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‘I want to move on with my life’ A WOMAN who was found not guilty of murdering her husband says she now just wants to move on with her life and care for her family. Sarah Doyle (32) stabbed her husband Philip Doyle (33) at the home they shared in The Heath, Ramsgate, Gorey, Co Wexford on January 26, 2020 but a jury accepted her claims of self-defence and found her not guilty of his murder.
Ms Doyle said she is now hoping to move on with her life, following a gruelling murder trial which concluded recently at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court. Asked if she was grateful to the jury for finding her not guilty, Ms Doyle said: “I am, but that’s all I have to say,” she told the Daily Mirror. She said she was unable to speak about the night she
fatally stabbed her husband outside their home, saying: “I can’t speak about that.” She added that she now has her children to look after. The week-long hearing had been told how Philip Doyle had died shortly after receiving two stab wounds to his chest. The jury returned their not guilty finding after just over six hours of deliberations.
Mr and Ms Doyle, originally from Bray, Co Wicklow, had married six months prior to the incident and had two toddler sons together, while Mr Doyle also had a daughter. Counsel for Ms Doyle had said there was a “history of abuse” in the relationship and his client “producing a knife was a last resort”. Continued on next page
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04| news in brief Free online portal for charities Wexford County Council has developed a free online information sharing portal for not-for-profit, communityowned facilities, to inform the public. Many community facilities were under-utilised during the Covid restrictions, with a corresponding reduction in income. “As society emerges from the Covid pandemic it is hoped that this initiative will be a useful tool for those wishing to use and/or hire not-forprofit community facilities,” said a Wexford County Council spokesperson. For more, see: www.wexfordcoco.ie
May 31, 2022
Croke Park is world’s first ‘Age-Friendly’ stadium
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Tony Dempsey, Wexford County Council (back row, fourth from left), was appointed as the Age-Friendly Ambassador for the county at a recent ceremony in Croke Park.
ENNISCORTHY will be rocking over the August bank holiday weekend when it plays host to this year’s Rockin’ Food and Fruit Festival, it has been announced. The all-inclusive event will take place from Friday, July 29, until Monday, August 1, and will be very much family orientated. There will be over 50 food and craft stalls located in the town over the weekend, live outdoor music and gig trail involving over 50 rock ‘n’ roll gigs throughout the weekend.
IT may be rare for Wexford to play in Croke Park these days, but we were well represented at the Age Friendly Ireland GAA event recently, when Croke Park was named the first ‘AgeFriendly’ stadium in the world. Wexford was represented by Cathaoirleach Cllr BarbaraAnne Murphy; Mayor of Wexford, Cllr Garry Laffan; Wexford County Council Age Friendly Programme
Manager Ann Marie Laffan; Wexford Older People’s Council Chairperson Kevin Molloy; and Wexford AgeFriendly Ambassador Tony Dempsey. An age-friendly ambassador for each county was announced, with Tony Dempsey taking up the role in Co Wexford. Tony will help to promote the work that Wexford County Council and partner organisations are doing to
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make Wexford a better place for older people to live. The stadium has improved its accessibility and has committed to delivering agefriendly training for staff, as well as discounted tickets for older fans. Actions will be implemented across the wider GAA community, including in Wexford, to ensure that older people continue to feel included as part of the GAA community.
Woman cleared of murder
Continued from previous page Ms Doyle told gardai that Mr Doyle had “dragged” her down the stairs by the hair when she returned home on the night of the incident and was “punched” by her husband. One neighbour of the couple said he had seen Mr Doyle give his wife “a slap on the head” one day when he saw them arguing. Another neighbour said she saw Ms Doyle with bruising on two separate occasions. On the weekend of the incident, Mr Doyle’s parents, Jackie and David, visited the couple’s home in Gorey. Jackie and Sarah went out socialising in Gorey on Saturday but they had come home separately. The jury heard Ms Doyle told her son “don’t ask” when she returned, with calls and texts following between Philip and Sarah. Two texts from Philip said “where the f*ck are you” and “if you wake any of the kids you’ll be sleeping in the front garden”. When she returned, Sarah said Philip had “dragged” her down the stairs by her hair when trying to remove her from the
Council to rebuild ties with South East Radio
Wexford County Council and South East Radio are to meet regarding recent events that appeared in a national newspaper and “put the matter to bed”, following a tense debate at the monthly council meeting. Head of Communications, David Minogue, gave a detailed account to the members, whereby it emerged Mr Minogue had asked that, going forward, South East Radio would not broadcast “personal views or opinions of presenters” and that they retain all raw recorded material for a period of two years in case of a dispute with the local authority, and that once Wexford County Council avails of a right to reply on an issue, that this should be the end of the matter. Mr Minogue said that he had indicated to Eamonn Buttle, Managing Director at South East Radio, that Wexford County Council intended to proceed with advertising as planned in an email on March 23rd, adding: “I further stated in my email that there were a few criteria that the council would like to see in place as part of any annual commercial dealing with the radio going forward. “Mr Buttle replied on March 25th and expressed his thanks
that South East Radio could budget for €40,000 to €50,000 in advertising and in his email, he asked if I could elaborate by what I meant in relation to criteria I’d like put in place. “I replied on the same day and it appears that the content of this particular email is the one which has led to coverage in the national press.” Mr Minogue and Mr Buttle exchanged emails and Mr Minogue expressed his disappointment that the contents of the emails had been leaked to the press. Mr Minogue concluded that Mr Buttle had significantly misinterpreted the email and its contents. “With that in mind, I intend to make contact with Mr Buttle [this week] to address that misinterpretation and clarify the nature of my request for his consideration and seek to, once again, establish a basis for a renewed professional working relationship between the Council and South East Radio.” He added: “I remain confident that an amicable and mutually acceptable outcome can be achieved and I’m very happy to keep the members informed of my progress on this issue.” Members advised that the good relationship be rebuilt and the matter be moved forward.
Lack of shelters an obstacle to bus use
AT the recent meeting of Wexford County Council, Cllr John Fleming was successful in pushing a motion asking members to call on the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, “to hugely increase funding for bus shelters in County Wexford.” Cllr Fleming concluded that “at a time when bus transport is being encouraged, the lack of bus shelters is a massive deterrent to would-be users.”
The matter will now be conveyed to Mr Ryan for consideration. Meanwhile, many Wexford students feel that they are being “unfairly excluded” from the recent fare reduction scheme introduced by the minister. It comes as the cuts to ticket prices do not apply to Expressway or Wexford Bus services, which are heavily relied upon by students to travel to Dublin, Waterford, Carlow and Maynooth.
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House prices set to fall but here’s the bad news ...
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irst the good news: house prices in Ireland will soon start to fall and sky-high rents will be rolled back. Service industries will be able to fill their job vacancies and it will be possible to find an electrician or plumber to work on your home. Now the bad: these developments will be caused by an international recession which will hit Ireland harder than most. House prices will fall because few people will want to buy them; the same process will drive down rents. Unemployment will rise and employers will find it easy to fill vacancies, even at lower levels of pay. The recession will be caused by the phenomenon known as stagflation, where workers are awarded pay increases to compensate for inflationary price hikes. The inflationary cycle, if not broken at an early stage, becomes impossible to control; industrial output falls and the economy stagnates, savings are eroded and anyone on a fixed income is faced with the prospect of penury. Am I certain about these harrowing predictions? Not entirely certain, to be honest. But, unlike almost everyone in Government or Opposition, I have seen it all before. Ireland went down this rocky road in the 1970s and 80s. We are on that path again and I don’t hear anyone shouting ‘stop!’. In the early 1970s Ireland was enjoying a phase of relative prosperity. Industrial output was up, along with exports and wages. Our position was enhanced by impending membership of the then European Economic Community, which we joined in 1973. As a country we were earning more, but also borrowing more. The prospect of European
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membership made borrowing easier and Irish governments began to provide better services for our citizens on a ‘live now, pay later’ basis. The economy worked like one of those centrifugal wheels you see at funfairs where everyone sticks to the wall so long as it keeps spinning. When it slows down they all slide off. In 1974 international trade stopped spinning. OPEC, the organisation of Gulf states that supplied most of the West’s oil, imposed an embargo on the US because of its support for Israel in a war with Egypt. The ban extended, in a patchy fashion, to much of Europe, including Ireland. The price of oil doubled , then quadrupled, pushing the cost of almost everything else through the roof. Workers demanded commensurate pay increases, but they were worthless because prices kept rising and even the money they were paid with was losing its value. Because that country does not go in for collective bargaining and has relatively few public service employees, America suffered badly at the time but recovered quickly. In Ireland, where powerful public service unions set the pace, the problem went on for years. Pay demands followed price hikes and were
usually conceded only after costly, disruptive strikes. Before Ireland had escaped the cycle, the world was plunged into a new one, when the Iranian Revolution of 1978 caused another oil shortage. The rate of inflation in Ireland had fallen that year to 7.71% (about what it is now) but leapt to 13.3% the following year and hit 18.15% in 1980. I was then half of a young couple who had just bought a house and our mortgage repayment rate at one stage topped 20%. Many of these factors are in play today. EU backing has allowed our heavily-indebted exchequer to borrow at will and exceptionally low interest rates encouraged the Government to splash the cash in response to the many problems thrown up by the Covid pandemic. True, the Irish economy is much stronger than in 1974 - nevertheless, we are living wildly beyond our means, as we were then. The war in Ukraine has, like the OPEC embargo, led to a fuel shortage and pushed up the price of everything. Unions are responding with inflationary wage demands. Public sector unions are leading the charge and the Government is showing no will to resist them. Irish governments could not resolve the inflation crisis of the 1970s and 80s, that depended on factors beyond our borders. But a lot of the things they did made matters worse. What we need now is a collective will to ride out this crisis. There should be pay rises, of course, but not across-the board rises aimed at matching price hikes. Government aid should be targeted at those who suffer most: people in very low -paid jobs and on social welfare and other fixed incomes. To pay for that, the Government should cut back on every other form
John O Reilly, Damien Murphy, Woodie and Noel Farrell at the Morris Dunne Truck, Tractor and Car road run in Enniscorthy Marts
of spending that is not immediately necessary. We will all suffer but a short
shock is better than a lingering malaise. For Ireland, the inflation crisis of 1974 lasted more
than a decade. We should learn from our mistakes, not repeat them.
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Extreme weather signals climate crisis A total of five ‘extreme weather events’ were recorded in Ireland last year, serving as an ominous warning of climate change, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned. This time last year, nine weather stations in seven different counties had one or two absolute droughts — a period of 15 or more consecutive days with less than 0.2mm of rain. Some 14 stations recorded heat-waves, with six stations having heat-waves lasting for 10 days. Even more shockingly for Ireland, two ‘tropical nights’ were reported — a rare event for this island — with temperatures exceeding 20°C. Last autumn also saw the warmest September on record for Ireland, while an unusual extra-tropical cyclone occurred from 26 November, lasting two days, when Storm Arwen brought northerly gales and storm-force 10 winds. December saw the arrival of Storm Barra, a long-lasting wind and rain storm which saw violent storm-force 11 winds
Leah Quish (9) at the launch of Round Up for Ronald McDonald House in Crumlin Hospital. Pic: Andres Poveda
(more than 80km/h). The WMO said that while extreme weather is the “dayto-day face” of climate change, the broken records are “yet another clear sign that human activities are causing planetary scale changes on land, in the
ocean and in the atmosphere, with harmful and long-lasting ramifications for sustainable development and ecosystems”. According to the new report, the last seven years have been the warmest on record, with global warming reaching 1.1
Louise O’Sullivan and Jason O’Neil from Riverdance at the launch of LauraLynn Children’s Hospice with the show, which is celebrating its 25th witha run at the Gaiety Theatre this summer. Pic: Andres Poveda
degrees over pre industrial levels last year. The organisation plans to roll out Early Warning Systems to help all its member countries adapt to climate changes, which will hit even harder over the next five years.
Dog owners: please respect our beaches
WITH summer upon us and people thronging to the beaches, dog owners are being encouraged to ‘leave only paw prints in the sand’ and please pick up after their pets. The UCD Acclimatize Project has now identified dog faeces as one of the greatest causes of water pollution on our beaches, which can result in temporary bathing prohibition notices being issued by local authorities. Testing has allowed local councils to differentiate between human, bird and canine faecal contamination and according to the findings, the dog faeces marker was the most frequently detected and “at times reached very high levels” on beaches. People are more likely to come into contact with dog faeces on beaches during the bathing season, which runs from 1st June to 15th September. Contact with dog faeces can have serious health impacts, including diarrhea and other nasty tummy bugs, and it can even cause blindness in
Number of jobless falls by 3,900
Carmel O’Boyle (82) and Margaret Meldon (85) celebrating National Arts in Nursing Homes Day. Pic: Maxwells
Snap to it as photo competition opens BUDDING photographers and enthusiasts, here is your chance to have your work seen by all as the Clean Coasts 13th annual Love Your Coast photography competition has officially opened for entries. The Love Your Coast competition asks for amateur photographers to capture and celebrate the uniqueness of our coastal communities as well as our waterways, for those who live inland. While Ireland has some of the most spectacular coastlines in the world there is no doubt that the rivers, lakes and waterways also deserve to be photographed
children. Even one dog foul can result in contamination the size of a tennis court. Councils have advised that ultimately, dog owners may face increased restrictions on beach use as well as more frequent patrols by dog wardens in an effort by local authorities to keep our coastal waters clean and safe for use. Bylaws may also be reviewed in an effort to improve bathing water quality. And hefty fines are now looming for offenders who are caught leaving dog poo behind them. The UCD Acclimatize team has released an animated video entitled ‘Leave Only Paw Prints’ illustrating the direct link between dog fouling and poor beach water quality. They want to highlight the potential harm caused by dog mess and encourage pet owners to take responsibility for cleaning up after their dogs. For more information on this initiative, log onto: www. acclimatize.eu/dogs.
in all of their beauty. So photographers are encouraged to pick up their cameras and explore what your county has to offer this summer. Last year, 15 images scored top places in the competition, with Declan Roche’s image from the Wildlife and Underwater category, entitled ‘Let Me Out’ (taken at the Wexford Harbour Quayfront in County Wexford) winning the overall Love Your Coast title for 2021. Photographers have until Monday, 29th August 2022 to enter. For more information, go to: www.cleancoasts.org/ our-initiatives/love-your-coast/
THE numbers on the live register in April have fallen to 177,100, down 3,900 from March. Some 55% of people signing on in April were men, while 45% were women; 9.7% are under 25 years of age, while 90.3% are 25 years of age and over. It comes as the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme has now ended and recipients have either transferred to a Jobseeker’s scheme or had their PUP claim closed. A total of 436,056 people on the Live Register were benefitting from the PUP or other supports. Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys said the latest figures are very encouraging and reflect the reopening of the economy and the growth in employment. She said numerous employers are seeking to increase their workforce as we move into the summer season, providing jobseekers with opportunities in a broad range of services and other employments.
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ninenottomiss book review book of the week tv show of the week with Audrey Bracken @fable_books
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. To have the woman she loves back should mean a return to normal life, but Miri can feel Leah slipping from her grasp. Published by Pan Macmillan, this is the deliciously strange debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. Our Wives Under the Sea is a story of falling in love, loss, grief and what life there is in the deep, deep sea… At its heart, Our Wives Under the Sea is a tender love story that straddles two worlds. With evocative and lyrical prose, Armfield has spun a fantastic tale positively soaked with eerie atmosphere. An ominous feeling pervades the novel with Armfield deftly weaving both Miri and Leah’s points of view skilfully throughout. Miri’s perspective is grounded in the everyday, whereas Leah’s is told in a series of dreamlike, claustrophobic flashbacks of her time trapped in a submarine at the bottom of the sea. The mysterious Centre for Marine Inquiry looms in the shadows; a malevolent and unnerving presence throughout. Armfield shows great skill and dexterity in sketching her characters, managing to convey a lot with little. The exchanges between Miri and her mother, although not part of the main action, are pitch perfect and their strained relationship injects a little humour. Not for those who aren’t willing to engage in a little suspension of disbelief, but a sublimely beautiful book that moves inexorably towards an inevitable, perfect end. This spectacularly disturbing book will crawl under your skin and linger for a long time to come.
HOROSCOPES
film of the week
What Eden Did Next by Sheila O’Flanagan ey
conversations with friends RTE1, 9.35pm, Wednesday June 1
firestarter Cinemas nationwide
ANOTHER recommended beach read from this best-selliing author. Eden found perfect love with Andy but how it ended was shocking. For the five years since, her little daughter Lila — and Eden’s secret letters to Andy — have been all she needed. And Andy’s family like it that way. Rafe wants nothing more than to start a new life back home in Ireland. It’s time for him to turn the page on his own tragedy. And every woman in the neighbourhood is ready to help a single dad settle in. When Eden and Rafe meet, it seems that everyone has a good reason for thinking their tentative relationship is a bad idea . . .
AS Frances and Nick grow closer things become tense between Bobbi and Frances, as Bobbi senses a change in her friend. A visit from Melissa’s agent raises tensions in the villa. Meanwhile, back in Ireland, tensions remain unresolved with Bobbi, while Frances visits her mother, but a bout of terrible pain leads her to be rushed to hospital. If none of this makes any sense to you, then you have either chosen to ignore one of the biggest TV dramas in recent years, or, like some of drab and miserable characters in the series, couldn’t really be arsed either way.
IN Firestarter, Zac Efron must protect his pyrokinetic daughter once the government discover her secret powers . . .say what? Pyrokinesis, it’s one of the more unusual superpowers. And in Blumhouse’s re-imagining of Stephen King’s Firestarter novel, Charlie McGee (Ryan-Kiera Armstrong) is born with the super-power, but her father Andy (Zac Efron) taught her how to quell her power. This works until Charlie turns 11, and suddenly her power is getting harder and harder to contain and as you can imagine, all Hell breaks loose.
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RECIPE of the week
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Aries- This week is a 7 Do the groundwork to realize a vision. Strategize and review priorities. Postpone travels, and take care of business behind the scenes. Taurus- This week is an 8 Friends help out. Collaborate on the structural and logistical details. Make sure you’ve handled the basics before elaborating. Gemini- This week is an 8 Navigate a professional challenge by focusing on organization, discipline and coordinated action. Work completed now can have long-term benefit. Cancer- This week is an 8 You can get what you need to take a trip. An older person makes an interesting proposition. Don’t overlook what loved ones need. Leo- This week is an 8 Investments made now can have long-term benefit. Strengthen by reinforcing foundations and supports.
night sky Amazon Prime MARRIED couple Franklin (J.K Simmons) and Irene (Sissy Spacek) York are growing old together, living a seemingly quiet life. However, they share a secret: their back yard contains a portal to another planet. Thus we become witness to a mystery the couple have been trying to get to the bottom of for yonks. While the two leading starrs — excuse the pun — carry this interesting plot well, Night Sky is essentially built around a decent idea for a 100-minute movie, which it then stretches to eight hours and may prove a little plodding for some.
charity of the week
summer meatballs www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/summermeatballs-spaghetti
We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong Sharon Van Etten
EVERYONE loves a meatball. So what’s the difference between a summer meatball and a winter meatball? Not a lot, really, apart from summer vegetables throw in to green it up a little — in this case, courgettes. The pork mince is also mixed with garlic and fennel which combine wonderfully with the courgettes. Toss the pasta and meatballs with the courgette ribbons in the pan with a ladleful of pasta water and add a good dash lemon juice and a scatter of parmesan.
WRITTEN in the lockdown, this homerecorded (sixth) album sees her work her way through her roles as a parent and musician, and battle her demons. The pandemic arrived with bad timing for the musician, who had uprooted her life and moved to Los Angeles – she’d lived in New York for 15 years – when she found herself stuck indoors like the rest of us. The 10 songs on We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong land quite hard and may not be summer listening, but like her best work, they take on the meanings that her listeners always need.
wine of the week
wine of the week
Virgo- This week is an 8 Collaborate with your partner to realize a shared dream. Strengthen infrastructure. Find an inspiration that sings for both of you. Libra- This week is an 8 Keep your fitness goals. Disciplined action builds long-term strength and health. Demands for your attention abound. Scorpio- This week is an 8 Keep practicing to improve your game. Focus on technique, and learn through repetition. Get coaching from a trusted expert. Sagittarius- This week is an 8
Make repairs and renovations. Coordinate with your family for shared priorities. Get creative.
dungarvan pride festival Saturday, June 18th
dirtbirds — no filter Friday, June 3, www.theatrero
Dungarvan’s first ever PRIDE Festival will take place in Walton Park, Dungarvan. A celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture, the event boasts a fun and exciting programme filled with music, food, family fun, magic and drag! Emilene Stafford, one of the committee’s co-chairs, is looking forward to Dungarvan’s inaugural PRIDE Festival. “While the day is about celebrating LGBTQ+ people, it is a day to be enjoyed and celebrated by everyone.” Picutred: Kerrie Bedell, proprietor of Ballot Flowers and John Gomes-Rea Dungarvan Pride
IN a world where women are expected to have the patience of mother Teresa, the arse of Jennifer Lopez, the social media profile of Kim Kardashian and the BMI of Elle McPherson the pressure is relentless. Dirtbirds the comedy duo and internet sensation present their hilarious new show ‘No Filters’ which takes a close look at the barrage of bull we are subjected to on a daily basis and reminds us that despite what we’re told there is no such thing as perfect.
Côtes du Rhône Villages 2020, Lidl — €8.50 www.lidl.ie IF FRANCE is your dream destination and you can’t make it there this summer, then the words Côtes du Rhône will no doubt come to in mind, as it is a staple wine in restaurants and on supermarket shelves. Easy-drinking, food-friendly wines that don’t cost a packet, this little gem from Lidl is described as a medium- to full-bodied wine, with soft rounded strawberry fruits – this would go down well with beef or lamb stews, or baked Mediterranean veg.
Capricorn- This week is an 8 Capture brilliant ideas as they inspire you. Intellectual discovery provides a thrill. What you uncover now has long-term implications. Aquarius-This week is a 9 Abundance is available. Gather up more than you spend for a positive balance. Make agreements, and sign contracts. Pisces- This week is a 9 Take ground with a personal project. What you do now can have long-term benefit. Provide the leadership to take it to a new level.
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Houses ‘ready but still idle’
THERE are at least three locations in the county where houses are completed and ready for occupation but had not been allocated to tenants, a meeting of Wexford County Council heard. Chairman of Wexford County Council’s Strategy Policy Committee for Housing, Cllr Joe Sullivan said in total there are twenty-six units – Tober Mhuire, Gorey (12 units), Airhill, Belvedere Road, Wexford (7) and The Ballagh (7). “I am personally at this moment in time, having great difficulty trying to get my head around what is going on with these houses and as an elected representative feel that I have a personal responsibility to exert as much pressure as I possible can, on behalf of people who are voiceless,” said Cllr Sullivan, from the Gorey-Kilmuckridge district. Director of Services with responsibility for housing, Carolyne Godkin told the meeting “the last thing I want to see is houses lying idle” but she pointed out that “some issues need a resolution.” She indicated that some offers are on the way, while one is private-led and there are still some snagging problems.
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Appeal to help family of late Wexford teenager A fundraising campaign has been launched to help the family of a young Wexford teen whose death has “broken the hearts of everyone who knew him”. Lee Nolan (16), from Ballymurn, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 13. A GoFundMe page has been set up by colleagues of his mum, Caroline, to aid the family with expenses. Cathriona and Maureen of Home Instead Wexford, who set up the fundraiser, asked people to light a candle for the teen. They wrote in a tribute: “As colleagues of our beloved caregiver, Caroline Nolan, who recently buried her beautiful son, Lee Nolan at the age of 16, we are asking everyone to light a candle in his memory. “Lee was a wonderful young man who touched the lives of those around him. “Besides his parents, he leaves behind his siblings Natasha, Aaron and Zoe, grandmothers, brothers-in-law and extended family. Lee always enjoyed being with his best friends
Lee Nolan (16), from Ballymurn, Wexford.
Kailen, Nathan, Chloe and Kevin and always stuck up for those who needed it. “We would like to contribute to Lee’s heartbroken family to relieve them of any financial burden they may face to
enable them to grieve,” they continued. “We are reaching out today to ask for your support. Please consider donating, as any small amount will truly help the Nolan family during this difficult
time.” Thousands of euro have flooded in towards the €10,000 goal for the family. You can contribute at www. gofundme.com/f/light-acandle-for-lee-and-help-thefamily
Council seeks flooding solutions
FOLLOWING the Christmas Day flooding in the Bridgetown and Kilmore areas and surrounding districts, members of Rosslare district submitted a motion requesting urgent communications be issued to the OPW seeking confirmation on the review and report. At a recent meeting of Wexford County Council, Councillor Jim Moore, who proposed the motion, called for a timeframe when possible solutions, plans and timelines will be clarified and formally notified to the council. “The communication should also include a formal request from Wexford County Council to the OPW seeking a commitment that they will attend a meeting of the council to present their findings and recommend solutions,” Cllr Moore said: “In addition, Rosslare district will be calling on the OPW to immediately implement a grant scheme for affected local residents and businesses to allow them secure short-term solutions to deal with flood events, such as flood barriers.”
25 jobs created at Man died in home Killowen Farm ‘infested
A €4m investment has been made at award-winning Co Wexford yoghurt producer Killowen Farm, which will lead to the creation of 25 new jobs. The company’s new production facilities were unveiled recently by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, at their base in Courtnacuddy. This will see Killowen increase their cream-cheese production capacity and grow their workforce to about 72 people. The business is owned by the Dunne family, who have been producing yoghurt under the Killowen Farm brand since
2004. Killowen now exports its Irish yoghurt into several international markets including Dubai, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Chief Executive Nicholas Dunne said the move is a “very significant” one for Killowen Farm. “This expansion would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of the entire team at Killowen Farm, particularly over the past two challenging years, and I want to acknowledge their part in making this business a success,” he said.
Historic towns funding
WEXFORD County Council has received funding under the Historic Towns Initiative 2022 for two fascinating new projects which will boost tourism in the county. Some €250,000 has been awarded for the renovation of a heritage building as a food and community hub in the Templeshannon area of Enniscorthy. While €40,000 has been awarded for a heritage-led
regeneration plan for County Wexford. Funding has also come from the Heritage Council under the County Heritage Plan Pilots Scheme 2022 for three countywide heritage projects. They include a Co Wexford Thatch Survey, a Co Wexford World War Two Defence Heritage Recording Project and a Wexford Wetlands Educational Project for schoolchildren.
with rats’
Emergency services had to remove a man’s body through the window of a home described as “very littered” in Co Wexford. Gardai, the local fire brigade and ambulance personnel were called to the house on Grange Road in New Ross, where the body of a man, who was in his 40s, was found in the property. His remains were taken to Waterford University Hospital for post-mortem examination. It is understood his cause of death is from natural causes. The house was described as “infested with rats”, with the incident “a particularly difficult call for the fire service”. When they had their debriefing afterwards they were offered critical incident stress management support, a source said. A spokesperson for the ambulance service added: “He had died less than an hour before we arrived. “He had been in the room for a long period of time. The room wasn’t in great condition. It took hours as the window had to be removed and his remains placed on a teleporter.”
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wexfordinpictures Bobby and Maise Hughes at coffee morning in the Loch Gorman Arms, Gorey in aid of Advocates Autism Wexford
Visiting Wexford County Council as part of EU50 Regional outreach on Europe Day were Bernadett Dankó Manno Istvánné, wife of the Hungarian Ambassador, Nikolett Égeni, Chargé d`Affairs at the Embassy of Hungary , County Manager Tom Enright and Cllr Barbara Anne Murphy, Chairman of Wexford County Council
Clare Kavanagh and George Lawlorstars of the The Pirates of Penzance WLOS IN The National Opera House
Ellie Killeen and her dad Graham at the Wexford CBS 5K Fun Run 2022
Katie Tyrell and CharlotteBreen at the Glenbrien Enniscorthy Community Fun Day
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We take a look back at extracts from old newspapers to see what was in the news this month in years gone by
Evening Her 01/05/1939
Dublin Evening Mail, 29/05/1934
Irish Press 09/05/1946
Freemans Jrn ……22/05/1868
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