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Verona in Dáil group

And Wexford Fine Gael votes for opposition role

WEXFORD’S new TD, Verona Murphy, has joined group of regional Independents to get more speaking time in the Dáil.

The Regional Group will operate as a technical group, securing parliamentary time and positions on committees.

But Ms Murphy insists it will not be a political alliance.

“While this technical group facilitates certain administration functions it is not an alliance and there is no agreement on policy between its members,” she said.

Other members of the group include Waterford hospital

campaigner Matt Shanahan, Galway East TD Sean Canney, Galway West’s Noel Grealish, Roscommon/Galway TD Denis Naughten, Cathal Berry from Kildare South, Peter Fitzpatrick representing Louth, Michael Lowry representing Tipperary and Peader Toibín representing Meath West.

Wexford Fine Gael members, meanwhile, have put forward Michael D’Arcy for the Seanad elections. Mr D’Arcy lost his Dáil seat at the general election.

Successful candidate Paul Kehoe proposded Mr D’Arcy at an election post mortem

meeting in Enniscorthy.

The meeting voted overwhelmingly in favour of the party going into opposition rather than a coalition government.

County director of elections Martin Lawlor said the mood at the meeting was one of acceptance.

He said the overwhelming message from the electorate was that they wanted change and for Fine Gael to go into opposition.

“Three non Government supporting TDs were elected in Wexford,” he said. “Three non Government TDs were elected

in Waterford and two non Government TDs were elected in Kilkenny.”

Verona Murphy, meanwhile, urged all elected parties and public representatives to work towards the formation of a new government.

“With trade talks between the EU and UK, ahead of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, due to commence in March,it is very important that these negotiations and budgetary allocation discussions are negotiated by a team that have full powers to represent our country,” she said.

Rachel Doyle and Sarah Jewison at the kids Valentine`s Disco in Bree Community Centre

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news in brief Contamination

Leakage from underground power cables is causing water and soil contamination in some areas of Wexford county. The Environment Protection Agency has asked the county council to carry out assessments in affected areas

Sponsors

EBS Wexford has announced a partnership with Wexford GAA, as the official sponsor for the All County Football League for 2020.

Plastic art

Wexford County Council is presenting a touring exhibition called Plastic. The collection by international artists explores our relationship with the material.

It will be at the County Hall in Carricklawn until March 17.

Parade time

Groups wishing to take part in Wexford’s St Patrick’s Day parade should fill in an application from and submit it to the organisers not later than March 10. Call 087 9522795 or go to www.wexfordparade.com

Lenten appeal Trócaire has urged people in Co Wexford to support the organisation’s Lenten Appeal 2020 which began last week.

See www.trocaire.org/lent

Ella LLyng, Carrie Ronan, Amy Foley and Katie Codd at the Rathnure St Ann’s GAA Club Presentation night in the Ferrycarraig Hotel

Please adjust your sets SAORVIEW frequencies in Wexford are changing on March 4.

Many customers won’t notice any difference but some will need to take action to ensure their service continues.

A simple rescan of the Saorview box or TV should solve any issues.

A small number of customers will need to take further action and should contact Saorview if a channel rescan doesn’t work. The move,

which affects many other parts of the country also, follows a decision by the EU. Some of the TV broadcast spectrum that is used by Saorview is being reallocated for other purposes.

“Most Saorview customers will experience perfect continuity of service,” said Saorview’s Jim Higgins.

“Some customers will need to do a simple channel rescan, while a small number of customers may need to

take further action. We want to support our customers through this EU led frequency change, and our helpline and call centre is primed with the answers our customers need to continue to enjoy Saorview.”

If you are unsure whether you are affected or not, go to saorview.ie/changes , call 1890 222 012 / 01 258 3540 or email info@saorview.ie.

Flying the flag for local food

AN impressive selection of restaurants, cafés and pubs will represent Wexford at the finals of the Irish Restaurant Awards in May. They were announced at the The Leinster Regional Final in Trim. They are: Best Restaurant: La Côte Seafood Restaurant. Best chef: Paul Hynes of La Côte .

Best Newcomer : One Hundred Degrees Best Gastro Pub: Mary Barry’s Seafood Bar and Restaurant.

Restaurant Manager: Diane Cullen of Mary Barry’s .

Hotel/Guesthouse Restaurant: Clonganny House.

Café: Karoo Farmshop & Café.

Pub of the Year: The Porter House, Castlebridge Wine Experience: Green Acres World Cuisine: The Red Elephant Best ‘Free From’: Cistín Eile Best Kids Size Me: Ohana Café Local Food Hero : Nicholas and Judith Dunne of Killowen Farm Best Emerging Irish Cuisine : Aldridge Lodge Restaurant and Guesthouse Best Casual Dining : Kelly’s Café

Battle is on to host the fleadh A STRONG bid is being made to bring Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to Wexford town in 2022 .

It is the biggest event in the traditional music calendar and a huge financial boost or the host town which can expect an influx of more than half a million visitors.

Wexford’s ambition was confirmed by the Mayor, Cllr George Lawlor, last week when he launched the second annual Wexford Trad and Folk Festival.

He said the festival was a spoke in the wheel to bring the Fleadh Cheol to Wexford.

It would be the fleadh’s first visit to the town and its first time in the county for more thn 20 years.

It was in Enniscorthy in 1999 and 2000. It was also in Enniscorthy in 1967 and in Gorey in 1962.

This year the fleadh will be in Mullingar and the Westmeath town is expected to host it again 2021.

There will be strong compeition for the 2022 slot. Armagh, Derry, Tralee and Ennis haved all expressed interest.

The decision rests with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the orgnising body for Irish traditional music. Its local branch was behind the Wexford Trad and Folk Festival.

The festival was a perfect showcasde for Wexford town with music at many venues including the National Opera House, Wexford Arts Centre, St Iberius Church, and several local pubs.

The line-up featured Zoë Conway, John McIntyre, John Sheahan, Daoirí Farrell and many more musicians Wexford’s 2022 bid will face particularly strong competition from the two norhern contenders.

Armagh’s application is being backed by the local council with a cross-party lobby coming from Sinn Féin, the SDLP, the Ulster Unionist Party and the Alliance Party.

Derry’s first-ever Fleadh in 2013 was the last time the event was held in Northern Ireland.

While it is customary for a town to host the Fleadh for two consecutive years Derry hosted it for one year only and the city believes it has a good case for a return in 2022.”

Hospital calls halt to urology clinics

WATERFORD’S hospital is not accepting new referrals from GPs for urology out-patient services.

The hospital provides these services for patients in Co Wexford.

The six-month freeze has been blamed on lack of capacity. “I contacted hospital management and they confirmed this,” said Sinn Féin TD David Cullinane.

University Hospital Waterford (UHW) announced the move in a letter to GPs in counties Wexford, Carlow, Tipperary and Kilkenny as well as Waterford.

It said that the move was to allow it to deal with the number of patients already on the wait-

ing list to see a urologist.

Urology deals with surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary-tracts and the male reproductive organs The letter sent to GPs said: “Given the increasing demand for urology services in University Hospital Waterford, the current capacity constraints and the risks associated with delays in access to care and treatment, University Hospital Waterford will not accept any new out-patient referrals for a six-month period effective 1st March 2020.”

The hospital said rapid access prostate referrals would continue to be accepted as normal.

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Call of the wild can lead to work

YOUNG people in Wexford are being offered the chance of a wilderness adventure.

If they are not in education or full-time employment they are being given the opportunity to spend seven days in the Irish wilderness, while learning skills which will help them return to studies or the labour market.

FOLM (From Outdoors to Labour Market), which is being rolled out in Ireland

by Limerick Institute of Technology and is also being developed in Poland and Spain, is a pioneering outdoor learning initiative.

The programme is free and open to young people, aged between 18 and 29 years old, who are not in employment or education.

After seven days in the wilderness, participants then begin work with a coach who helps them to return to education, training or employment.

Those who are interested and eligible for the programme can sign up on the programme’s website, www.folmweb.com

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How switch can cut your mortgage by ten years THE Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is encouraging mortgage house holders in Wexford to consider switchng morggage provider.

It advses them to consult its online comparison tools and step-by-step guide, to ensure they are getting the best interest rates on the market.

The advice conincides with a report that says many home owners in Wexford could shave ten years off their home repayments by switching mortgages and keeping their repayments at the same level.

The average Irish homeowner is needlessly paying around €3,480 in extra mortgage repayments per year by not switching lenders, the doddl mortgage switching index has found.

The spread between the highest and lowest interest rates available on the market has now grown to 2.25% or €290 per month in terms of monthly repayments for an average private dwelling house mortgage.

This large spread means monthly repayment savings

Claire and Ann Marie Carthy and Laura Murphy at Our Ladies Isle GAA Club Dinner Dance in the Talbot Hotel

of up to 27% are possible for homeowners who switch their mortgage – a gap that has widened by 6% in 12 months.

The highest rate of repayment on the average 25 year mort-

gage as at Q4 2019 is €1,346, while mortgage holders on the lowest rate are paying €1,056 per month.

The Index is based on the average mortgage drawn down for

new lending in both the firsttime buyer and second-hand mover markets as at Q4 2019, currently €242,175.

The doddl Index looks at the total number of switcher

Farmers ‘are not enemy’ of the land

Maeve and Sadhbhora O’Reilly watching the Slaney Olympic 10k run

Hotel owners fearful of future

CONFIDENCE has slipped among hotel and guesthouse owners in Wexford and throughout the South East.

A survey conducted for the Irish Hotels Federation found that business sentiment had fallen for the second year in a row.

Just one third of hotel and guest house owners reported a positive outlook, compared to 40% this time last year.

Hoteliers’ concerns about the

transactions per quarter as a percentage of all home loan transactions, excluding Buy To Let mortgages, to give an accurate picture of principal private dwelling house credit.

Compiled by impartial mortgage switching experts doddl. ie, the Index highlights the differential between the lowest and highest non-discounted interest rates on the market – and the potential savings available.

For mortgage information from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission visit www.ccpc.ie.

For other switching information see doddl.ie

high costs of doing business include what Colm Neville, Chair of the South East branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, described as ‘hidden’ costs.

“Local authority rates, for example, are the single biggest cost that tourism businesses have no control over,” he said. “Hotels are making a disproportionate contribution to local authority funding with many hoteliers levied rates of up to €3,000 per bedroom .”

CAP funding for farmers must not be cut, an MEP has insisted.

“Farmers are not the enemy,” said Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South Billy Kelleher following a debate on the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy that forms part of the wider European Green Deal.

“Change is coming but we can bring people, including the farming community, with us,” he said. “ It’s the only way to protect rural communities and our planet.”.

Mr Kelleher made the comments as a member of ENVI committee which deals with the climate change emergency but also as a practising farmer.

“Farmers are the custodians of the land,” he said. “It is, and always has been, in their interests to protect and enhance the land they own. No farmer I know wants to see the land go to rack and ruin.

“Farmers can and want to be part of the solution, but common sense is needed. CAP funding cannot be cut for farmers. It makes up 56% of family farm income according to a Teagasc 2017 report.”

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RoadSafety&VehicleMaintenance

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reland was the third-best performer for road safety last year, according to a new report by the European Commission.

A total of 25,100 people died on EU roads in 2018, a decrease of 21pc compared to 2010, and 1pc compared to 2017.

Ireland recorded 31 deaths per million inhabitants, according to figures released by the EU. With an average of 49 road deaths per one million inhabitants, European roads are now the safest in the world.

However, Europe is still off track to reach its target of halving the number of road deaths by 2020, and having zero road deaths by 2050.

Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune said Ireland still has work to do regarding road safety: “There is a target across the EU of halving the number of road deaths by 2020. We must continue to do all we can in Europe and Ireland to reduce these numbers.

“Even one road death is unacceptable. Ireland has one of the best road safety records in Europe but we still have a lot of work to do.’

“In recent years we have seen significant improvements in road safety but there are still 500 deaths on European roads each and every week. That is over 25,000 fatalities a year and is simply not an acceptable figure.

“There is progress being made. In Ireland there were 400 deaths on our roads in 2001 compared to 149 last year. That is 149 too many however and we must keep doing what we can to make sure that number comes down.

“We can and we must continue to go much further on improving road safety and I am optimistic about the potential for

Ireland ‘third-best performer for road safety in Europe’ new lifesaving technologies to help us do that.”

The EU countries with the best road safety results in 2018 were the United Kingdom (28 deaths/ million inhabitants), Denmark (30/million), Ireland (31/million), and Sweden (32/million).

The countries with a higherthan-average decrease in road deaths from 2017 to 2018 were Slovenia (-13pc), Lithuania (-11pc), Bulgaria (-9pc) and Slovakia and Cyprus (both -8pc).

Only two EU Member States

recorded a fatality rate higher than 80 deaths per million inhabitants, against seven in 2010.

The countries with the highest fatality rate were Romania (96/ million), Bulgaria (88/million), Latvia (78/million) and Croatia (77/million).

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... crashes at weekends ‘a real problem’

The Chief Executive of the Road Safety Authority has said Ireland has “a real problem” when it comes to road crashes at weekends.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Moyagh Murdock said the number of serious and fatal collisions at weekends is “disproportionate” and needs to be dealt with.

It comes as seven people died in road crashes over the weekend, including a 16-year-old girl and a woman in her 80s.

The incidents happened in counties Cavan, Louth, Monaghan and Galway, bringing to 29 the number of people killed on the roads so far this year.

“Roads are quieter at weekends, but in Ireland we seem to have a real problem”, Ms Murdock said. “It really is a problem that we need to deal with.”

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Rona Kehoe, Cora Finn, Sacha McCauley and Emily Goucher at the kids Valentine`s Disco in Bree Community Centre

Katie Lennon ,Fiona Guiney and Aisling Breen at the Rathnure St Ann’ss GAA Club Presentation night in the Ferrycarraig Hotel

Molly Donoghue, Carol Roche, Orlaith Flynn, Abi Reynolds, Ella Codd, Izzy Wilde and Bill Rowe at the Valentine’ss Tea Party in Glynn Hall

Chloe Bates and Robert Clancy at Our Ladies Isle GAA Club Dinner Dance in the Talbot Hotel

Theresa and Ailish Claire at the Gorey Night 5K Run in aid of North Wexford Hospice Homecare

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VACANCIES

COMMUNITY

Wexford County Council invites applicants for the following post

SUMMER STUDENT PLACEMENT 2020 A limited number of placements (15 – 25 maximum) are available with Wexford County Council for periods of 8 to 12 weeks during June, July and August, 2020 Remuneration will be at the rate of €10.10 per hour for a 35 hour week.

The Council is seeking to fill placements in the following areas: Administration • Planning and Heritage • Housing Section – General Administration • Library Service (Summer Reading Challenge Project.)

• Fire Services– General Administration • Sports Active – supporting the running of Physical Activity Programmes.

• Customer Service Unit – General Administration.

• Gorey Municipal District – Event Co-ordination PR and Marketing.

• Motor Taxation – General Administrative Duties.

• Economic Development/Tourism Technical • Environment – Mapping information, Analysis of Site Suitability test results.

• Water Services ¬– Surveying/Preparation of drawings using CAD. • Information Technology Applicants must currently be studying for a third level qualification relevant to the placement being sought and must be returning to college in September 2020 in an undergraduate capacity only.

Completed application forms should be emailed only to recruitment@wexfordcoco.ie before Thursday 12th March, 2020.

As applicants may be shortlisted on basis of information supplied in application forms you should ensure that information given is sufficiently comprehensive. Please note that each year this is oversubscribed, in 2019 we received in excess of 250 applications for approximately 30 positions.

Canvassing will automatically disqualify.

Application forms are available from, Reception (Block F), Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford. Phone (053) 9196000 or visit our website at www.wexfordcoco.ie Completed application forms should be emailed only to recruitment@wexfordcoco.ie before Thursday 12th March, 2020.

WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

GOREY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT NORTH WEXFORD 2K CLEAN It’s North Wexford 2k Clean up time again. Local groups are invited to adopt a 2km stretch of road and maintain it litter free as part of the overall Spring Clean Wexford 2020.

If you are interested in becoming involved application forms are available - E-mail gorey@wexfordcoco.ie or call us on (053) 9483800.

Closing Date 30thMarch 2020.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT EVENING Helping you make a difference in your area Thursday 12th of March 4.00pm to 8.00pm Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Information stands on the programmes and supports provided by Wexford County Council and its partners.

This event is for any group or individual developing their own local community and both new and established groups.

Information stands, Q & A sessions, details of funding schemes and other initiatives that your community can benefit from.

For more information see www.wexfordcoco.ie/community or email community@wexfordcoco.ie Tel: 053-9196000

ROADS ROADSIDE TREES, DITCHES AND HEDGES. Wexford County Council wishes to give notice that under the terms of the Roads Act, 1993, landowners and occupiers of land are obliged to take all reasonable care to ensure that the trees, ditches, hedges and all other vegetation growing on their land are not or could not become a danger to people using or working on a public road.

Examples of hazards might be dead or dying trees, ditches or hedges interfering with traffic, blocking footpaths, obscuring road signs or obscuring a view of the road ahead.

You are required to fell, cut, log, trim or remove such trees, ditches and hedges. Adequate signposting should be provided and the Council and Gardaí notified before works commence.

Hedge cutting operations should, as far as possible, only be undertaken outside the critical nesting period of 1st March to 31st August.

Liability for damage or injury resulting from such hazards will rest with the landowner/occupier.

COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL BEACHGUARDS 2020 Applications are invited for the post of Beachguard for the resorts of Courtown, Rosslare Strand, Carne, Curracloe, Ballinesker, Morriscastle, Ballymoney and Duncannon.

Further particulars and application forms are available from: Reception (Block F), Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford.

Phone 053 919 6000 or visit our website at www.wexford.ie Closing date for receipt of completed application forms : 5.00 pm on Thursday 12th March 2020 Applicants must be aged 18 years or over as at 31st May, 2020 Wexford County Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer

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WILDLIFE

ninenottomiss

Paving Paradise

book of the week

with Justin Ivory

EU protected Little Tern along the Wicklow coastline (Photo Justin Ivory)

‘They paved paradise And put up a parking lot..’

So sang Joni Mitchell in her hit Big Yellow Taxi 50 years ago.

50 years on and here we are in the middle of a Biodiversity and Climate crisis that will at best significantly adversely affect life for all species on the planet and at worst threaten the very survival of humankind.

Even though urgent and immediate action on a local, national and global scale is needed more than ever, what are they planning to spend our tax euros on in Co. Wicklow?

A so-called coastal ‘green’way from Greystones to Wicklow Town that will see an existing, well-used natural trail running through an area rich in wildlife with magnificent vistas of mountains and sea, tarmacked and suburbanised. An area protected under EU law (it is a designated SAC and SPA) for its unique habitats and biodiversity, already visited and walked by thousands of people annually, (for not just decades but probably centuries).

They want to throng this very special place with 250,000 visitors annually and fill it with human noise and activity.

Destroying the very reason people go there in the first place for peace and quiet, to get away from it all and enjoy nature.

Beautiful vista from the Wicklow coastal trail (Photo Justin Ivory)

Why is this needless vandalism of nature even happening? The financial selfinterests of a few business people in Wicklow Town with some populist and dubious PR around human recreational activities appears to this writer to be the primary motivations.

This is symptomatic of the lack of a long-term sustainable approach to all our activities in favour of short-sighted, human-centric, short-term benefits for a minority with a long-term negative impact for the majority, future generations and other species that has been played out locally, nationally and globally over the last few decades. It beggar’s belief that this sort of thinking and project is still being given credence and funding. We owe it to ourselves, our children, future generations and other species to do better than this.

tv show of the week

film of the week

HOROSCOPES

by Andrea Mara

The Sleeper Lies €9.99

kiri Wednesdays, RTE1, 10.40pm

Jihad Jane (15A) Running Time: 1hr 34min

The Sleeper Lies is a mystery thriller by Andrea Mara, author of the Irish Book Award shortlisted One Click. Set in Wicklow, the story is about Marianne, who wakes one morning to find footprints trailing across her snow-covered garden. Marianne’s nearest neighbour lives a mile away, and she has no idea who has been creeping around outside her house at night. Is it somehow linked to her interest in true crime?

Or perhaps to her mother’s unexplained death, twenty years earlier? Or maybe the answer lies closer to home. In the end, 24 days is all it takes for everything to come crashing down.

New series. Four-part drama, starring Sarah Lancashire. Set in Bristol, it centres on the abduction of Kiri Akindele (Felicia Mukasa), a nine-year-old black girl. Kiri lives with her foster parents Jim and Alice Warner (Steven Mackintosh and Lia Williams) and their teenage son Si (Finn Bennett). Social worker Miriam is caught up in the investigation Kiri goes missing on one of her supervised visits.

As the search for her intensifies, Miriam is publicly blamed by the police, the press, and even her colleagues for putting the girl at risk.

In March 2010, two American women, including one who named herself ‘Jihad Jane’, were arrested in a number of high-profile arrests in Waterford, Ireland, which were trumpeted by the US attorney’s office as ‘the new face of terrorism’. Facing huge jail sentences, the two women pleaded guilty but now for the first time ever, with unprecedented access, JIHAD JANE tells the story of the most absurd terror cell ever to come together. The film is about the Internet and the online world and the damaged people who made plans to murder a Swedish cartoonist.

play of the week

gig of the week

comedy of the week

AriesStick to practical priorities with shared finances.

Ignore chaos, confusion and distractions. Secure the ground taken.

TaurusDon’t make assumptions about your partner. If you want to know something, ask. Keep an open mind.

You can get the inside story.

GeminiThe workload may seem intense. Focus carefully on the job at hand to reduce technical error. Stay in communication.

CancerRomance could flower, despite unexpected changes.

Look for opportunities for fun and find them. Enjoy excellent company.

LeoCompute expenses and monitor in real time to avoid unpleasant surprises.

Changes could disrupt the schedule.

Wild In The Country March 4th – 7th 8pm Nightly. Tickets €10/ €15 Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy

Leo Sayer - Just A Boy in Ireland Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 8 PM – 11 PM National Opera House High Street, Wexford

Julie Jay: Julie really love me?

Thursday 5th march @ 8pm. Tickets €12.

Mackens, The Bullring, Wexford

When it is suggested to Rose that her favourite superstar, Elvis Presley, is coming to town to she gives it her all to get ready for this great event. But when her plans to meet and seduce Elvis get interrupted by her Mozart loving husband, a washing machine, a local election, and Mother Time herself, she decides she must take matters into her own hands if she is to fulfil her destiny. Enniscorthy Drama Group proudly present this 3-act play by Paul O’Reilly, starring Julie Fox, Kate Breen, Fergal Kelly, Pat Murphy, Niall Holohan and Alan Kinsella, and directed by Fintan Kelly.

Music legend Leo Sayer brings his boundless energy, exuberance and a concert packed with classics to the Emerald Isle. Known the world over for his army of hits which include Thunder In My Heart, Moonlighting, One Man Band, I Can’t Stop Loving You, More Than I Can Say, Have You Ever Been in Love, The Show Must Go On and the transatlantic chart toppers, When I Need You and and You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. This is a hit packed, high energy evening not to be misse

Julie Jay is a comic who has taken the comedy world by storm in recent months. She has also supported the biggest names in comedy, including Neil Delamere, Ardal O’Hanlon, acted as resident support act for Tommy Tiernan on his Paddy Crazy Horse Tour and most recently MCed the 2019 series of the Tommy Tiernan Show. Her new show ‘Julie Really Love Me’ explores her quest for validation, applying lessons gleamed from Oprah in the early nineties to modern life, navigating being childless in the state of Gilead and guards.

show of the week

workshop of the week fair of the week

VirgoUse your power responsibly.

Hold yourself to high standards. Keep your promises, standards and word. Integrity makes things work.

LibraDig into unexpected revelations. New facts dispel old fears. Study the latest developments. Present your findings to your network.

ScorpioTry a gentle approach with domestic matters. Someone in your family could use extra loving. List the problems to solve.

Sagittarius-

Step back and let a controversy sail on by. Clear out clutter. Clean your room.

Offer advice only if asked.

Plan for what’s ahead.

CapricornDon’t make assumptions or expensive promises. Confer with allies to get the inside scoop. Inspire others to succeed.

Songs and Tall Tales of Jerry Fish Friday 13th March - Tickets €22 Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy

DOGtastic, DOGtectives DAY OUT! Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 10 AM – 5 PM learntospeakdog@outlook.com €85

Wexford Psychic & Holistic Fair Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 11 AM – 7 PM Talbot Hotel Wexford. Free entry

Jerry Fish is renowned as much for his showmanship as he is for his music. He’s a carnival creator, circus ringmaster - complete with Vaudeville moustache - a playwright, singer, songwriter and poet. Spawned from his Electric Picnic shows which became so popular that they gave him his very own stage “Wherever Jerry Fish goes, the circus is not far behind,” he says. Mr. Fish’s genre bending and idiosyncratic style of entertainment has made him a household name within the Irish Music industry.

Learn to speak Dog with Rachel Meadows, Irish dog trainer and behaviour coach.

This workshop will focus on enriching the lives of our canine companions through a variety of means. You will learn to become a DOGtective. You will gain a variety of skills while working as a team to collaborate your individual knowledge and that each dog and guardian has within. If nothing else you will see the dog’s world in a whole new light.

There are 12 places available for this course.

Some of Ireland’s top Mediums, Psychics, Tarot and Angel card readers giving One-to-One private & personal readings on the day. A wide range of treatments, advice and information available provided by a selection of national and local holistic therapists. Natural skincare & cosmetics product lines, herbal remedies, oils and essences. A selection of quality retailers selling a fantastic array of holistic health products, specialist books, beautiful crystals, gorgeous hand crafted jewellery, angelic gifts and much more.

AquariusA professional goal is within sight. Focus and winning is a distinct possibility. Get your team on your side.

Prepare for a test.

PiscesA travel or study opportunity is worth investigating. Find out what’s involved. Look for answers to tough questions.

Contribute to a greater cause.

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Vegan lunch choices.

Chilli Non Carne Burrito

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