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New company vital for future of Rosslare Rosslare Europort could be a major driver of jobs and business in the Wexford economy in the post-Brexit era but its potential to deliver for county and the country could be hampered if it remains part of the CIE Group.
The problem is that despite the port’s profitability it is part of a company which is hugely loss-making and as a result does not have the funds necessary for the development of the port facility. Now there is a move to have
a separate and autonomous port company established under the CIE Group to run the facility. This would ensure that profits generated in Rosslare would be retained locally to be reinvested in the future develop-
ment of the port. In terms of facilities Rosslare has in many respects gone backwards over the past twenty years and there is concern now that if significant investment is not ploughed into the port in the years
ahead a major opportunity to transform Rosslare into the main link between the EU and Ireland post Brexit will be lost. Members of the Co. Council have backed the call for the establishment of the new
company. Cllr. Tony Dempsey said it was vital to allow the port to realise its full economic potential. A motion calling for the creation of the port company has now gone to Transport Minister Shane Ross.
Mystery over giant rats in Courtown Mystery surrounds suggestions that rats as big as young pigs (banbh) are living in litter bins in the seaside resort of Courtown Harbour. The claims came from local councillor Robbie Ireton who told a meeting of the local Municipal District Council that the rats presented danger to people, particularly children who as good citizens put rubbish in the bins. He suggested that if they put their hands into the bins they could be bitten by the rats which he said in some cases were
‘as big as a banbh’ However, the District Manager, Amanda Byrne, said Courtown did not need headlines about rats in litter bins and she said there was no evidence of any rats in the bins with no reports coming back from the workers who emptied them of a problem. She pointed to an improving community spirit in Courtown and said the area did not need negative publicity. But Cllr. Ireton insisted that he had seen the rats himself and had also killed some of them.
Members of the Gardaí in Wexford town vacated their old station at Roche's Road on Friday evening last as they completed the move to their multi-million euro new headquarters at The Folly. One of the first tasks to be completed in the new building was the unveiling of the monument to the late Detective Garda Seamus Quaid who was murdered while on duty in the 1980s. Pictured are Supt. Jim Doyle,Chief Supt.Jonh Roche and the late Detective's son Eamonn and daughters Mary and Caroline. More pictures page 15
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