were quick to jump in to support the suggestion and there seemed to be a consensus. A consensus that is

except for Deirdre Wadding.

She doesn’t like the idea of a Mayor or anything else that appears to elevate one member above the others in terms of importance.

Of course there would beno point in having a mayor without the trappings so they’d have to use the Chains and what about the robes?. The Chains were ok according to the town manager but a decision on the robes would have to wait for the adoption of Standing Orders which the members had already decided would not happen until next month.

But the intention is clear.

The members are determined that they will continue with their Mayor, robes and everything else that impressed visitors to the town in the past.

And as if to emphasise that despite the best efforts of Phil Hogan, and the voters nothing really has changed they reelected the outgoing Mayor

George Lawlor to be the new Mayor of the Municipal Borough Council.

The change which the voters did deliver meant that it took the combined forces of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour, with the addition of Independent Ger Carthy to deliver a majority on this occasion.

The aim was to ensure that Sinn Fein would not get the value which taking the high profile Office might deliver.

However, whether shutting out the party, despite the considerable mandate which it received from Wexford voters (larger in fact than that obtained by Fianna Fail or Labour) will act as a positive or negative for Sinn Fein, or indeed Labour, remains to be seen.

In the meantime they’ll all be working for the good of Wexford. They won’t always agree according to Anthony Kelly and Deirdre Wadding, but everyone will be constructive. Deirdre will judge matters

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on an issue by issue basis and will support good ideas even if they come from austerity councillors.

But a big task for the new body will be too ensure that it get buy in in rural areas where most of the members are based. Jim Moore believes this is something which they all need to work on.

His colleague, Frank Staples happily back to make his Council debut having missed the Co. Council AGM due to a family crises which took him to New Zealand, is the new Deputy Mayor. He was presented with a chain to enable him to do his job which is no doubt to educate the culchies, a description given to the rural dwellers by Ger Carthy, on the importance and historical significance of the Office of Mayor. His first stop was Kilmore Quay on Sunday afternoon.

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The Enniscorthy Municipal District elected eight councillors in the recent election but for a time at the AGM last week it seemed as if a ninth had been added. Director of Services Tony Larkin spent considerably more time Chairing the meeting than newly elected official Chairman, Barbara Ann Murphy managed to spend in charge of proceedings.

An official has to take charge at these proceedings initially until the members elect a Chairman. They are supposed to be in charge for just a few minutes to get things officially underway.

But things were a little different in Enniscorthy. The Council has a barrister as one of its members and he had been casting his legal eye over the proposed Standing Orders.

Fianna Fail member Keith Doyle informed the meeting his party would require changes to the Standing Orders. His colleague James Browne had completed the work on it, he announced.

Then it was over to James.

He wanted a change to the time of the meetings, rules governing how deputations could be introduced to the Council, seven clear days’ notice on budgetary matters, clarity on issues to arise on the agenda, he wanted words added here, substracted there and so on.

He got his way on everything including having the time of the meetings moved from daytime to 6.30pm in the evenings despite reservations

from Cllr. Oliver Walsh that evening time meetings would dilute the level of representation of senior officials from Co. Hall.

The Town Manager seemed to suggest as much when he said there was no overtime available or out of hours payments for staff to attend, but the meetings would be serviced by the top Officials regardless of what time they took place.

When it was suggested that councillors could submit questions for written answer to officials who would not be in attendance Oliver Walsh was not impressed. The new Council was put in place not just to represent the town, but the entire district, he told his colleagues. However, only the three Fine Gael members opposed the holding of the meetings at 6.30pm on the third Wednesday of each month.

Finally it was almost time for the ‘real’ Chairman to be elected but the whole thing was nearly derailed when a knock came to the Council Chamber door with a request for Kathleen Codd Nolan to move her car. Tony Larkin was left with no option but to adjourn proceedings.

On her return Cllr. Codd Nolan was anxious to ensure that for the future proper parking facilities would be put in place for the members. She was assured that would happen.

Finally it was election time and Barbara Ann Murphy duly replaced Tony at the top table.

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Cllr. Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Sincere thanks to my family, friends, comrades, supporters and the huge number of voters for giving my party and I the privilege of representing you on Wexford County Council.

Also, for helping elect Liadh Ní Riada M.E.P. (and helping to make Sinn Féin the largest party on the island of Ireland) fionntanos@gmail.com, facebook, 087 6013877

Photographer Ger Lacey was busying ensuring that Pip Breen’s tie was straight and that Mary Farrell’s collar was in the correct position and that a very tall councillor was not standing beside a very small one as he moved in to capture a moment in history.

It was a Tuesday afternoon at the Gorey Civic Centre and as Town Manager, or Director of Services or whatever she is likely to be called in the future, Annette O’Neill, said this was an historic day and the history of the county was being made in Gorey.

Annette had the job of introducing the staff and structures to the members, particularly those elected for the first time last month.

Yes it was a brave new world alright but somehow within a short time it seemed as if nothing had changed. A Fine Gael councillor took the Chair, a Fianna Fail councillor was elected Vice-Chair and there was no place for Sinn Fein or Independents.

When Mary Farrell suggested rotation there was a wall of si-

lence from the main parties, but she was supported by Labour’s Robbie Ireton while Fionntain O’Sulleabhain had to resort to proposing himself for the position.

But if you want to cause a problem for a Gorey councillor you don’t have to ask them about major issues of policy or anything as serious as that. Just ask them to fix the time and date of a meeting. Judging by last week’s performance they would probably find having a go at selecting the winning lotto numbers a little easier.

According to the new Standing Ordesr the meetings were to take place at 2.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month.

Malcolm Byrne suggested this be changed to 4pm. Some people had work commitments and the earlier start would not suit them.

Robbie Ireton thought people should have considered their other commitments before they stood for election.

Annette O’Neill reminded members of the need to be conscious of the working hours of the staff. There was a vague mention of overtime and out of

hours for those travelling from Co. Hall in Wexford for the meetings.

Malcolm suggested that Skype or video conferencing could be used to beam in the officials from Co. Hall.

Robbie Ireton seem seemed intent on blocking the signal on this suggestion when talked of it being crazy to move the goal posts and proposed a return to the 2.30pm start time.

Fionntan O’Sulleabhain said he was conscious of the difficulties of some members and suggested a 3.15pm start.

Robbie Ireton then proposed 3pm on the second Tuesday of each month. But of all the Tuesdays he could have picked the second of the month was the worst it turned out, because that is the one day of the month which presents a very particular problem for Mary Farrell.

That’s how it came that the meetings will now take place on the third Tuesday of each month at 3.30pm. After that solving the problems of the district should be simple.

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Carthy and Labour used as support in Wexford area The old order is back across Co. Wexford. Less than a month after local elections saw a surge in support for Sinn Fein and Independents the Civil War parties have united to carve up the top posts in each of the new Municipal District Councils.

In three of the four Fianna fail and Fine Gael had enough votes between them to shut out Sinn Fein and the Independents, but in Wexford it took an alliance of both parties backed

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by Labour and the y independent Ger Carthy to freeze out Sinn Fein, People Before Profit and Independent Davy Hynes.

The first taste of the alliance came in Gorey last Tuesday when history was made in the

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Council Chamber with Fine Gael’s John Hegarty being elected the first ever Chairman of a Municipal District in the county. There was no response to efforts by independent Mary Farrell and Sinn Fein’s Fionntan O ’Suilleabhain to have a rotation of of the Office. Fianna fail’s Joe Sullivan took the Vice Chair.

Fine Gael councillor Larry O’Brien was elected Chair in New Ross the following day again with the support of the main parties and it was a sim- Larry O’Brien (New Ross) ilar story in Enniscorthy on Thursday when Barbara Ann looking after the interests of Murphy, who has just been rethe entire area, not just the elected following a five year town. absence from the Council, In Wexford George Lawlor took the Chair. defeated Anthony Kelly by six Fianna Fail and Fine Gael votes to four, while Frank Stahold just four of the ten seats ples of Fine Gael had a similar in Wexford but they still margin over Davy Hynes for grabbed control with the back- the position of Deputy Mayor. ing of Labour and Independent Cllr Lawlor said the town was Ger Carthy. Labour’s George slowly recovering from an Lawlor was elected to position economic crises and the work of Mayor of the Wexford Muof local councillors was more nicipal District. Cllr Lawlor, important and relevant than one of only two Labour counever, regardless of the struccillors elected across the ture in which they operated. county last month, was also the Mayor of the ougtoing Borough Council.

After taking the Chair to be the historic first Head of a Municipal District John Hearty said elections could be bitter but those in the room were now the chosen ones and it was important to put politics aside for the good of the people of the area. His priorities for the year will include the promotion of the North Wexford tourism product and small business.

In Enniscorthy Barbara Barbara Ann Murphy Ann Murphy defeated Sinn Fein’s Johnny Mythen by six (Enniscorthy) votes to two, while the election of Kathleen Codd Nolan The domination of the new to the Vice Chair by a similar Municipal Councils by the margin made it an all female major parties follows the takeline-up at the top. over of the Co. Council a week Cllr Murphy stressed the earlier by the same group. . important of the new Council

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An Eye On Gorey

by Gavin MacDermott

Renaissance for Gorey Little Theatre “You’re talking to the dead now, Coughlan,” says Damus to the beleaguered heroine Portia. Indeed, one might have thought Gorey Little Theatre’s latest offering would be challenged for attendances by the fine weather and the onset of World Cup fever over the weekend. However, the first of Gorey Little Theatre’s three summer season plays was well received by a good showing of patrons on Saturday night and on the previous two nights of its run.

Portia Coughlan, written in 1996 by Irish playwright Marina Carr, interweaves themes from Irish domestic life with Greek mythology and immortality.

As a dark play that portrays the chronic depression and despair of a sister still morning her drowned brother fifteen years after his death, it would be taxing for any theatre group. However, the ensemble made good on their effort to convey the black humour and explosive dialogue that drives the plot.

Karen McGillycuddy gave a thoroughly compelling per-

formance as the titular Portia but credit must also go to the entirety of the cast who were more than capable of delivering both the most subdued and explosive dialogue sequences.

The authenticity of their delivery on stage was complemented by the young crew who provided a minimalist set and lighting. The production also featured an original Sly played by Pat Burke, Marianne played by Ann May and Karen composition by McGillycuddy in the role of Portia on stage during the performance.

Aoibheann Kinsella and Karen Pic by Joe Dixon.

McGillycuddy and was delighted with the opnew blood joining the ranks, called ‘Wipe My Tears Away’ that was recorded by local pro- portunity to bring her own ver- lending their talents both onsion of the play to life on stage stage and backstage. ducer Gary Stevens. in Gorey. Speaking with AoibThe next featured play from Having spent many heann after the show, she was Gorey Little Theatre will be years studying drama at unidelighted with the reception ‘The Shaughraun’ showing versity level, Portia Coughlan from the audience over the last every Tuesday and Thursday was Director Aoibheann Kinthree nights and described this throughout July. For more insella’s debut at the helm of a latest production from Gorey formation on this and on upthree act production. AoibLittle Theatre as a real “renais- coming events by the Gorey heann had written the thesis Drama Group see their website for her MA on Portia Coughlan sance” for the drama group.

The Group had benefited from at www.goreytheatre.com.

Gorey Cycle Against Suicide Entrepreneur Jim Breen is the founder of the Cycle Against Suicide initiative. He was inspired by his experiences as a Secret Millionaire on RTE to develop this activity-based cause in order to raise awareness across Ireland about mental health issues and how to manage them through exercise and communication.

Breen’s venture has inspired a number of communities in Ireland to organise local cycling events to raise awareness.

Gorey’s Cycle Against Suicide ‘SpinOff’ will take place this Saturday 21st June at 12pm. Organiser Joe Dixon explains that the ultimate objective of the SpinOff is to remove the stigma that has been attached to mental health issues and promote participation in physical activities such as cycling which helps foster a positive mental attitude.

All cyclists aged 18 and

above are welcome but must wear a helmet. They are also advised to bring a roadworthy bike. SpinOff cyclists will then depart the school at 12pm, cycling to Arklow and then to Courtown via the coastal route. Finally, cyclists will travel down Main Street Gorey and back to the Community School to arrive at around 3.30pm.

Cyclists wishing to participate can register from 10am11.30am before the cycle at Gorey Community School.

You can also enter online at www.cycleagainstsuicide.com.

For those who are unable to cycle but are interested in the issues being brought forward by the initiative, there will be refreshments available and positive mental health talks taking place in the Community School upon the cyclists’ return and everyone is welcome to attend these talks.

Abbie O’Hara and her dog Ellie at the Kilanerin Field Day Pic by Joe Dixon.

‘Selected’ Works to visit Gaslamp Gallery In the wake of some recent successful exhibitions that included the talent of such local artists as Katie Maeve Williamson, The Gaslamp Gallery will welcome the work of the late sculptor and artist Eamonn O’Doherty on 20th June.

Originally from Derry, O’Doherty is perhaps not as widely known as his work is recognised. He is credited as the designer of such public monuments as The Central Bank’s ‘Crann an Oir’ and the Anna Livia fountain, known affectionately as the ‘Floozie in the Jacuzzi.’

One of O’Doherty’s works

Fundraiser for dedicated Rangers coach The first of an ongoing series of fundraising events for one of Gorey Rangers FC’s longest serving members took place last Thursday with table quiz in McGovern’s of Gorey. A total of €1300 was raised to provide wheelchair accessibility for the home of Denis ‘Hoxy’ Travers.

Hoxy has an association with the Showgrounds that stretches back as far as the club’s establishment in 1962.

After his time as an accomplished amateur player, he became heavily involved with the coaching of underage teams and helped develop the quality of the underage teams to the standard they are today.

The quiz was won by the club’s Kennedy family.

On 29th July there will be a raffle in Browne’s, Gorey, for a prize that includes two tickets to see Liverpool FC at home taking on their first opponent of the 2014/2015 Premiership season, including two nights’ accommodation in the city centre.

stands closer to home. His sculpture called ‘Fauscailt’ that features two bronze United Irishmen was erected outside Wexford Town at Larkin’s Cross to commemorate the bi-centenary of the 1798 Rebellion.

After studying architecture at UCD O’ Doherty became an accomplished academic and lectured at Dublin Institute of Technology and Harvard University. He also won many awards for his paintings and photography.

‘Selected’ will be opened at The Gaslamp Gallery by cartoonist Tom Matthews at 8pm this Friday.

All set for Gorey Show

The 155th Gorey Agricultural Show will take place at Clonattin, Gorey, on Satrurday next 21st June from 11am. It promises to be a great day out for families and agricultural enthusiasts of all ages. With an extensive range of competitions from show jumping ponies and pure bred cattle, to the art and baking events taking place at the Indoor Section, there will be something of interest for everyone. Entries for the Agricultural Show are now closed but volunteers and sponsors are still required to help with the running of the event. If you want to get in touch, contact information is available at goreyagriculturalshow.com.

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Hygiene lessons for all hospital staff after shock report The clinical Director at Wexford General Hospital Dr. Colm Quigley was forced to go on national radio to defend hygiene standards at the hospital on the day the new accident and emergency unit opened to the public following a damning report from HIQA which questioned the hospital’s commitment to reducing patients’ risk of infection.

The report outlined numerous deficiencies particularly in the area of hand hygiene and clinical waste disposal and said a culture of hand hygiene best practice was not embedded at all levels in the hospital.

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lack of leadership ‘to prevent and control healthcare associated infections’ The report, which also found resistance amongst staff to attend educational sessions aimed at improving hygiene awareness, came five days after glowing tributes were paid to the staff at the official opening of the new A&E unit.

Now an action plan to deal with the issues raised in the report has been agreed with HIQA and is to be implemented in respect of all areas identified for improvement in the inspection report.

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Dr. Quigley said the hospital acknowledged and accepted the report on St. Joseph’s and St. Mary’s wards and added that the matter was being fully addressed by the Board of Management with immediate and effective steps being taken to address the deficits identified.

Dr. Quigley also said the hospital’s commitment to provide 100% training in hand hygiene for staff would be delivered in 2014.

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Three parishes get new PPs Three parishes in Co. Wexford are to get new parish priests following the annual announcement of clerical appointments from Bishop Denis Brennan. The appointments take effect on August 9th.

The long serving parish priest of Killmuckridge Fr. Seamus Larkin is to retire and become priest in residence in Monamolin.

His place in Killmuckridge is to be taken by Fr. Frank

Murphy the current parish priest of Bree, His place in Bree is to be taken by Fr. Michael Byrne who is currently the parish priest of Cushinstown.

Fr. Martin Doyle who had been on further studies in the United States returns to take up the position of parish priest in Cushinstown.

The Mulrankin curate Fr. Pat O’Connor is retiring and his place is being taken by Fr. Jim Doyle who is currently

CC in Monamolin.

Fr. John Paul Sheridan leaves Blackwater to become Education Programmes CoCoordinator at Maynooth and Fr. Kevin McDevitt of Westminster diocese moves to become priest in residence at Blackwater.

Fr. Jim Butler, PP Ballygarrett is to undertake the role of Diocesan Advisor for Primary schools, a role previously filled by Fr. John Paul Sheridan.

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Garda losing the battle against crime Despite repeated telephone calls to Enniscorthy Garda Station, no ranking officer was available to respond to claims from Fianna Fail T.D. John Browne that Gardai in Enniscorthy are losing the battle against crime. Deputy Browne made his comments after another series of break-ins to business premises over the weekend, saying the lack of manpower and resources was to blame and not the Gardai themselves for what he described as a ‘frightening spiral in criminal activity’ in recent months.

seashore and from North Wexford to way South of Enniscorthy”.

The business community in Enniscorthy was living in fear, he said, with robberies from business premises now the norm rather than the exception. Deputy Browne added “criminal gangs are travelling down from Dublin and elsewhere because they know Enniscorthy is wide-open and that, at the best of times, only a skeleton force of Gardai is on duty. The situation is crazy and now with the Gorey District amalgamated with Enniscorthy, officers are expected to patrol from the mountain to the

“What we need in Enniscorthy and elsewhere throughout the county is specialist units which can be called upon at a minutes notice to deal with a situation as soon as it occurs” remarked Deputy Browne.

“Nothing else will stop these criminal gangs who recently showed how ruthless they can be when they opened fire on two unarmed Gardai in Enniscorthy during a raid on the Ulster Bank in Rafter Street.

You cannot expect unarmed Gardai to tackle people like this and that is why we

Deputy Browne said that with the best will in the world, Gardai could not cope with such a large district unless they had adequate resources and manpower, something they don’t have at present. For the most part Garda vehicles, “far too few in my opinion”, are totally inadequate and are useless when confronted by gangs driving high powered cars in the execution of a robbery.

need a very focused specialist unit with the resources and equipment, including high powered cars, to take them on”, he said.

With no such units in place, Deputy Browne said he was hoping for the best but fearing the worst in terms of protection for Enniscorthy’s hard pressed business community. The number of premises robbed in the last six months is amazing, he said, and while the amount of goods and cash stolen may not have amounted to much in some instances, the damage caused in each and every break in was staggering.

Deputy Browne remarked that since the Gorey District was amalgamated with Enniscorthy, the situation appeared to be getting worse. He didn’t know what this should be but suspected it was because officers were spread even thinner on the ground to cope with such a large district.

New Neighbourhood Watch In an effort to help Gardai combat crime on the East side of Enniscorthy, a Neighbourhood Watch and Community Alert system is to introduced in The Shannon and surrounding areas. The new initiative will be formally launched at a public meeting in St. Senan’s Community Centre on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. at which a number of guest speakers will address the issues involved in establishing such a movement in an urban/rural divide.

Conscious of the constraints and demands on Garda manpower, those behind the initiative are at pains to point out when established, The Shannon and district Neighbourhood Watch and Community Alert system will act as a back-up to Gardai and will, in no way, endeavour to take over the duties of officers. “We see the planned new alert system as a means of making people more aware of the possibility of crimes being committed in their respective areas and what they should do in such a situation.” Said a spokesperson for the organisers of Wednesday night’s meeting.

A preliminary meeting has already taken place, following the establishment of a similar Neighbourhood Watch/Community Alert system in the Bellefield Road area of Enniscorthy, and the response to that meeting was so positive that it was decided to go ahead and establish a similar system on the East side of the town. The system will bring together residents living in The Shannon, the greater Drumgoold area, Clonhaston, Hempfield, St. Senan’s Road,Old Church Road and the Esmonde Road.Residents of all these areas are invited to attend Wednesday night’s meeting which has the full support of Gardai in Enniscorthy.

A steering committee will be elected with at least two representatives from all areas present at the meeting being asked to serve. The newly elected committee will meet on a regular basis and will be updated by Gardai in Enniscorthy on criminal trends in the community.

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Chamber AGM Enniscorthy and District Chamber of Commerce is now among the leading Chambers in the South East, last week’s annual meeting heard. Reviewing what was a spectacularly successful year, Chamber President Michael Bennett said the level of activity in all aspects of Chamber operations exceeded expectations resulting in a far greater awareness of the Chamber’s role in the community.

Despite the many highlights of the past year, Mr. Bennett cautioned members not to become complacent as some very important projects were in the pipeline for Enniscorthy which, when implemented, would impact greatly on the town and on commercial activity going forward. He referred specifically to the proposed Enniscorthy Bypass and the Flood Alleviation Programme, saying the Chamber must keep a ‘close eye’ on both so as to ensure adequate funding was permanely in place to bring the projects to fruition.

In the case of the Bypass, President Bennett said despite the fact that the project

Community Alert system is being established following a series of housebreakings and robberies from private dwellings and business premises over the past year. .

The prevention of criminal activity is the responsibility of the whole community, a spokesperson for the organisers of Wednesday night’s meeting said this week. Therefore, it is important that the community plays its part in helping Gardai and not just leaving the task in hand to the members of the Force in Enniscorthy who are already endeavouring to cope with ever diminishing resources.

was now out for Public/Private Partnership funding and that the Construction Tender Documents were being prepared, the Chamber should keep its rate of progress on the agenda in order to ensure there was no slowdown on its progress.

He urged the same approach in respect of the Flood Alleviation Programme and announced that Mr. Eamonn Hore, Director of Services and Town Manager in New Ross, had been appointed to oversee the implimentation of this huge project, saying the Chamber was availabvle to offer every assistance if required.

Regretably, however, “all is not rosy in the garden”, according to the Chamber President and he said an innovative and sustained campaign was needed to bring Enniscorthy’s Town Sewerage Plant up to scratch.

The plant is presently at full capacity and this was hindering and stunting commercial growth in the town. “We, as a Chamber, must lobby long and hard for the upgrading of this plant”, he said, “and with Irish Water now responsible for it and other similar plants around Ireland, we must get in early and demand the necessary funding for its upgrade and extension”.

The president warned that without being upgraded, development in Enniscorthy will cease as the Town Council will be unable to grant planning permission for new factories, extensions, new schools etc., if sufficient sewerage facilities are not in place. .

President Bennett also spoke of the need for larger, more modern, units in the Enniscorthy area and said he was aware of keen interest being shown by several developers and investors. He told of the eatablishment of a Chamber Sub-Committee which had been given the brief of acquiring a site for the construction of a new advance factory and spoke of the help and assistance for this project being received from Tony Larkin, Town Manager, and from Padraig O’ Gorman, County Development Officer.

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scribed stones recalling people and events of 1798 and the changing destinies of Ballinamonabeg and Lower Oulart.

The stones, in modern Gaelic typeface by Gaelchló.com, give a neglected Irish flavour to the walk and allow the landscape tell its own unique story to the passerby.

You can see the Abhallann [apple arboretum] celebrating the local name of Oulart [orchard] with its stands of native Irish apples of long ago including the Wexford Lough apple.

Be guided through the ancient

varieties by well known horticulturalist John Joe Hyland of Hyland Nurseries of Oulart.

The eleven km. walk kicks off at 9.30 a.m. from the Trading Post Camper Park in the Unyoke on the N741 reaching Oulart Hill around 12.30 p.m.

The walk will be guided by competent local historians and walkers will be transported back from Oulart Hill to the Unyoke in their magnificent vintage machines by generous volunteers of the Over The Water Vintage Club. Loch Garman, Beir Bua!

It’s lights out again in Gorey Cllr. Malcolm Byrne has requested that Wexford County Council enforce specific performance requirements of the Council's contract with Airtricity for the provision of public lighting in Gorey following another two days last week where many parts of the town were left without street lighting.

"Since New Year's Eve, many parts of Gorey town, including the Main Street and Esmonde Street, have been

left without public lighting for a total to date of eight nights. This is not acceptable and a clear breach of the performance requirements of Airtricity.

If there had been storms last week, outages would be understandable but Airtricity does not seem to have a clear plan to address the problem of poor service in Gorey."

The Gorey Councillor raised the concern at the April meeting of the County

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Annual blessing of lilies at Wexford Friary Last Friday the feats of St. Anthony saw the annual ceremony of the blessing of lilies at the Franciscan Friary in Wexford. It came at the end of a weeklong novena at the church.

The custom of blessing the lilies originated as a commemoration of an incident which took place in Corsica.

During a revolution the Friars were driven from their chapel at Marcasso, but the church remained open and there was a public procession to it each year on the feat day of St. Anthony.

On this day each year a temporary altar was placed in the centre aisle and a colourful collection of flowers were placed around the Saint’s image. They included lilies.

One year the young man who had been appointed sacristan for the day neglected to remove the statue after the

10 The Wexford Campus of IT Carlow’s offer Springboard Courses The Wexford Campus of IT Carlow’s Springboard Courses Aim to Get Jobseekers Back to Employment Institute of Technology Carlow is now taking applications for its Springboard programmes, which are offered on a free, parttime basis to jobseekers and will commence this September.

Springboard offers 100 per cent free fees for eligible jobseekers and has led to thousands of participants returning to the workforce throughout the country.

The Wexford Campus of IT Carlow is providing Springboard courses leading to qualifications that are in demand among employers. The programmes on offer at the Wexford Campus range from Energy Management, Supply Chain Management to Fund Accounting and Digital Marketing.

Pupils from Our Lady of Fatima school with teachers Alison Sheehan and Eileen Kent.

ceremony. Several months later he went with a few helpers to the deserted chapel to complete his work and to their surprise they found the lilies as white and fresh as they day they were placed there,

while all the other flowers had withered and died.

Now each year on the feats day of St. Anthony lilies are blessed at a special mass.

Many people have a strong belief in the blessed lilies and

miracles of healing have been attributed to St. Anthony’s intersession after applying the blessed flower.

Last Friday hundreds of people turned u p for the blessing ceremony in Wexford.

The Institute will be holding an Open Evening on Tuesday 24th June from 6 - 8pm with programme leaders on hand to talk to interested course applicants.

Caroline Murphy, Head of the Wexford Campus of Campus of IT Carlow points out that “ students who attended our Springboard courses last year now have more advanced skills in their own discipline or a new discipline enhancing their employability”.

Some students have returned to full-time education, using their experience on their Springboard courses to apply for advanced entry but mostly our Springboard graduates have used their skills to progress to full-time employment. This includes a group of students who recently completed Higher Diploma programmes in Supply Chain Management and Fund Accounting regaining access to the workforce based on the knowledge, skills and connections they made on the course.”

Dr. Patricia Mulcahy, President of IT Carlow said, “Upskilling is about building on existing qualifications and experience, and it gives all of us an opportunity to change careers or to move to another level in our current careers. We are ready to accept applications for courses in a number of areas that are key to growth in the economy, and I would encourage people who are eligible for Springboard to contact us."

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Pierce going from Greenacres to Concert Hall The award winning Musician Pierce Turner will perform his only Wexford show of the year upstairs in Greenacres this Saturday June 21st “I can only play one gig in Wexford this year because of commitments in New York” Pierce says “And I want it to be very special, Greenacres is bright and Summery and has that beautiful grand piano, I’m also looking forward to playing the Steinway at the National Concert Hall”

Greenacres will be set up in the round with Pierce in the centre to create a warm and intimate atmosphere. Having once again proven his standing in Wexford last year with the performance of his mass at Bride Street Church before nine hundred people, and a full house at the Spiegal Tent during the festival featuring the Confraternity Brass and Reed Band-this intimate event is expected to be a very hot ticket for his return home.

Back in New York, Pierce is working on a book of stories that are spun around his life and songs - spanning a life that journeyed from Wexford to Manhattan with Turner and Kirwan of Wexford, through the New York Punk and New Wave scene as the Major Thinkers, to his critically acclaimed solo career.

of sixty thousand people, to numerous appearances on the Late Late Show. Becoming Ireland’s solo performer of the year in 1994, to appearing in Carnegie Hall with Philip Glass, Patti Smith, and duetting with Regina Spektor on Piano. The narrative also helps to explain where his songs came from and how they were written.

The stories in the book follow through his times on the international stage including brushing with David Bowie , who was really disappointed they disbanded, to Norman Mailer who loved their song about Wexford - “Menapia Man” Plus writing and touring with Cyndi lauper. The book entitled “Why Use 2 Words when 10 Will Do Perfectly Well” (slated for a possible Christmas launch) connects the dots between those times and Pierces illustrious solo career; appearing at Glastonbury with Suzanne Vega at 8pm in front

Wexford is binding factor between all of these stories, and Pierce’s early life growing up on the Quay in the Family Record Shop. If New York audiences enjoy these stories with a Town called Wexford at their core, the Town of this artist’s origin ought to be enthralled. Add to that, a powerful collection of songs, often with Wexford at their heart also. From “Orange Coloured Sun” and “Musha God Help Her” to “The Sky and The Ground” with the well known pub named after it, to the epic “Life in a Day” a day in the life of a classic Wexfordian.

Motorcyclists aid autistic unit Scoil Mhuire in Coolcotts, Wexford is one of the county’s largest primary schools and the Autistic Unit at the school is a much valued resource.

Aidan and Trish Quinn are just two of the parents who are grateful that the facility is in existence saying that the unit is ‘a God’s send’ for their autistic child.

Like all such facilities cash to support the work is in short supply so Aidan and Trish set about lending a helping hand. They organised a charity motorcycle ride in aid of the unit and the event was a huge success attracting enthusiasts from far and near to support the event and raise much needed funds.

One the day it was said that the cyclists had come from as far away from Waterford, but the accents and language suggested that they had come from much further afield to take part.

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Johnstown Castle to become a Visitor Centre A new Bill to enable Teagasc to develop part of the Johnstown Castle estate comprising the castle and gardens as a visitor attraction and to permit the sale of a small area of land to the local community for a burial ground was introduced to both the Dáil and Seanad by Agriculture minister Simon Coveney. That involves two acres of land.

The Minister said Johnstown Castle estate was gifted to the nation by private owners under the terms of the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Act 1945. The estate extends to some 980 acres and has been variously an agricultural college and a research centre.

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following Teagasc's transfer to modern offices in another part of the estate,” he said. “The gardens and grounds have been maintained and open to the public since 1969 and the Irish Agricultural Museum operates a museum on the estate displaying agricultural artefacts. Both the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the EPA have office accommodation adjoining the estate.”

Teagasc has produced a number of reports which demonstrate that the estate has potential to attract visitors to the area, he said. However, this potential cannot be capitalised on due to the restrictions contained within the Johnstown Castle Act 1945 and the suc-

cessive amendment Acts, which require that all 980 acres of the estate including the castle and gardens be used for agricultural education and research purposes.

“This is one of the reasons that I am bringing forward the Bill,” he said. “ Separately, the local community in Murrintown urgently requires land for a burial ground and has identified 2.8 acres on the estate that would be suitable. Teagasc wishes to facilitate the request but the existing legislation prevents it from doing so. Again, a change in legislation is required to permit Teagasc to dispose of land for burial purposes.”

Wexford Senator Jim Walsh said he hoped the commitment

from the State will remain strong and it will not relieve itself of the burden of the cost of upkeep of €300,000 to maintain both the house and the estate.

“The lands are extensive and the gardens, which include a lake, have been in public use by the people of Wexford and its hinterland. It is important that would remain so,” he said.

“The house has only been available on special occasions, when there were receptions. It is a very fine house. I would certainly welcome the development of the house as a visitor attraction to add to a number of other visitor attractions in the area.”

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1.4 per cent of Wexford workforce in IDA companies In terms of foreign direct investment jobs - the last year for which full data are available is 2011 - there are only 12 IDA companies in County Wexford who employ 2,060 people out of 146,000 people, Wexford Senator Michael D’Arcy told the Upper House. He said that means 1.4% of those employed in County Wexford, which is one of the largest counties in the country, are directly involved in IDA companies.

“In 2011 a total of 51 jobs were created by IDA companies and in 2012 a total of 111 jobs were created,” he said. “That is less than 3.4% of the workforce in County Wexford. I do not want something belonging to somebody else but there are counties that are being hard done by in terms of their fair share of the cake. Those are

minor statistics in the scheme of things nationally and I feel hard done by that it is the case. Not enough is being done and there is insufficient analysis on a county basis, a regional basis and even on the basis of commuters.”

Senator D’Arcy said some areas are being neglected by the IDA in terms of foreign direct investment and to a lesser extent by Enterprise Ireland.

“It is something we in this Chamber could do well, namely, to provide the analysis and make the information available in order that people can see exactly where the jobs are going,” he said. “I feel hard done by given that people in Wexford are on the dole who could fill the positions if they were given the opportunity were the jobs to be made available in the county.”

Wallace relates how his sister was asked to hand over her baby in the 1980s Wexford Independent Deputy Mick Wallace told the Dáil of how, in the 1980s, his sister Mary, who was 19, got pregnant.

Speaking during a debate on the mother and baby homes issue, he said his sister went to a social worker in Dublin and told her she was considering

adoption as she was struggling with the idea of raising the child.

“She was put in contact by the social worker with CURA, a Catholic agency,” he said.

“After seven months, she decided she did not want to part with the child and would keep it. She returned to the social

worker and told her. The social worker told her she was mad, ignorant and was putting the baby at risk. She was made cry before she left the room. She had her baby in Holles Street and five hours later there was a nun at the bedside with a form and a pen, pressuring her into signing. My sister did not give

in. If she had, she might never have seen her daughter again.

That was not the 1960s, it was the 1980s.”

Deputy Wallace said the Minister for Health was quoted recently as saying: "This is a nation that stands on its own two feet and we will protect our children".

“The new Minister for Children and Youth Affairs feigned shock at the Tuam story, telling the media that it happened at a time when our children were not cherished as they should have been,” he said. “This is not news. We have known about this. We play games and perform for

the public. They are shocked because some of them have never heard it before, so we are shocked, but we are not shocked really because we knew about it. How much has changed? To what extent do we treat our children differently today compared with then?”

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GER WALSH Bakery is another great monument to Tom I was delighted to be in attendance at the Wexford Enterprise Centre a few weeks ago when the memory of the late Tom Williams was celebrated with the opening of the Williams Innovation Room.

Tom was of course a great supporter of the Centre and for many years Chaired the Board.

I knew Tom long before his days in Kerlogue when he was the driving force behind Williams Bakery in Taghmon which is now part of the Irish Pride Group.

That Irish Pride Bakery in Taghmon is a huge concern and provides a large amount of very valuable employment in the local areas. Bread produced in Taghmon is sent all over the country to supply supermarket shelves.

The facility would not of course be stuck in a corner of the country but for Tom

Williams’ great foresight in developing the business from a small country bakery producing a few van loads of bread per day to a major concern which started to send supplies to many parts of Leinster.

So just like the Enterprise Centre where his role and vision led to the creation of a large number of jobs over the y ears the bakery in Taghmon is also a great monument to his achievements.

It was nice to see all his family gathered in the Enterprise Centre for the official opening of the Innovation Room. His wife Marie spoke very eloquently on the occasion and suggested it was a pity that Tom himself was not around for the occasion. But then, as she said herself if he was still around they wouldn’t be naming a room in his honour.

Members of the Williams family leave their mark on the screen in the williams innovation room at the Wexford Enterrpsie Centre. pic by Ger Lawlor

Dirty hands overshadow new A&E at the hospital Last Wednesday was supposed to be a red letter day for Wexford General Hospital with the actual opening of the new Accident and Emergency unit. However, instead of being in the news for all the right reasons the hospital hit national headlines for the very opposite.

It was back to the problems of hand washing and hygiene and the failure of staff to follow proper procedures or in some instances any procedures at all which made the news.

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There was a defence of the situation and explanations for the failure to file reports including the fact that there was maternity leave at the hospital and staff numbers had been greatly reduced.

I have no doubt that the staff at the hospital are under a lot of pressure, but it is also true that the vast majority of civil servants are under pressure as a result of increased productivity requirements and falling staff numbers.

However, nothing can excuse poor hygiene standards in a hospital building when you consider the possible horrendous consequences of these

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The Gentleman and the Tattoo There are times when you think you know something and then your understanding is turned on its head. For example remember when a guy with a heavily tattooed body would b e described as many things but gentleman would probably not have been top of the list.

Now, it seems having a tattoo is the sign of being a true gentleman. Country Life magazine has just named broadcaster David Dimbleby, who had a scorpion tattooed on his shoulder at the age of seventy five and David Beckham, who isn’t seventy five in age, but may well have seventy five tattoos, as winner and runner up in their inaugural Gentleman of the Year competition.

Hailing both men the editor of Country Life argued that having a tattoo had long been a mark of being a gentleman. So now you know!

Maybe we should go after J.K.’s cash as well I see where JK Rowling donated no less than £1m to the campaign against the vote for Scottish Independence. Obviously the woman has more money than sense because far from aiding the ‘No’ vote her splashing of money against the nationalists is likely to strengthen their resolve.

But it did get me thinking.

If this woman has so much money to throw around maybe we could organise for a group of our Co. Councillors to go on deputation to her to see if they could get hold of a slice of her cash for the development of playgrounds or to build a few houses around the county.

They could even invite her for a type of royal tour of Wexford. I’m sure Robbie Ireton could find a vacant caravan in Courtown to host her for a few days, Michael Sheehan could take her on a tour of the Kennedy sites in New Ross, George Lawlor could entertain her at a one man show in the Wexford Opera House and Jim Moore

could round off the visit with a boat trip from Kilmore Quay to the Saltee Islands.

He could even insist on a large cash payment to bring her back.

Far-fetched yes, but hardly any more ridiculous than an famously wealthy English woman trying to influence the result of a Scottish Referendum with her cash-------particularly in view of the fact that some of those running the campaign against Independence are actually billionaires in their own right.

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TUNE OF THE WEEK

Hey everybody! Hope you’re all enjoying your summer so far. If you’re in the middle of exams, we feel for you! We have some good news though; The Chronicle is now being delivered to 7,500 more homes than before, so our plan to take over the world is going well!

As promised, we’re getting around to all of your suggestions, so, every now and again we’ll include a “Drink Deal” to help you save a bit if you’re planning on going out. Other than that, not much has changed since last week. Again, thanks for reading and hopefully you’ll all keep it up! 

Tove Lo – Stay High (Habits Remix)

There are actually a few contenders for this week but the winner has to go to Tove Lo! And of course, to the guy who made this remix. Definitely one of my favourite tracks of this year. Go check it out if you haven’t heard it already!

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Hot – Novak Djokovic Professional tennis player and legend Novak Djokovic was due to get married just after the French Open, but instead cancelled his wedding a few days before it was scheduled so he could concentrate on Wimbledon.

I think that is 100% the correct decision and he’s a great role model to young kids. Sport before girls ... ALWAYS!

Not – Justin Bieber Justin Bieber is set to settle his Miami DUI case with a plea bargain deal that will allegedly see most of the charges against the troubled singer dropped.

The 20-year-old will reportedly plead guilty to the reckless driving charge made during his arrest in

#THROWBACK WEDNESDAY Aah this brings back the memories. Of course, it’s “The Hill” by Bank of Ireland on the quay in Wexford. I rememeber skateboarding on this years back and I’m sure everyone as a kid played on this while their parents were in the bank. Brilliant picture from the fantastic Facebook page “Wexford Hub”.

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January while the rest of his charges with be dismissed.

Justin was originally charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest, reckless driving and driving without a valid license when police officers claimed to have caught him and pal Khalil drag racing on Miami streets in the early hours of the morning.

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SNAPCHAT OF THE WEEK She does it again!!

Snapchat queen Lorraine Redmond sent me this during the week, absolutley brilliant stuff.

You go girl!

As always, keep sending us your snaps and we will pick the best -

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USELESS FACT OF THE WEEK This one’s a little different to the other ones we’ve done.

It’s called the Birthday Problem – and I’m telling you that because I’m definitely going to explain it wrong and you’re going to have to look it up to understand what I’m on about! Any-ways, there are 366 possible birthdays (including February 29th), so in order to be 100% sure that at least 2 people have the same birthday out of a group of people, there must be 367 people in the group.

Still following?

Now, in order to be 99% sure that at least 2 people have the same birthday, how many people would have to be in the group? Common sense would tell you about 362 or something around there. Here’s the weird part: it only takes 50 people in the group, for there to be a 99% probability that at least 2 people would have matching birthdays. I’ve absolutely no idea why, but it’s true!

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It’s a real special occasion for Oylegate ICA

Guide to the World Cup World-Cup-fever has well and truly set in at this stage. Facebook and all other social media platforms have been taken over with talk of the biggest sporting event in the world. But what about people who have no interest in the sport?

In fairness, once every 4 years isn’t too bad, so they should probably just suck it up, but I need something to write about, so this one’s for them! It’s a fool-proof, 10 step guide to getting through the next month without people realising you have no idea what you’re talking about.

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First thing’s first – the World Cup is the pinnacle of soccer – show some respect.

Ireland aren’t in the World Cup, so leave them out of it.

The World Cup’s in Brazil this year, so it’s just standard protocol to shout “Fix!” whenever a decision is in their favour.

The offside rule is too complex for you, so just shout profanities when you hear it.

The “Invisible Spray” has only been introduced so it’s okay for you to ask questions about that.

Learn the structure of the competition. For 2 weeks no one will be knocked out. After this stage, a winner and runner-up from each group will be

Unlucky For Some We seem to have a fear in this part of the world, a fear greater than all. For some reason, we fear the number 13. Apart from anything else, fearing a number and anything associated with it, is ridiculous. Our fear becomes way greater when a Fridays falls on the 13th day of a month. Why are we all so superstitious of this? Why do we fear the number 13? There are many tales and myths from different countries and religions on why the number 13 is to be feared and why its strikes at its worst on a Friday.

In Christianity, it’s believed that at the Last Supper there were 13 dinner guests, the 13th guest to

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established – all other teams will be knocked out.

Each country has 23 players on their squad. Teams are allowed 3 substitutions per game (this is where they swap a player on the pitch, with one of the players on the bench.)

RTE commentary is the worst thing about the World Cup, you can give out about it as much as you want.

Use phrases like “Strike it” (you can use this anywhere – if it’s a ridiculous place to strike from people will think you’re joking), “That’s the shots” and “Dive!”

Stay clear of phrases like “Good tackle” if you don’t know what a good tackle is.

Just shout what everyone else is shouting and enjoy a few cold ones. Regardless of how much you hate the sport, the World Cup brings everyone together and everyone gets langered.

Yay! Adam

attend the Last Supper was thought to be the same person who betrayed Jesus prior to his death. His death, coincidentally, is said to have occurred on a Friday. So that number and day is unlucky because Christ was betrayed and died. Due to this - weirdly enough - people go to extremes to avoid the number 13 at all costs. In America in business buildings there’s often not a 13th floor but instead it goes in the order of 11, 12, 14, 14A, 15... President Roosevelt was quite fearful of the number 13, in fact if he was ever attending a lunch or meeting and the number of antendees was 13 he would invite his secretary to join them just to avoid that dreaded number. In our own country of Ireland reg-

istration numbers on vehicles were tampered with to avoid ‘13’ being on the car reg-plates which resulted in a change to ‘131’ and ‘132’ instead.

The phobia of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia. I know, that’s a bit of a mouthfull isn’t it? Try pronouncing this then :‘Friggatriskaidekaphobia’. That’s the scientific word for the fear of Friday the 13th. $900 million is lost in revenue on this day in America because people will not fly or do business they normally would do.

So are you afraid of the number 13?? Tweet me your thoughts @etekofficial.

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Kathleen Shiggins, Joan Whelan, Ann Kehoe, Breda Coady, Ann Doran pictured with the winning exhibits Oylegate ICA Guild took the coveted Award for the yearly Wexford Federation ICA “Special Occasions” Competition in Camross Hall. The event was hosted

by Camross Guild, where Breda Banville is the PRO but also the Wexford Federation President. The Guild served lovely sandwiches and cakes while the judges deliberated for nearly 3 hours to select the worthy winners.

The competition revolved around the 60th anniversary of “An Grianan”, the spiritual home of the ICA in Termefeckin, Co. Louth and the participants were asked to design a table exhibiting 5 items, a cake, invitation, a craft item to be worn to a garden party and to write an essay. Oylegate won 1st prize in 3 sections: the cake, the craft item, which in their case was a crocheted pair of gloves, the invitation and they also took 1st prize for the table presentation, which gave them overall 1st prize on the night.

They were followed in 2nd place by Ballyoughter and 3rd place by Davidstown.

The judging process was a difficult one as the standard of entries is so high and the judges had a tough job evaluating all the entries. However, Oylegate Guild was deemed to be worthy winners

on the night. They should bask in their success and they received hearty congratulations from all their ICA colleagues.

Great credit is due to Mary Somers, Wexford Federation Competitions Officer for the Trojan work she puts into all the competitions throughout the year but particularly for this big event. Mary produces on the night a tabular results sheet for each guild

Breda Banville, Federation President and the members stepped up to the plate to meet the high standard that is always so prevalent, at such events.

The night was enhanced by the presence of Anita Lett’s (Founder of the ICA from Bree in 1910) great, great niece Ann Jerrom and her husband Bill. Ann had searched the internet and made contact with Breda

Kathleen Shiggins, Joan Whelan, Ann Kehoe, Breda Coady, Ann Doran pictured with the winning exhibits that entered, displaying all the marks for each item entered and the placing of each guild.

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Wexford’s Agony Uncle Dear Alan, You have been recommended to me by several of my colleagues in Leinster House. It seems a lot of them have written to you in recent weeks and they say you are a very good listener. Well that’s great because one of the problems I have is that people seem to find it very difficult to listen to me.

I don’t know why that it because I speak in very clear deliberate tones and I always talk common sense. Well at least it is sense to me. But anyway for some reason people just have a difficulty when I start talking to them.

They often put their hands up to their ears and I have noticed people throwing their eyes to the heavens. It is very ignorant really and it can be a bit soul destroying but it has not stopped me. In fact I could talk for Ireland. However, it seems the more I talk the worse things get, it just can’t understand it.

Some people say it has got to do with the sound of my voice. They say I pierce their ears, whatever that means.

And you know Alan there is a comedian fella and he is virtually making a living out of taking off my voice.

I stupidly went to one of his shows some time ago and I was absolutely mortified when he started coming out with this Joaaan Buuurton stuff. He nearly did my head in.

I can’t understand why people have such a difficulty with my voice. At least it’s clear and people know what I’m saying not like Enda or Bertie, Sure nobody ever knew what Bertie was saying and Enda can be as bad sometimes.

As least when I speak everyone takes notice but lately I notice when go into company people are inserting plugs into their ears. Now this is a real problem because I am going for a new job and there

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are thousands of people on the interview panel and I am trying to persuade them that I am the right person for the position, but if they can’t hear what I am saying there is a danger that I won’t get it.

Alan it would be a tragedy if I failed because I am by far the most qualified. What can I do.?

Joan, the Labour Party, Dublin This is a funny way of giving out a job. You say there are thousands of people on the interview panel. That is very strange.

But I can see your problem if they cannot hear what you are saying you may have no chance. On the other hand maybe they would be better off if they couldn’t hear because I have been told the things you have been saying for the last few years have not gone down that wall with the public.

Anyway back to your problem. I think you have a great asset and one which could bring you huge success. Your voice is obviously a lethal weapon and can reduce even the strongest individuals to the state of panic attack.

Now imagine if you could turn this attack weapon on your opponents in this job that you are seeking how successful you could be. The leaders’ debates would be a walk-over. I can see Enda and that Martin fella taking cover under the desk in the studio as you reach your peak and I’d say you might even be able to drive Vin B even madder than usual.

Yes Joan the voice is your greatest asset.

Your campaign slogan could be ‘The Voice of Mass Destruction’. Good luck and I’m sure you cannot fail.

Alan

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Cllr Mary Farrell is one very annoyed lady at the moment. Given that she has just been elected to Wexford Co. Council at her first attempt she should be full of the joys of it all, but what has annoyed the Killmuckridge woman is that she is constantly be referred to, particularly on local radio, as Independent Fianna fail.

Well she is no such thing.

Mary is a real independent having gone before the electorate as a non party candidate.

The story behind Cllr. Farrell’s venture into local politics is interesting. She is a well known community activists and works with the

wheelchair association.

Over a year ago Fianna Fail came knocking on her door to see if she would b e interested in standing in the local elections as a party candidate. She ticked a lot of boxes for the party given her community involvement and the fact that she was a woman. They are not in plentiful supply in Fianna Fail.

Up to this point Mary had no involvement in party politics it seems and would have been just as prepared to listen if any other party had called.

Any to stand in the election she had to be a member of the party so she paid her €20 for membership and waited to be selected at convention. That’s

when things went wrong and following a bit of a misunderstanding, disagreement or whatever, Mary did allow her name to go forward at convention.

But she was geared u p to run and with the backing of her supporters stood as an independent and was quite successful.

So Mary is no Fianna Fail woman, independent or otherwise. She is her own person and will not be aligned to any party in the Council. She did of course vote with the pact parties at the AGM but that was to enable her to get on to some of the sub-committee a decision she staunchly defends.

And she can point to another Independent, John O’Rourke, who was not part of the voting agreement to support her argument. Cllr.

O’Rourke was left out in the cold at the agm and didn’t get on to a single committee.

And if anyone was in any doubt about Mary’s status they would have vanished after the first meeting of the Gorey Municipal District Committee last week when she suggested that the Chair of that body should be rotated.

Her suggestion was met in stony silence by the Fianna Fail and Fine Gael members.

So Mary really is an Independent.

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Windmill Therapeutic Training Unit Presentation

Wexford Insurances have had the great pleasure in presenting a cheque for €790 to the Windmill Therapeutic Training Unit in Wexford which provides an invaluable service to both students and their families.

The money was raised by Wexford Insurances staff members completing the 10km race which ran alongside the Wexford Half Marathon on Sunday the 27th of April. The organisers had a special ‘well done’ message and thank you

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Gaelic Football Roundup

Footballers Semi-Final V Dublin should be in Wexford Park too!

Watching the hurlers brave effort against Dublin last Saturday night and looking around the fine stadium that is Wexford Park the thought struck me that we should be bringing the Dubs to Wexford Park for the football semifinal too. Over the past few years we have run the Dubs really close in big championship games in Croke Park and should have beaten them on at least one occasion and gone on to win the Leinster championship for the first time since 1945. I believe we would have done so had some of those games been played at Wexford Park. I know that players like

to play at Headquarters but the reality is that it gives Dublin an unfair advantage when they are able to play all their games at the same venue.

Croke Park is different from any other pitch in the country, it is bigger and wider and from reading the great Tomas O Shea in his Irish Independent column recently the bounce of the ball is different there too.

So you can see it takes quite a bit of getting used to and a team playing all its games there is going to become quite familiar with it in a relatively short space of time. Apart from that Dublin players have quite a short journey to reach the

pitch and they will also be able to sleep in their own beds the night before the game, something teams from the country would not always be able to do especially if you were travelling from counties like Donegal, Kerry or Cork etc.

Back last October the draw was made for the 2014 Leinster football championship and the winners of the Laois v Wicklow game were drawn to play Dublin in one of the quarter finals. They were drawn out of the hat first apparently and therefore should have had home advantage. But when the Leinster council met to decide on dates and venues they de-

cided, in their wisdom, that the Dubs would begin their Leinster and All Ireland defence at Croke Park . Laois of course went on to beat Wicklow in Aughrim and if right was right they should have been playing Dublin in Portlaoise in the quarter final and given the serious fright they gave them in their own backyard it is entirely conceivable that they could have beaten them at home in Portlaoise. I have since heard that only two of the twelve Leinster counties voted to move Dublin out of Croke Park which seems remarkable to me given given their complete stranglehold on

Worrying Times For Carlow Carlow suffered a crushing defeat to Meath last Sunday but such a defeat is not a true measure of the football talent in the county in my opinion.

Over the years I would have organised challenge games against many Carlow senior clubs and was always impressed by their high standard of play. And of course we all know about the exploits of Eire Og in the Leinster Club Championship and I believe they were robbed of an AllIreland Title. I understand

that they have another fine young team in the making with former Wexford manager Pat Roe in charge of them this year. And we should not forget that another Carlow town club, O Hanrahan’s won the Leinster Club title at the start of the millennium with an average age of twenty two. They were coached by current Kilkenny trainer Michael Dempsey. So there have always been very fine club sides in Carlow but most of the time they have

not been able to translate it into a serious inter-county team but one hopes that this latest severe setback will lead to some serious soul searching within the county which hopefully will result in all the best players making themselves available for the county team. It is great to see a resurgence in Carlow hurling but it is a real pity to see the footballers going in the opposite direction

the province at the moment.

Money was probably the major reason why they were kept in Croke Park as , in fairness, the Dubs do bring huge support but it is not a good enough reason in my opinion as every advantage should be given to the underdog particularly when one team is so dominating the province. With their huge sponsorship with AIG, who also sponsor the famous All Blacks, it seems that everything is going Dublin’s way at the moment…

All County Football Leagues coming to a conclusion

Castletown and Shelmaliers will contest the final of the senior football league after last Friday’s final series of games. The league was based on the championship format of two groups of six and you played the teams in the other group with the top two teams qualifying for the final. It was a pity though that it was not the top two teams in each group so that we could have had semi- finals as well as, with the club championship programme in a state of abeyance at the moment due to the progress of our county teams, clubs are crying out for games and are having to organise tournaments. This league final should not be rushed and it should be ensured that the two teams involved have full access to their inter- county players.

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LARRY O’GORMAN

The man who gets Behind the Sports Headlines

Time to look forward to the qualifiers Well brother we didn’t win but this was a performance to lift the spirits.

There was really a great atmosphere in Wexford Park and on the way to it for the game. Often in the past when there was a big build up to a Wexford game we all came away deflated with the occasion not living up to expectations.

However, I can safely say I have not met one person since last Saturday night who was not singing the praises of the efforts of this young side and the backroom team.

We lost ok, but we lost good, if you know what I mean. Dublin are a more experienced and stronger team and in the end this was a crucial factor.

But we have got to look forward from this. We have the qualifiers to come and my big hope is that we can avoid the big guns like Tipperary, Clare and the losers of next weekend’s Leinster Semi-Final.

It would be great too if we could get home advantage and have another big hurling occasion in Wexford Park. The big crowds and strong support would do wonders for the confidence of this young side. And make no mistake about it with a bit more confidence and

a little more experience they have great potential.

What did we learn from last Saturday night?

Well on a positive note we learned that this is a young side with great spirit and no lack of determination.

They have certainly made a lot of progress under this management team over the winter.

Where they came up a bit short was in terms of that all important killer instinct. When The scene outside Wexford Park on Saturday evening when the game was covered by Sky you are playing Sports. Now you know what your sky subscription is paying for. Pic by Pat Sheridan. defending champions you perience showed through their leaderthey got the chance put the pressure have to make sure that you put away ship qualities all over the field and this right back on us and the key thing was every, or almost was something we were lacking. That they made their pressure count with every, chance was a crucial difference between the scores on the board you create. We sides in the second d half when the Conor McDonald was the name on didn’t do that leadership qualities of the more experieveryone’s lips after the game and he and in a way enced players really came into play for certainly seems a good prospect for the Finally, just to wish Good luck to the Minors this Saturday that was a big Dublin. future. Liam Ryan, Podge Doran and and I think Kilkenny will beat Galway in the other Semipart of our Immediately after the restart WexMatthew O’Hanlon can also be pleased Final. downfall. ford did take the game to their oppowith their performance.

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Missed chances and lack of killer instinct sink Wexford

by Ian Mitchell

It was a frustrating day for Wexford hurling supporters who made the trip to Wexford Park in the height of exam weather on Saturday last.

Heading into the game there was a strong sense of optimism in the camp after good results against Antrim in the quarter final stage and against Kilkenny in the u21.

The familiar echoes of Liam Spratt’s commentary from the press box were quickly drowned out as the teams took to the field in front of a near sell-out crowd. The game started promisingly for Liam Dunne’s men with Podge Doran bagging a goal after 8mns.

The teams exchanged points with Conor Mac, Jack Guiney, Alan McCrabbe and Paul Ryan

all getting on the score sheet.

Debutant Colm Cronin, fresh from All Ireland success with UCD, got an inspiring score for Dublin to lead them into a spell of dominance before half time. The visitors led 0-11 to 1-6 at the interval.

All the talk over the half time cups of tea was about the rising star Conor McDonald.

‘Mac’ was the most dangerous of the Wexford forwards causing All Star full back Peter Kelly quite the headache. Unfortunately Wexford were unable to capitalise on the problems the eighteen year old Naomh Eanna man was causing.

The Wexford midfield and half forward line struggled under the puck outs and failed to provide a regular scoring platform. However when clean ball was won it was evident that players were looking for

the man in space or the runner off the shoulder.

The Wexford defence to their credit was solid for the most part, led by Captain Matt O’Hanlon. Liam Ryan at corner back was worthy of selection and was involved in some good defensive play.

After the break Dublin continued where they left off with Alan McCrabbe finding space and taking some fine scores.

Conal Keaney justified his man of the match performance with 5 points from play and clearing a crucial ball from the Dublin half back line.

Wexford will rue their missed chances especially the two goal opportunities that were presented in the second half. Podge Doran had a low shot saved by the fearless Alan Nolan and again Doran, opting to go high this time was denied by the Dublin net minder.

Wexford’s Sky boost We mightn’t have got a result on the pitch, but what a promotion the county got from Sky’s coverage of the game. There was a beautiful shot of the harbour, nice images of people on the Main Street and then plenty of mentions of Wexford living up to its name as the sunny South East.

I know the audience which they secured for their game the previous week would probably fit in a few telephone boxes but nevertheless it was great to see Wexford being shown in such a positive light and the game was being broadcast far and wide.

I’d imagine if you were watching in a pub in the UK you’d want to get the next boat back to where the sun always shines.

Sky’s presence really got people talking and their coverage was superb, but it would need to be. Did you ever see anything like the amount of vans and equipment they had? I wouldn’t like to be paying for it Brother. Oh but I suppose if you have a sky box you are paying for it!

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Michael Carton sealed victory for Anthony Daly’s men with two well taken points from the 65. All in all a disappointing result, that killer instinct that teams like age old rivals Kilkenny possess is still missing and a few basic passing errors let Wexford down.

Dublin march on to meet the winners of Kilkenny & Gal-

way in next weekend’s clash.

Conor Mac, Jack Guiney & Liam Ryan will be hoping to make up for this result when they continue the defence of their Leinster title along with the rest of the Wexford u21 team against Offaly in Wexford Park on June 25th at 7pm

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Subs: Garrett Sinnott for Guiney (45), David Redmond for O'Keeffe (52), E Moore for H Kehoe (56), Ian Byrne for R Jacob (59).

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Wexford Motor Show

The annual Co. Wexford Motor Show drew thousands of spectators to Wexford quays on Saturday last to view up to one hundred models of new cars in addition to a display of vintage vehicles. Dealers from all over Co. Wexford were on hand to show off the latest vehicles on offer. Among those in attendance were Craig Doyle and Pat Murphy of Slaney View Motors while David Lafferty and Ray Furlong represented Bolands Wexford.

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Summer Vocal Workshops for Young Singers Wexford Opera House isto present an inaugural series of musicianship and vocal workshops for 12-18 year olds.

Led by course director Elizabeth Dwral, who among other things worked as Surtitles Supervisor at Wexford Festival Opera, is offering an intensive 2 week vocal workshop for young singers to help them develop confidence in singing, performance and musicianship.

Interested students, parents and friends are invited to take part in an induction morning on Saturday, 21 June at 11.00 am in the

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It will also be an exciting opportunity to meet the course tutors and become familiar with the spectacular venue, purpose built for the voice.

The two-week intensive workshop itself, with the assistance of local performing artists Deidre Grant and Eddie MilbourneMcCarthy, will cover skills such as sight reading, aural development, improvisation, character analysis and performance skills. The aim of this course is to develop the whole musician and vocalist through the study of age appropriate repertoire.

D'Arcy urged to quit Banking Inquiry The nomination of Gorey Senator Michael D'Arcy to serve on the Banking Inquiry giving an inbuilt majority to the government, has led to an angry reaction from opposition Oireachtas members and the resignation of Independent TD Stephen Donnelly from the committee.

Now a local councillor has urged the Senator to withdraw his name from the committee. Sinn Fein's Fionntan O'Suilleabhain said 'Last week the government decided that it didn't like the make up of the committee that was supposed to uncover the truth behind this scandalous decision, so it decided to manufacture a majority of yes men in order to control the outcome of the inquiry'.

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