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Gardai in support as Council tackles waste site Wexford County Council this week moved to tackle a major unauthorised waste site in North Wexford following months of complaints.

The large scale site had continued to operate despite not having any proper authorisation from the local authority with residents and public rep-

resentatives up in arms over problems associated with it.

On Monday, using powers available to it under the Waste Management Acts, the Council conducted an operation to limit environmental pollution occurring at the site. The operation included the removal of unauthorised equipment

and followed months of investigation and monitoring by Wexford County Council at the unauthorised site.

The large-scale operation saw Gardai on site in support of the Council workers who were involved in the action while other State agencies were also involved. It took a

full day to complete the the enforcement action.

The operation necessitated the closure of a local road near the site in the extreme North of the county for the duration of the day long operation and the Council apologised to local residents for any inconvenience caused as a re-

sult.

Director of Services at Wexford County Council, Mr. John Carley, who has responsibility for managing the Council’s environmental services said:. “The public is entitled to the protection of the local authority in cases where such breaches of environmen-

tal legislation occur and must have confidence in the ability of the local authority to respond” said Mr. Carley, adding “This enforcement operation is entirely appropriate and necessary to limit environmental pollution and unauthorised activities occurring at this site”.

Maritime Trail a priority for Mayor Jim The new Mayor of Wexford Borough District, Cllr. Jim Moore, has put the creation of a Maritime Trail running from Curracloe in the North of the District to Cullenstown in the South as one of his priorities for the coming year.

The Kilmore based councillor who defeated Cllr. Anthony Kelly by five votes to four to succeed his Fine Gael colleague Frank Staples in the position, has also pledged to continue the work of his predecessor in the area of Mental health and to campaigning for 24/7 Cath Lab facilities at Waterford Hospital.

He has also said he wants to organise events which recognise the reality of the cultural diversity which now exists in the Borough District with the aim of encouraging greater integration between people of different cultural backgrounds.

Cllr. Moore was proposed for the position by Cllr. Ger Carthy and seconded by Cllr.

George Lawlor. Both highlighted the Kilmore man’s community involvement and his considerable experience in local government at various levels.

Following his election there were tributes and praise from all members of the Council for the new Mayor.

There was a large turnout from members of the public for the annual election with standing room only in the Arts Centre.

Cllr. Ger Carthy was elected Deputy Mayor defeating Cllr.

Davy Hynes by five votes to four.

There were many tributes to the outgoing Mayor, Frank Staples, for the manner in which he led the Council and District over the past twelve months.

His promotion of Mental Health and his launch of the Ask programme was highlighted as a major positive of his year.

Cllr. Staples revealed his own battle with depression shortly after his election and several of his colleagues praised him for the courage he had shown in doing this and the hope it had provided for others facing similar difficulties.

Right: FAMILY OCCASION: The new Mayor Cllr. Jim Moore with members of his family son-inlaw Darren, daughter Sarah, his wife Lucy, son Jamie and father Toddy.

Inset: PACKED HOUSE........There was standing room only in Wexford Arts Centre for the election of the new Mayor

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News Impressive line up for 2017 Kennedy Summer School Keynote address by Bob Shrum, 2017 Kennedy Sumer School Interview with Ian Paisley MP & RTE’s Washington Correspondent Caitriona Perry on Trump MP Ian Paisley, Bertie Ahern, Director of Speech Writing for President Obama Cody Keenan, Bob Shrum, Ryan Tubridy, Bressie, Politicians, News correspondents and leading global academics will all join in the discussions billed for the annual Kennedy Summer School which is set to take place in New Ross, Co. Wexford this September 7th to 9th 2017.

The 2017 Summer School will discuss topical issues in Irish and U.S. politics with expert speakers from both sides of the Atlantic. More than 35 guest speakers will participate on a wide range of different subjects and organisers say that Brexit and Ireland’s relationship with the U.S. will obviously feature prominently.

The Kennedy Summer School and Festival is run in association with the John F. Kennedy Trust, New Ross and Wexford County Council.

On the evening of Thursday, September 7th the Summer School will begin with an event to mark the 100th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth with the launch of the New Ross Kennedy�Book and Research Archive at New Ross Library. Later that evening the Summer School will be officially opened by Katherine Zappone, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, followed by a public Interview.

On Friday morning a focus on positive mental health will see Niall Breslin, known, as ‘Bressie’ speaking at St Mary’s Secondary School on ‘Building Resilience’.

In 1963 President John F. Kennedy stood in the yard of his ancestral home in New Ross and drank an iconic cup of tea with his Irish cousin Mary Ryan; and in honour of this event on Friday, September 8th Celebrity Chef Kevin Dundon, Judge of The Great Irish Bake Off and Chef Paul Kelly along with the

Pictured at the launch of the 2017 Kennedy Summer School in New Ross town today were ‘President John F. Kennedy’ and ‘Donald Trump’ along with Gemma Sinnott (age 12). The famous duo were on hand to help launch the annual Kennedy Summer School, which is set to take place from September 7th to 9th and during which a number of events will focus on US politics and Ireland’s relationship with the states, see kennedysummerschool.ie – photograph Mary Browne.

Assistant Head of Food and Culinary Arts at DIT Mike O’Connor will host a Tea Party in Dunganstown at the Kennedy Homestead.

On Friday evening ‘Brexit and Borders’ will be the topic up for discussion by Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, MP for Foyle 2005 - 2017, Former leader of the SDLP and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Mark

Durkan, President of the Road Haulage Association, Managing Director of DruMur Transport Limited Verona Murphy and RTE Europe Editor, Author of ‘Brexit and Ireland: the Dangers, the Opportunities and the Inside Story of the Irish Response’ Tony Connelly.

Later in the evening the ‘Man Behind the Words’ is speechwriter for President Obama, Cody Keenan who served as Director of Speech Writing, White House 201317, he will take to the podium at 7.30pm.

At 8.30pm the Kennedy Summer School 2017 interview will take place and Ian Paisley MP will tell of his political life, his involvement in the Peace Process and his work on the Northern Ireland Policing Board in and extensive interview with Irish Times Columnist Noel Whelan..

On Saturday evening Ryan Tubridy will participate in two events, at 6pm a children’s book event with P.J. Lynch will be on offer, with Ryan and P.J. reflecting on the book ‘Patrick and the President’ in the very town that President Kennedy visited in 1963. Later in the evening Ryan Tubridy will talk about his passion for US politics and culture and all things Kennedy, and on his research for his best-selling and award winning book ‘JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed a President’ an event that will take the 2017 Kennedy Summer School to a close.

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Commemoration on Sunday evening.

Minister Kehoe was the special guest at the ceremony and laid the wreath at the statute on behalf of the Irish government.

Mr D’Arcy had been invited to lay the wreath at the Maritime Memorial in his capacity as a TD prior to his appointment to the Ministerial ranks.

The ceremony is an important one in the annual colander of the Borough District, but it is no longer of any great interest to the

public with fewer and fewer turning up each year for the event.

Minister Kehoe recalled the exploits of John Barry, the father of the US Navy a theme also taken up by mayor Frank Staples who was officiating at his final event as Mayor.

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Pay parking to be extended

Council seeks site for ‘super-sized’ traveller house A search is underway in the Wexford District to find a suitable site on which to build a super-sized home to accommodate three strands of a single traveller family.

It is understood the family has insisted that it housing needs will only be met if the accommodation provided is suffi-

cient to cater for what is effectively three ‘connected’ families and the Council has now agreed to the family’s demand with a search underway to find a suitable site.

The Council’s Housing Officer, Padraig O’Gorman, revealed the situation to councillors in Wexford at their

June meeting, but several were already aware of the situation.

He said he would now search for a suitable site and bring the matter back before councillors.

Cllr. Davy Hynes said he hoped a site would be found for the construction of the

dwelling.

Cllr. Deirdre Wadding said she 100% supported the provision of culturally appropriate accommodation for travellers and she said those on the general housing list need to understand that separate funding was provided for the accommodation of travellers

Fire Chief promises more inspections of business premises Restaurants, nursing homes and other businesses can expect more frequent unannounced fire inspections in the future, the county’s Chief Fire Officer Paul L’Estrange has revealed.

The proposal is part of a plan to beef up fire prevention measures in the county, he told members of the Wexford Borough District Council.

Local councillors raised a number of fire and safety

concerns during a presentation by Mr L’Estrange and it was decided that the issues were so important that a special meeting would be required to deal with them adequately.

He also revealed major investment in the fire service across the county with the replacement of two front line appliances on the way at a cost of €500,000.A replacement for two spare vehicles is also being proposed

Day time drinking, knife attacks and threats on Wexford street A serious anti-social behaviour problem involving some Council tenants in the King Street area of Wexford town needs to be tackled urgently, members of the local Borough District Council have said.

Cllr. Deirdre Wadding painted a shocking picture of incidents in the area with day time drinking parties, threats to other residents and stabbing incidents.

Cllr. George Lawlor said he had previously raised this

issue at a meeting of the Co. Council but had not named the location.

Cllr. Lawlor said there were a number of Council tenants that needed to be tackled. He said residents were fed up trying to having something done about the problems.

Cllr. Anthony Kelly said it was disgraceful that residents of an old and respected area of the town should be subjected to this.

at a cost of €100,000, while three new jeeps are to be purchased at a cost of €40,000 each.

The Fire Chief has committed to examining proposals from the union for the provision of a full time fire service in Wexford town although he indicated to the meeting that he was not personally convinced of the need for the move.

Major works are also planned for fire stations

across the county with the New Ross Station to be relocated to the Ring Road at a cost of €2.8m. A total of €350,000 is to be spent on Gorey Fire Station to bring it up to standard.

In Wexford town the relatively new fire station at Clonard is to have €250,000 spent on it to provide for a yard extension and standalone storage unit while €100,000 is to be spent on the station in Enniscorthy.

Wexford town needs business plan A member of Wexford Borough District Council has called for the preparation of an economic plan to help improve commercial and retail life in the centre of Wexford town.

Cllr. Lisa McDonald told a meeting of the local Council that there were twenty five empty units in the town centre and many businesses still operating were under pressure with high commercial rates a

particular issue.

She also cited parking problems as an issue and said coffee shops operating outside the town were doing much better than those located in the centre of town.

She urged urgent action involving all stake holders saying that it was necessary to move quickly as the general economy recovered or an opportunity would be lost.

Pay parking could be on the way to several more streets in Wexford town following the competition of a review.

Residents in several areas who are having problems

with all day parking have demanded action with Distillery Road, Thomas Street and St. Adan’s Crescent all likely to see the introduction of pay parking later this year.

Toilet concerns Concern over the condition of toilet facilities at seaside resorts during the summer season have been raised by members of Wexford Borough District Council.

Cllr. George Lawlor said the condition of toilets at

Curracloe left a lot to be desired and if asked if a cleaning programme was in place for them while Cllr.

Lisa McDonald said the situation in Carne was even worse with toilets locked up during one of the sunniest weeks of the year.

HAP House row The ability or otherwise of people accommodated by the local authority under the Housing Assistance Payments scheme to secure transfers to local authority houses resulted in sharp disagreements between members and officials at a meeting of Wexford Borough District Council with an allegation from Labour councillor George Lawlor that information provided

previously by senior officials had not been accurate.

The crux of the problem is whether or not people availing of HAP remain on the housing list and are eligible for transfer.

They do remain on the list, it appears, but stand little chance of securing a local authority house because their housing needs are deemed to have been met under the HAP arrangement.

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News A heatwave everywhere, but Courtown still waits for ‘five clear days’ When is a clear day a really clear day? When is good weather really good weather? And how long will it take to finish work on Courtown Pier?

Those are the questions which remain following the latest update on progress, or lack of it, on the work in Courtown to councillors.

There was shock when it was revealed that virtually no work had been carried

out in the Harbour since the previous update but the shock turned to incredulity when the reason put forward was the lack of five clear days of good weather.

This update was being presented in the middle of the best spell of weather enjoyed by the county for several decades.

Yet despite the very fine spell of weather, which was officially classified as a

heatwave, it was not good enough to allow the troubled Courtown contractor to swing in to action to bring the job nearer to a conclusion.

The man bringing the bad news was Council engineer George Colfer who did his best to explain that the contractor needed ‘five clear days’ of good weather to do the work.

Despite the North Wexford

area basking in sunshine on the day of the meeting it emerged that it was not a ‘clear day’ as defined by the contractor.

The four previous days had been ‘clear’ days but as forecasted the fifth day had seen a change so the work had not been started.

As councillors struggled to understand the situation Cllr. John Hegarty wondered if the contracted was

lined up with workers and ready to go if a suitable forecast emerged. He also suggested that the contractor should have planned to work day and night and carry out the job during the four ‘clear’ days that had just past.

Cllr. Robbie Ireton suggested that there had been THIRTEEN suitable days for the work to be carried out up to the previous day.

He said the forecast was being taken at a point close to Dublin, The whole thing was crazy and beyond a joke, he declared.

Cllr. Malcolm Byrne said he was beginning to lose confidence in the ability of the Council to manage this contract and bring it to a conclusion. And he suggested that in the five clear days scenario the work might never be completed.

Summer Safety Tips for your Pet Summer is here and it is a great time to spend lots of time outdoors with your pet.

However, there are a few hazards to be aware of and precautions you can take to keep your pet healthy.

Dogs can’t regulate their temperature as well as humans do so they are vulnerable to overheating. We treat cases of heat stroke every Summer.

Often the dog is panting excessively, drooling, and in severe cases lethargic, showing signs of incoordination and vomiting.

Heat stroke can be fatal so here are a few tips to avoid it.

• Allow access to shade from the sun always.

• Take your dog for their walk early in the morning or in the evening, avoiding peak sun.

• Ensure plenty of drinking water is always available.

• Don’t leave dogs in a parked car, even with the window down.

• If you think they are overheating, cool them with a fan or cover them with a wet towel and if you are concerned don’t delay in getting veterinary help.

Summer is busy season for ticks and fleas. Use a flea and tick preventative treatment form your vet.Ticks are found in long grass and carry and transmit Lyme disease, a bacterial illness which can affect humans and pets. Not every tick is carrying Lyme disease but confirmed cases of Lyme disease are increasing. It is spread by infected ticks, not from pet to person. If you do

spot a tick on your pet, don’t pull it off as you will leave the mouthparts still attached.

Phone your vet for advice.

Everyone loves a barbecue but anyone with a greedy Labrador should approach barbecue season on high alert.

Corn on the cobs, bones, kebab skewers, grease covered aluminium foil are all potential hazards which can be swallowed by your dog and potentially causing a bowel obstruction or perforation.

A common poisoning during the Summer is slug pellet or metaldehyde poisoning. This poison, which is very palatable, causes muscle tremors leading to convulsions and can be fatal without prompt treatment. Use an organic slug pellet

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In Wexford we have beautiful beaches and it is a lovely sight to see a dog waiting in the surf for their owner to throw in a ball for them to retrieve. However it is not responsible to bring a dog to the beach and not to clean up after them. People and dogs should be able to enjoy our beaches. A child can become infected with toxocariasis if they accidentally ingest sand that has been contaminated with dog faeces containing roundworm eggs.

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News Council exchanges straight talking Paddy for healthy option John With generational change the new buzz word in politics Wexford Co. Council embraced the theme at the authority’s AGM when one of the younger members was elected to the Chair for the coming twelve months.

Gorey Councillor, John Hegarty, succeeds Enniscorthy’s Paddy Kavanagh. With a formal agreement between the major parties and some independent groupings the result was never in

doubt but Hegarty managed to add an extra vote to his bloc when Mary Farrell supported her Gorey colleague to give him a 25-8 victory over Johnny Mythen.

The new Chairman told his colleagues that job creation would be one of his key priorities over the year. The Council had invested in infrastructural developments to pave the way for employment and he wanted to

see this investment translate into jobs in the months ahead.

He has also targeted the transformation of Wexford into a Healthy County as a priority to be achieved during his term. He said the programme to achieve this aim would fit well with the county’s tourism offering and the activities which are available.

He told his colleagues that he wanted to Chair meetings which

were positive and constructive and he also paid tribute his predecessor, Paddy Kavanagh.

There were many tributes and good wishes to the new Chairman with his successes on the GAA pitch as a Gaelic footballer mentioned on more than one occasion. Cllr. Tony Dempsey said he had been a leader on the pitch and a great team player, skills which he could now use to lead the Council.

Outgoing Chairman Paddy Kavanagh in reviewing his year called for the public and organisations to future. make greater use of Cllr Breen was praised for all Co. Hall for events. his efforts on behalf of the district He said it was a with Cllr. Mary Farrell saying tremendous facility that while she and the outgoing built with taxpayChairman had their differences ers’ money and it they put it behind them and a lot was there for people of good work had been done to use. during the year.

There was wideCllr. Fionntan O’Suilleabhain spread praise for the said the Chairman had conducted outgoing Chairman’s the meetings of the Council in a leadership of the ‘fair and good humoured way’ Council and his work and Robbie Ireton said it had on behalf of the been an excellent year overall. county.

There was praise too from the His straight talking, other members of the Council. openness, frankness and his well-defined

Courtown only blight on Pip’s year The failure to bring the harbour works in Courtown was the only blight on an otherwise very successful and busy year of developments at Council level in North Wexford.

As outgoing Chairman Pip Breen prepared to depart his position he reviewed a year of advances in almost every area of Council activity from environment to festivals.

Cllr. Breen and District Manager Amanda Byrne reviewed a year which saw various upgrades in the town itself including the completion of

the long running Avenue project, the building of greater links with the community through interaction which schools and community groups and major advances on the environment through the tidy town’s organisations and the North Wexford 2k Clean.

The Gorey Town Park project was also advanced while both the market House Festival and the Christmas Lights event both enjoyed greater popularity. The economic front the development of the Hatch Lab is seen as having enormous potential for the

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sense of humour were referred to by several councillors as helping to contribute to his successful year.

The new Vice-Chair of the

Council is Fianna Fail’s Barbara Ann Murphy. She defeated Independent councillor Davy Hynes by 24-9 to win the position.

Pictured Top: Handover Paddy Kavanagh hands over to new Chairman John Hegarty. Inset: Cllr. Hegarty pictured with his wife Careena

Joe takes charge in Gorey What has now become an annual row over the election of Chairman for the Gorey Municipal District Council played out again when councillors in North Wexford met for the AGM. A deal between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael means that all five members of those parties will serve in the Chair during the five year Council term.

But that arrangement has infuriated the three members who are left out-----Mary Farrell, Robbie Ireton and Fionntan O’Suilleabhain and they vented their anger once again this year.

Robbie Ireton said the arrangement for electing the Chair was nothing short of a disgrace and it was insulting to the voters.

Mary Farrell said her views were well known and she said the whole thing disgusted her.

Pointing out that she had been elected in third place to the Council she said the pact was not democratic and bordered on New Gorey Chairman Joe Sullivan pictured with his sons Tom ‘hilterism’ . and Cian and wife Patricia Fionntan O’Suilleabhain said it was not the most democratic He also pledged to work hard he hoped he could continue to way to run a Council. to get completion of the make progress for the town and On a vote Cllr. Joe Sullivan Courtown Harbour project and district. was elected to succeed Cllr. to further develop the Christmas He highlighted the €1.2m Breen with Cllr. Anthony promotion which he described as development which is due to Donohoe elected to the Vicea ‘huge success’ start in the Gorey Town Park Chair role.

Cllr. Sullivan, who arrived in later this year as one of the The new Chairman said he the town by train more than major events for the year ahead wanted to build on the great thirty years ago to serve as a while he looked forward to the work of his three predecessors in Hatch Lab making a major young Garda, said he was proud the role, John Hegarty, Malcolm and honoured to have been contribution to the local Byrne and Pip Breen and he said economy. elected to the position.

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News World’s Oldest Lighthouse gets Tech Savvy The oldest operational lighthouse in the world ‘Hook Lighthouse’ has launched online ticketing for the first time..

Following the busiest year yet at the lighthouse on the tip of the Hook Peninsula in county Wexford management aim to alleviate queues for visitors by making advance booking of guided tours for Hook Lighthouse available online.

Commenting on the launch of the new Hook Lighthouse website (www.hookheritage.ie) and online booking, Manager of Hook Lighthouse Ann Waters said, “In 2016 we saw year on year growth of 10% with visitor numbers of 250,000 and in the month of August alone we welcomed 38,617 visitors.

Some of those who visited particularly during the peak summer period waited for over two hours to avail of a tour of the 800 year old lighthouse, so we wanted to alleviate that inconvenience for our visitors and allow them to book a specific tour date and time online in advance of their visit to us.”

Earlier this month Failte Ireland published its annual list of Ireland’s top tourist sights, with most attractions registering strong growth in the last year and Hook Lighthouse is also seeing year on year double digit growth on par with Ireland’s top attractions. “We are delighted to have enjoyed double digit growth at the lighthouse

Pictured at the launch of the new website ‘www.hookheritage.ie’ for Hook Lighthouse which for the first time allows visitors to pre-book tours of the world’s oldest operational lighthouse is Amin Bouarroudj age 10 and Ciara O'Leary age 7 - Photo Mary Browne

for the last couple of years, we work very hard every day to ensure our visitors enjoy a great experience and this helps us to reap rewards with top Tripadvisor scores and online reviews.

However, as an 800 year old protected medieval structure of limited size; the maximum capacity for each tour is 30 persons, therefore the ability for visitors to book online in advance of arriving at the lighthouse will provide huge benefits not only to our visitors but also for our team.” Ann said Hook Lighthouse is the most popular tourism attraction in

Wexford and the third most popular in the South East region after the Rock of Cashel and Kilkenny Castle respectively.

In 2016 Hook Lighthouse launched an all new Ireland's Ancient East tour during which visitors can climb the 115 well worn steps of the medieval tower while they step back in time and meet life-size figure of St Dubhan, telling the tale of monks who kept a beacon alight in the fifth century, and William Marshal - the first Earl of Pembroke, who built the tower and married the daughter

of Strongbow, hear stories of lighthouse life before automation, enjoy the vistas of the South East coast from the tower balcony and enjoy access to the previously private Lightkeepers Watchroom.

Tours of the ancient lighthouse are available from 9.30am daily all year round and tour tickets are sold for fiftyminute tours of the lighthouse tower. Tickets can now be booked online in advance or purchased at the Lighthouse reception desk and advance group bookings are also taken.

See www.hookheritage.ie

Flights from Waterford to UK cities to resume in July Waterford Airport has announced the resumption of scheduled services to three cities in the UK beginning on Monday, July 24 with an inaugural service to London Luton at 7.15am.

The services to London Luton, Manchester and Birmingham will be operated by a new airline, Aer Southeast, an Irish aviation start-up with registered offices at Waterford Airport, who have very considerable experience in regional aviation and the backing of Irish and Scandinavian investors.

The service will use a Saab 340 aircraft that will be based at Waterford Airport.

Aer Southeast will operate:Six flights a week to London Luton with no service on Saturdays.

Three flights a week to Manchester, will operate on Wednesdays Fridays and Sundays. with flights to Birmingham on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.: These scheduled services will provide people with a wide range of travel options through the whole week, and offer numerous possibilities for onward air travel from any of these UK airports.

A full list of both outgoing and returning flight times is available on the Airport’s website.

Ticket prices to all destinations will start from €79 one-way.

Welcoming the announcement, Desmond O'Flynn, CEO, Waterford Airport, said: “I am delighted that Aer Southeast will resume three scheduled air services to the UK, all of which have proved their worth and their vital importance to the South East over many years.”

He continued: “I am also very pleased to welcome this Scandinavian consortium to Waterford. We have had detailed discussions with a number of parties since the loss of scheduled services in June last year, but we were very impressed with the aviation experience of the consortium and their commitment to this project.

We look forward to working closely with SkyTruckers [the company behind Aer Southeast], as once again regular and sustainable air links to key cities in the UK are operated over the coming months and years.”

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Kilmore Seafood Festival Thursday 6th July – Sunday 9th July 2017

It’s festival time in Kilmore Quay Kilmore Quay is a wonderful place to visit at any time of the year but it is a real gem in the summertime and even more special during the annual Kilmore Seafood Festival.

The festival is firmly established as one of the most popular events in the county and it offers a lot more than just seafood, al-

though that is a very important ingredient in terms of its success.

The beautiful coastal village and harbour provide the perfect backdrop for a packed programme of events during the course of the festival with plenty of activities for family members of all ages.

There is a big emphasises

on ‘free’ in this festival and there are a host of events which can be enjoyed without you having to put you hand in your pocket at all.

Among the highlights will be the annual parade which kicks off the event proper on Thursday night July 6th.

This is a real celebration of local culture, sport and pride in the local parish

Fish Friday on 7th July 2017 Fish Friday is a true Taste of Kilmore Quay through all your senses!

In its 8th year this event is one of the top highlights of the Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival with a fantastic line up of award winning chefs and wine tasting with Bill Kelly.

The local fish processors have come together to offer you the very best of top quality freshly caught seafood at exclusive festival prices. We are indebted to all the fish processors for their endless generosity over the last eight years and to all the fishing vessels who endeavour to land a wide variety of fish for this event. Fish goes on sale from 11am and we can keep your fish on ice while you enjoy a whole day of top class cooking in the marquee.

Fish Friday is all about the senses. We have a display table where Michael from Saltee's Fish will talk you through the huge variety of fish species landed here in Kilmore Quay - Prawns, Crab; Lobster; Scallop, Razor Clam; Whelk; flat and round

white fish.

You will have the opportunity to see the huge array of fish, touch the different species if you dare, taste and smell the delicious seafood dishes freshly prepared and served by our Chefs and hear all the valuable tips on preparing and cooking fish along with advice on tasting and selecting wines! These top chefs will cook up some mouth-watering seafood dishes for tasting whilst passing on quick and simple ideas on how to transform a portion of fish into a tasty and nutritious meal. Scallops, Prawns, Crab, Monk, Cod, Haddock, Plaice……. the list goes on.

The community of Kilmore Quay will be delighted to welcome you to this magnificent free gathering and promise you an incredible experience in the marquee with this fantastic top class event. A big thank you to all our volunteers, chefs, speakers and fishermen who have come together to make this one of the best events of the festival especially for you to enjoy.

with various groups putting their best foot forward.

And on Sunday afternoon there will be a tremendous atmosphere in the village with the various stalls offering a wide range of produce to the backdrop of music and dancing in the open air.

However, at the centre of everything is the seafood.

Fishing and the sea are crucially important in this coastal community and the fishing activities carried on here make a significant contribution to the overall Co. Wexford economy.

The festival provides a wonderful opportunity to showcase that fresh fish and no visit to the festival is complete with paying a

visit to the Stella Maris Centre to sample the famous festival fish platters.

The festival is a great community effort with many local volunteers combining to ensure that it is an annual success and their efforts are rewarded each year with large crowds visiting to enjoy the wide and varied programme of events

LINE UP FOR THE DAY 11.00am Fish Friday Market Opens Our Fish Processors have come together to offer you the best of freshly caught seafood at once off special prices. Buy your fish and we will keep it on ice for you while you stay and enjoy the cooking and wine tasting. A display of the species of Fish that are landed in Kilmore Quay on a weekly basis.

11.45am Cookery Class with award winning Chef Paul Hynes of La Cote" Restaurant in Wexford.

Today Paul is going to show us the some of the techniques he uses in La Cote to prepare and present his award winning dishes. Techniques you can use at home to impress family and friends!. www.lacote.ie 12.30pm Double Trouble Cooking with Derry Clarke of L'Ecrivain and Warren Gillan of Cistin Eile in Wexford This combination of Chefs equals mouth-watering seafood!. www. lecrivain.com and see Cistine Eile on face book.

01.30pm Gopal Kawander, of the famous Silver Fox Restaurant and Silver Fox Food Company.

Gopal will delight us with his use of eastern flavours complimenting the freshness in seafood. www.thesilverfox.ie 02.15pm Wine & Cooking with Executive Chef Eugene Callaghan and Bill Kelly of Kelly's Resort Hotel in Rosslare.

This year Bill will introduce a red and white from each of the French regions, Burgundy, Rhone and Bordeaux to wash down the scrumptious seafood that Eugene will create for us. www.kellys.ie 03.15pm Last but not least Nicky Cullen - Head Chef at Mary Barry's award winning Seafood Bar in Kilmore.

Nicky as always will entertain us and present a most delicious hour of food heaven! www.marybarrys.ie

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Kilm ilmore AC Seaf S oo od Fes od e tiv tival 5km T Time: From 18:45 8:45 :45 Contact: Paddy dd dy y Mor Mo gan 087 9273545 Entr y Fee: €15 (chip tim timing, min official measure) 18:45 5 - Under 14 race (800m (80 (800m) (800m) – FREE ENTRY 19:00 0 - Womenss Ra Rac Race 5 km m 19:30 - Mens Race ce e 5 km m Contact: Paddy Mo Morgan a on 087 9273545 On line entr y @ Run Irelland d or ent entr y on day 5km Road Race around Forlorn Point circuit in Kilmo more Quay. Open O to ever yone – All le ev ve els of fitness welcom ome. Prize pr p esenttations and refreshments eshm in n the Sportss Hall, Ha Sttella Mar M is Centre, Kilmore Quay y after the racess.

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The Show is a great day out for all the family From early morning people will arrive in their thousands at the Killag site which hosts the annual Bannow/Rathangan Show and many will still be there well after teatime.

The Bannow/Rathangan Show is an event with many attractions and the packed programme of events attracts many different types of people to the event.

There are those with farming backgrounds who come to present their prize livestock to the judges. For them this is a fiercely competitive event with the rosettes on offer at Bannow/Rathangan much sought after.

They bring their prize bulls, sheep and all sorts of other livestock. But it’s not just the large animals that are proudly

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displayed by their owners with categories for almost every type of animal.

For weeks before the event schoolchildren are also busy preparing for the various arts and crafts contests and getting the family dog ready for the Dog Show and in kitchens all over the place people are meticulously preparing perfect brown bread, cakes and a

whole lot more.

The Bannow Show is not just a big event for rural dwellers it is also a major attraction for many who come to visit from the town.

For some urban children it is their first chance to get up close and personal with farm animals and the joy and wonder on their faces as they observe a prize bull at close

quarters is a joy to behold.

A large part of the event is many many trade stands which offer everything from country and western CDs, to garden furniture, clothing and PVC windows.

There is entertainment focused on young people and families and the parade of vintage cars and machinery is one of the highlights of the entire day.

The atmosphere is wonderful as people from all walks of life, from all backgrounds join together to celebrate what is one of the great Wexford events.

If you haven’t been before the advice is to get there early.

There is plenty to enjoy and it will take you the whole day if you want to see and take in everything.

15,000 visitors expected to enjoy packed programme The 68th Annual Bannow & Rathangan Show takes place this year on Thursday July 13th 2017.

The success of the show is down to the hundreds of voluntary workers and all the committee who do the preparatory work before show day. The show attracts around 15,000 people every year and it is a great Family day out with lots to see and do. We have over 200 trade stands and a huge array of wonderful food stalls, showcasing the best of produce, many with a local flavour. Our Home Industry Section will have over 1000 entries, in home baking, crafts, flowers, photography, farm produce and photography classes. The National school’s competition is a wonderful display of art and crafts from children in the neighbouring schools.

A fantastic day out for all the Family is awaiting you in a beautiful setting near Kilmore Quay.

The highlight event of the Show and a spectacle well worth watching is the Galway Irish

Crystal/Belleek China - Horse Sport Ireland 3-Year-Old Horse All-Ireland Final with a prize fund of €6,000 presented by the Irish Shows Association in conjunction with the Bannow & Rathangan Show and Horse Sport Ireland, featuring finalists who have qualified at shows all over the country during the year. The Final will start at 1.30p.m. The winner will receive €800 and a Galway Irish Crystal Trophy and prizes go all the way down the line. The breeder of the Champion will also receive a piece of Galway Irish Crystal or Belleek China.

For the 22nd consecutive year, we are delighted to continue our association with Pettitt’s Supermarkets in Wexford. Pettitt’s SuperValu sponsor the Pettitt’s Novice Show Jumping Championship – Prize Fund €2,500. This competition is for 5 and 6-yearold horses and it attracts lots of local competitors making it a very exciting class. Declaration

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The Bannow & Rathangan Show Committee are also delighted to have secured for the 3rd year sponsorship for the National Grand Prix (Part of the National Grand Prix League) from Jim Bolger, Racehorse Trainer, Coolcullen, Co. Carlow. This competition is part of the National Grand Prix League and with such a valuable prize fund there is no doubt that we will have big numbers taking part. Declaration for the class to be made to SJI office on 045 852230 before 4.00 pm on Tuesday 11th July. We are hugely indebted to all our sponsors for their generosity and continued support for many years and our show would not have the success it has today without all of you.

This year, in the Food Village, we are delighted to host the Semi Final of the All Ireland Home Cook Championship 2017. The

qualifier from Bannow and Rathangan Show will go forward to the All Ireland Final which will be held at Iverk Show in Pilltown in August. If you think you have what it takes to be this years winner please contact our secretary.

We have a full line up of entertainment in our courtyard, with musical entertainment, a Fashion Show will fashions from Wallace’s of Wellingtonbridge and puppet shows for the children As usual we have all the horse and pony classes, in hand, riding and Show jumping, Dressage, Inter Hunt Steeplechase, driving classes and Donkeys . The Dog Show will take place at 2.30 pm with entries taken on the day.

Schedules are available now from our website www.bannowrathanganshow.com and from Elizabeth Freeman on 087 7560871 and 053 9136588. We look forward to another brilliant show day. Come and join us for a fun day out.

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Huge army of volunteers is key to Show success

Top Left: Show Secretary Ann White with some of the cups and trophies on offer to the winners in the various competitions at the Show. Top & bottom right: Scenes from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show.

When a group of locals staged the first Bannow/Rathangan Show sixty eight years ago they could hardly imagined what they were laying the foundations stones for. A small country show in the heart of South Wexford was not unlike many other similar shows held all over the country.

Indeed there were several such shows in Co. Wexford but while the popularity of many shows nationwide declined over the decades

the Ban now event did not just go from strength to strength it advanced in leaps and bounds.

It is now a truly massive event on a huge site just a few miles from Kilmore Quay.

Why you might ask has the Bannow/Rathangan Show seen such remarkable growth over the years, both in terms of competitors, exhibitors and attendances.

Probably the key to the success of this Show has been the dedicated and

determined efforts of an army of volunteers. They are not just the people who turn out in such huge numbers on the day itself but those who work behind the scenes putting all the plans in place for the next event from the day after each yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show concludes.

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Co. Council Diary Could MalFionnomics be answer to Wexford’s Third Level prayers The push for a third Level Institution for Co. Wexford is being stepped up a notch with local politicians now attempting to take the initiative back from the waring vested interests of Carlow and Waterford whose turf wars are seen as a major obstacle to any progress on the matter.

Council members decided at their June meeting to set up a special sub-committee to tackle the issue head on and it follows their backing for the establishment of a Third Level facility at the old St. Senan’s Hospital a month earlier.

At that time Paddy Kavanagh------as he has said repeatedly since his election to the Chair a year ago---------emphasised the need for a facility to educate people in the trades. With a growing economy tradesmen/women are in short supply and the need for them will only increase in the years ahead.

And the land around St. Senan’s would also provide an opportunity for an educational facility to become a world leader in the area of smart farming, those

backing the proposal believe.

Well after the June gathering of councillors the task force can march forward with another powerful string to their argument and one which will not be matched by any other educational facility in Ireland Europe, or indeed the world.

Not only could St. Senan’s turn out well educated apprentices and smart farmers it could also become the leading business school in the western world teaching two brand new economic theories which have been created in Wexford.

Malconomics is a brand of economic thinking created by Fianna Fail’s Malcolm Byrne while Fionntanenomics is the brainchild of Sinn Fein’s Fionntan O’Suilleabhanin.

As you can imagine both adopt a completely different approach to the subject of taxation and service provision but on closer examination you can establish that both theories achieve a remarkably similar result and one which could transform the economies of every country in Europe.

They could be embraced by the

left, the right, the hard left and the hard right as well of course as the centre ground. You could see political parties building up huge majorities on the back of a mix of Malconomics and Fion-

Malcolm Byrne ntanenomics as the public embraces a wonderful world of better services, improved economic activity and almost no taxation.

Fionntan and Malcolm have been airing their various views of economics in the relative backwater of the Gorey Municipal District Chamber for some time but at the June meeting of

the full Council they brought their programmes centre stage at Co. Hall.

Some of their colleagues who did not have the benefit of a crash course in either set of economics were left a little bewildered as they tried to get up to speed on how each set of principles worked, so let’s do a little explaining.

The first thing to be said is that each man thinks the other’s theory is crazy, looney, and unworkable. However, in reality they do not seem to be far apart at all.

Malcolm believes a small increase, say 5%, in the Local Property Tax, can provide the basis (and the cash) to transform the local economy. You can develop economic hubs, create financial services centres, and improve playgrounds, anything you want. Fionntan suggests this is an illusion and the Property Tax cash has been turned into a sort of ‘funny’ money concept with all sorts of developments being magiced up on the back of it. |Fionntan voted against the 5% increase in the Property Tax last

year but is still one of the strongest advocates of spending money on a whole variety of projects, particularly in the North Wexford area where he harvests his votes. Malcolm is dismissive. Fionntan does not support raising the money but somehow expects to be able to spend it, he claims.

In a nutshell that’s it. Now perhaps it’s time these two very wise men sat down and tried to come up- with a combination of their economic principles. They would call it MalFionnomics and maybe even get James Brokenshire to act as an honest bro- Fionntan O’Suilleabhanin ker to get the talks over the line.

What would this new economic Eitherway this magic economic formula look like? Well it could formula could not only transtake one of two forms. It might form Wexford but if adopted involve very modest increases nationally and across the EU in the Property Tax to get all could transform the lives of orsorts of services, but Fionntan dinary people. would hardly buy that or it So that could be the silver bulcould involve a really big hike let that Wexford has been lookthe tax in return for the aboliing for in its quest for a Third tion of virtually all other taxes level education Institution: The because given the ‘magic’ naSt. Senan’s School of MalFionture of a euro raised by a Propnomics. erty Tax increase it can reach And it will be no disadvantage places other taxes have failed to at all that the building was prefind their way to for years. viously a psychiatric hospital.

All dogs may face ban from Gorey Park

Champ Angus owned by Mr.Joe Moran

Niamh Shelton and Lucy Doran with the Goldfish

The problem of dog fouling in Gorey Town Park could force the local authority to take the drastic step of banning all dogs from the facility, it has emerged.

The Council has been looking at various ways to deal with the problem but have met with little success.

Some dogs are roaming wild around the Park and the problem of fouling remains a very serious one.

It was raised again at the June meeting of the Municipal Council with Cllr. Malcolm Byrne saying that if all else failed the question of banning all dogs from the Park would have to be considered.

However, he stressed that would have to be a last resort because the problem was being caused by a minority of dog owners and it

would be wrong to punish all dog owners for their actions.

As a first step he wanted to see a ban on all dogs not on a lead.

District Manager, Amanda Byrne, while acknowledging the problem said the solution had to come down to personal responsibility and she also revealed that the Council would be relying on members of the public to police the offenders.

She said if there are persistent offenders and the Council is made aware of this they could take action by hiding a warden in a ditch or using some other means to detect the offence.

Cllr. Byrne said he would love to see some of the offenders caught and given publicity to send out a message.

Anthony welcomes bus shelter------again

Averie McGonigle Gorey being made up by Abbie Way

Niamh,John and Mary Jane Morris, Gorey, enjoying the swing

For over two years Cllr.

Anthony Donohoe raised the issue of providing bus shelters in Gorey and Camolin at almost every meeting of the Municipal District Council.

The shelters are now in place and the Fine Gael councillor appears to be having a difficulty in kicking the habit of raising them at every opportunity.

At the June meeting of the Council he welcomed the fact that the shelter in Camolin had been provided and said it was looking very well.

However, some of his colleagues reminded him that he had also welcomed the fact that shelters had been erected at a previous meeting.

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GER WALSH When is a house not a house?

When is being provided with a house not being provided with a house. That is the crux that some local councillors are trying to get their heads around at the moment as they receive complains from some constituents who have been accommodated under the Housing Assistance Payments scheme (HAP).

The scheme involves the Council (taxpayer really) paying the rent for private accommodation for people who qualify to be on the local au-

thority housing list.

The tenant just pays the same amount as they would if they were living in a Council house.

In theory these people still remain on the actual housing list but in reality they are unlikely to qualify because their housing needs are deemed to have been met and the list would need to shrink to a fairly low level before they would get priority.

But it seems that many of these people believe they should actually retain priority

over people who have no homes but joined the list relatively recently. And they have their supporters among the councillors.

The argument is that decades ago people could look forward to renting a local authority house and staying in it all their lives, eventually purchasing it outright and people today should have the same option.

The piece that is missing here, of course, is the lack of the type of Council house that was around in the seventies and

prior to that when huge local authority housing estates were built in every town in the country.

That is not going to happen again, at least not in the foreseeable future, so people will have to make up their mid. Is a HAP house, substantially paid for by the taxpayer, such a bad option that they would be better continuing to keep their families in terrible conditions in the hope that one day a house owned by the local authority will come their way?

Massive support for hurlers There has been a great sense of anticipation in the county over the past few weeks, ever since the hurlers achieved that great victory over Kilkenny in Wexford Park.

It is absolutely amazing how success on the hurling field can lift the people of this county and it is also remarkable that the county team can command such support among all the generations.

It’s remarkable because most of the time there has been very little for fans to cheer and little success to encourage new generations of young lads into the sport.

However, despite the lack of success and the many heartbreaks, the love of hurling is a strong today as it was in 1950s when the fans did have plenty of success to cheer. Well I probably tell a little lie there because I wasn’t around the in 50s but it is fair to say that the appetite for hurling is really strong today.

It is all that is on everyone’s lips at the moment as they busy themselves making plans to travel to the match.

‘Are you on the first train?’

In politics as in so many other aspects of life it’s all about backing the right horse and both of the county’s Fine Gael TDs not only backed Leo Varadakr’s campaign for the leadership of Fine Gael but they did it very early in play.

Michael D’Arcy had been a key member of the Varadkar backroom team from the time it was set up while Paul Kehoe was on board for about a year.

Both, it appears, were busy behind the scenes locking in the support of TDs. However, neither could really have been assured of a Ministerial position at the end of it all given that they shared a constituency.

In the end Paul Kehoe retained his job in Defence and Michael D’Arcy was appointed a Junior Minister at the Department of Finance. It could hardly have

worked out any better for them.

While Paul Kehoe continues to sit at the Cabinet table D’Arcy will be very pleased to finally make it to ministerial ranks and will be especially pleased to have landed a job in the Department of Finance.

He will be in charge of the insurance industry among other things and given the ever increasing cost of insurance he will certainly have widespread public support as he battles the insurance industry.

Having two Minister in the county is a big plus.

While the South East does not have a senior minister there are now four Junior Ministers in the area and that should go some way towards restoring the clout which some people feel may have been lacking over the past year.

Lee Chin, one of the stars of the Wexford Hurling team can expect many more days out like the one he enjoyed at Joyces Sale in Wexford town recently. He is pictured here with Sadhbh, Callum and Ciaran Quinlan.

‘No we’re getting a bus’ is a common exchange at the moment. With extra trains, many many buses hired and thousands preparing to make the journey by car, it promises to be a really fun day and if

What is litter?

Litter and the protection of the environment remains an important task for the Co. Council and they have just published a Draft Little management Plan to take us up to 2019.

The big problem, of course, is that so many members of the public simply have no regard for the environment and dump indiscriminately all across the county.

Kehoe and D’Arcy backed a winner and collected

There will be carrot and stick combined in the approach to try to deal with the problem and there is a range of initiatives contained in the plan which is a fine piece of work.

What caught my eye, however, was the heading on page three of the plan which asked ‘What is Litter?’

You might say that they would know the answer to that question and wouldn’t really need

there is a successful outcome it is a day which will live in the memories of supporters for many years.

Success would create real stars of many on the team and be a first step towards them

to be asking it at this stage.

And of course they did have the answer as defined by the Litter Pollution Act1997: Litter is: Any substance or object whether or not intended as waste (other than waste within the meaning of the Waste Management Act 1996 which is properly consigned for disposal) that, when deposited in a place other than a litter receptacle or other place lawfully designed for the deposit, is likely to become unsightly, deleterious, nauseous or unsanitary, whether by itself or

replacing the men of ’96 who have held the stage now for twenty one years.

I am sure that they would all be only too happy to make way for a new set of Wexford hurling heroes.

with any other such substance or object and regardless of its size or volume or the extent of the deposit.

So now you know.

No wonder it takes so long to get legislation through the Dail because what all that means is simply this: Litter is waste in the wrong place. It can be anything from a cigarette butt on the pavement, a black bag of refuse in a forestry clearing, a mattress on the side of the road or dog fouling in a playground.

Of course that would be much too simple for legislation.

The on-off refugee centre The mis-fire over the establishment of a refugee reception centre in the old Cedars hotel in Rosslare has raised some eyebrows.

The decision was announced to local councillors at the start of last week and was almost immediately made public.

I understand that while in public there was a welcome for the centre on condition that all the support services, including an extension to the

local primary school, be put in place, the reaction behind the scenes was rather less polite or welcoming.

There was, therefore, a rather large sigh of relief a few days later when it was announced that the plan would not go ahead because the Department of Justice had not actually leased the building from the owners who were now unwilling to lease it.

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ROADS SECTION 75 OF ROADS ACT 1993 TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS Notice is hereby given that Wexford County Council intends to close the road listed hereunder to vehicular traffic from August 15, 2017 to November 18, 2017, to facilitate construction works in connection with the Enniscorthy Bypass.

Road Closure

Road No: L6048-1 at Glenteige.

Alternative Route:

From Glenteige to Riverview to Ropers to Scurlocksbush to Coolnaboy to Garrynisk to Edermine to Glenteige via L6048, L6047, N11 and L6048.

Alternative routes will be signposted.

Local access will be facilitated.

Any person wishing to object to the closing of these roads should lodge the objection, in writing, to the undersigned before 12:00 noon on Monday July 17th 2017.

County Secretary.

SECTION 75 OF ROADS ACT 1993 TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS Notice is hereby given that Wexford County Council intends to close the road listed hereunder to vehicular traffic from August 12, 2017 to February 15, 2018, to facilitate works in connection with the Enniscorthy Bypass, namely the construction of the Ballyeden overbridge.

Road Closure:

L5092-1/2, from Ballyeden to Milshoge.

Alternative Route:

From Ballyeden to Ballymore to Kilcaysan to Clologe to Milshoge via L1026, L1024 and L5094.

Wexford County Council, Environment Section – Public Notice 27th June 2017 Public Participation in the Identification of ‘’Bathing Waters’’ in Co. Wexford.

Like many other County Council’s Wexford County Council is holding a public participation process as part of the identification of Bathing Waters under the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) and the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 79 of 2008) Under the 2008 Regulations, local authorities are required to identify bathing waters. This must be done each year before 24th March (2018 for this participation process). It is also a requirement of the Regulations that the public should be involved in their implementation, including the identification of bathing water sites.

There are currently 8 Designated Bathing Waters in County Wexford at present, the Bathing Water Profiles of which and further information is viewable on; These are as follows; Ballymoney North Beach, Ballinesker, Carne Courtown North Beach, Curracloe (White’s Gap), Duncannon, Morriscastle, Rosslare Strand Bathing water quality results for all Designated Bathing Areas in the Country for 2016 to date, are available on https://www.beaches.ie/ (on EPA website) Wexford County Council now invites comments from interested members of the public for submissions of information or observations in relation to the identification of Bathing Waters. The consultation process provides the public with an opportunity to comment on existing designated bathing waters with a view to the continuation of the designation or comments on other bathing waters not currently designated but which may be considered for designation.

Alternative routes will be signposted.

Submissions You can send your comments, submissions and queries to Wexford County Council in the following ways:

Local access will be facilitated.

Any person wishing to object to the closing of these roads should lodge the objection, in writing, to the undersigned before 12.00 noon on Monday, July 17, 2017.

By Post to:

County Secretary.

Or by email to postmaster@wexfordcoco.ie

SECTION 75 OF ROADS ACT 1993 TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS Wexford County Council gives notice of its intention to close the roads listed hereunder to vehicular traffic to facilitate the holding of the Bank Holiday August Weekend Enniscorthy Rockin Food Fest 2017.

Road Closures:

Main Street and Castle Street (R702) (between the junction of Duffry Street and Main Street with Irish Street and the junction of Castle Street with Church Street and CastleHill) from 06:00 Saturday August 5 to 19:30 on Sunday August 6, 2017, and Weafer Street (R702) (from its junction with Castle Street and Market Square to its junction with Duffry Hill) from 06:00 Saturday August 5 to 19:30 on Sunday August 6, 2017.

F.A.O. Hugh Maguire, Environment Section, Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford Town.

The closing date for the receipt of submissions is 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th August 2017.

HOUSING Financial Support to owners of vacant properties now available There is a considerable amount of vacant dwellings in county Wexford. The recently launched Repair and Leasing Scheme is intended to assist owners with financial support to repair/upgrade their properties.

Once all repairs are complete the council will provide a regular source of income to the owner through use of the property for social housing for a minimum period of 10 years.

Alternative Route:

HCV Traffic (Eastbound only) From Duffry Hill to Lemington Road to Arnold’s Cross to Mill Park Road to Abbey Square Roundabout via R890 and N30.

All financial support is provided on an interest free basis, with the cost of the work carried out deducted from lease payments over an agreed lease term.

Alternative Route:

HCV Traffic (Westbound only) From Abbey Square to Mill Park Road to Arnold’s Cross to Lemington Road to Duf fry Hill via N30 and R890.

Requirements in relation to the scheme:

Alternative Route:

Local non-HCV traffic (Eastbound only) From junction of Duffry Street and Main Street to Irish Street to Island Road (N11) to Old Bridge to Shannon Quay to Seamus Rafter Bridge to Abbey Square Round about to Castle Hill.

Alternative Route:

Local non-HCV traffic (Westbound only) From junction of Castle Street/Castle Hill to Church Street to Court Street to Hospital Lane to Parnell Road.

Alternative routes will be signposted. No Vehicular Access will be facilitated.

Any person wishing to object to the closing of this road should lodge the objection, in writing, to the undersigned before 12.00 noon on Monday July 17 2017.

Pat Collins, COUNTY SECRETARY, WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL

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• There has to be a social housing demand for the property.

• The property has to be assessed as being viable to provide accommodation.

• The minimum lease term is 10 years and is preferably 20 years.

• The initiative is not available for private renting.

Lease payments to property owners will be based on the general terms of social leasing which is set at 80% (85% for apartments) of the current market rental rates in the property location.

The scope and cost of the works, and the recoupment of the works cost through the lease payments, are agreed between the owner and Wexford County Council For Further information please contact 053 919 6004 Expression of Interest form is available on www.wexford.ie/repairandlease

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