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Women fail to make their mark WOMEN’S rights group will has launched a â‚Ź35,000 crowdfunding plan to help female candidates in future elections after accusing the Government of failing to do enough to address the issue. Just six of the 34 councillors elected in Wexford were women, a ratio of fewer than RQH LQ ÂżYH 1DWLRQDOO\ RI WKH 949 councillors elected, just 22% were women. A total 563 women contested the local elections, out of a total of 1,977 candidates across the FRXQWU\ DQG '~Q /DRJKDLUH 5DWKGRZQ PDGH KLVWRU\ DIWHU LW EHFDPH WKH ÂżUVW HYHU FRXQFLO with an equal gender split. No other council managed this, with some, like Wexford, falling far short. The Women for Election group VD\V WKH SXEOLF PRQH\ LV QHHGHG MXVW KRXUV DIWHU 'iLO &HDQQ &RPKDLUOH 6HDQ 2Âś)HDUJKDLO SXEOLFO\ EDFNHG ORFDO HOHFWLRQ gender quotas as a “pragmaticâ€? step that must be taken. Women for Election chief H[HFXWLYH &LDLUtQ GH %XLV VD\V

the recent local elections were ÂłD PLVVHG RSSRUWXQLW\´ WR improve gender balance in Irish politics. And, calling for political parties to “step up and support more women to runâ€?, she will FRQÂżUP SODQV IRU D QHZ Âź crowdfunding initiative the group hopes will help 300 ZRPHQ WU\LQJ WR HQWHU SROLWLFV Âł'HVSLWH WKH LQFUHDVH WR in the number of council VHDWV WDNHQ E\ ZRPHQ ZHÂśUH disappointed that it fell short of a quarter of all council seats.â€? 7KH *RUH\ 'LVWULFW ZDV WKH RQO\ GLVWULFW LQ :H[IRUG WR elect no women councillors, EXW RXWJRLQJ *RUH\ FRXQFLOORU ,QGHSHQGHQW 0DU\ )DUUHOO was reelected in the new .LOPXFNULGJH 'LVWULFW KDYLQJ SROOHG ÂżUVW SUHIHUHQFH votes. )LQH *DHOÂśV .DWKOHHQ &RGG Nolan topped the poll in (QQLVFRUWK\ DFKLHYLQJ WKH PRVW ÂżUVW SUHIHUHQFH YRWHV RQ WKH ÂżUVW FRXQW DQG EHLQJ HOHFWHG Lauren and Jamie McCaffery at th e 2019 Wexford Motor Show on Wexford Quays

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Congrats: gaining top marks in the Diploma for Accounting Technicians programme has given New Rossbased student Jessica Curran a springboard to a career in the sector. Photo: Aileen Drohan

Jessica gets by with little help from her friends... GAINING top marks in the Diploma for Accounting Technicians programme has given a Wexford student a springboard to a career in the sector – thanks to advice from her friends. Jessica Curran (21) from New Ross – who scored one of the highest marks in the country last year – has advised everyone to listen to their friends after the course gave her the foundation to

continue her studies Accounting Technicians ,UHODQGÂśV TXDOLÂżFDWLRQ LV UHFognised as the fastest pathway to a professional accounting career. Jessica heard about the fulltime ATI course at Colaiste Abbain in Adamstown from D IULHQG DIWHU VKH ÂżQLVKHG school. “I was thinking of college but then my friend mentioned this course and when I looked

into it a little more, I thought it would be perfect for me,â€? she said. “The lectures were diverse and the tutors were really supportive during the twoyear full-time course and I really knew at the end that “I wanted to carry on with a career in accountancy so ,ÂśP QRZ MXVW ÂżQLVKHG H[DPV in my second year of the degree course now, â€? said the delighted New Ross student.

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Jobless now lowest since Celtic Tiger THE Live Register in Wexford has declined by 15% onan annual basis and 55% since Fine Gael entered government in 2011, according to the latest ¿JXUHV SXEOLVKHG E\ WKH &HQWUDO 6WDWLVWLFV 2ྜFH &62 Enniscorthy Live Register ¿JXUHV GHFOLQHG E\ annually and by 53% since 2011. *RUH\ /LYH 5HJLVWHU ¿JXUHV declined by 18% annually and by 56% since 2011. New Ross Live Register ¿JXUHV GHFOLQHG E\ annually and by 56% since 2011. Wexford Town Live Register ¿JXUHV GHFOLQHG E\ annually and by 56% since 2011. &RPPHQWLQJ RQ WKH ¿JXUHV Minister Michael D’Arcy said::

“This is excellent news for our local economy and for the people of Wexford. Nationally, the Live Register total recorded a monthly decrease of 3,500 in May 2019, bringing the seasonally adjusted total to 190,900.� He said the number of people on the Live Register in May 2019 was the lowest number recorded in the seasonally adjusted series since February 2008. “Earlier this week, the monthly unemployment rate IRU 0D\ IHOO WR WKH lowest rate since 2005. This is GRZQ IURP LQ $SULO and down from 5.9% in May 2018. “The number of people unemployed was 108,200 in May 2019, down from 111,300

when compared tothe April ÂżJXUH DQG D GHFUHDVH RI 33,200 when compared to May 2018.â€? the Fine Gael Minister said. “This is further positive news following on from the publication of the Labour Force Survey, Ireland’s key source of employment data, last month which indicated that more than 2.3m people were employed in ,UHODQG LQ WKH ÂżUVW TXDUWHU RI 2019, a 3.6% increase on the VDPH TXDUWHU RI ´ Minister D’Arcy said some 221,100 new jobs had been created since the start of 2016. “We have well exceeded our target of 200,000 new jobs by 2020, More than 1,500 new jobs were created every week in the last 12 months.â€? he said.

By gum, Mr Mayor, it’s the litter campaign that works!

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COMMON drugs to treat heartburn and ulcers are often inappropriately prescribed to patients undergoing surgery and in general practice, according to two new studies by Irish doctors. Medical researchers from Wexford General Hospital said 70% of patients had been prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which prevent gastrointestinal bleeding, ZLWKRXW FOLQLFDO MXVWLÂżFDWLRQ The survey of 89 surgical patients at Wexford General Hospital, found 73% were on PPI therapy, but in only 30% of those cases was the prescription in line with recommended use. Although the inappropriate use rate of 70% was high, the report’s main author, Lauren O’Connell, from the Department of General Surgery in Wexford General Hospital, said it was “in lineâ€? with other similar studies. She described the overuse of PPIs in both community and acute hospital settings as ÂłVLJQLÂżFDQW´ ,Q FRQWUDVW FDVHV where PPIs were inappropriately not administered to patients were rare.

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Council ‘needs to act’ on homeless THERE are now 65 adults are homeless in Wexford, according WR WKH ODWHVW ÂżJXUHV ZLWK )RFXV Ireland saying the Government would have to tackle the problem more earnestly. The charity said the incoming county council members needed to play a key role in ending what it said was a ‘crisis’ and that delivering homes would be a key element to doing that. The organisation said homelessness would not end without a shift in national policy but there also needed to be a fresh approach at local level by the incoming councillors and that, without a substantial increase in the provision of social housing, the issue would not go away. There needed to be a move away from reliance on emergency accommodation and hubs.

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Griffin leads tributes to Ned Wheeler Well done Aoife: the Marketing Student of the Year, centred, is pictured with, from left, Dr Thomas O’Toole, Dean (Head) of the School of Business at WIT, Ann Cusack, Granville Hotel, Aoife McAuliffe, Aoife McAuliffe, winner (Bachelor of Business (Hons) – Marketing specialisation), Chloe Driver, winner (BA (Hons) in Marketing & Digital Media), and Liam Cusack, Granville Hotel

Our Aoife is named as WIT student of year MURRINTOWN student $RLIH 0F$XOLŕľľH LV RQH of two winners of the annual Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) ‘Marketing Student of the Year’ awards held recently in the Granville Hotel, Waterford. Aoife is a Bachelor of Business (Hons) – Marketing specialisation student at WIT.

A number of Wexford students also received Commendation Awards. Recipients were chosen based on their academic results, presentation skills and overall contribution to class. Wexford commendation winners were: Kelly Lawless (Rosslare, Wexford) and Kacey Maher (Wexford). Dr Thomas O’Toole (Head

of WIT School of Business) stated that “WIT Business School is delighted that Liam and Ann Cusack, proprietors of the Granville Hotel, have been involved in honouring the best of our Marketing graduates particularly given that their own expertise in Marketing is a shining example to our students here today.�

THE former hurler and manDJHU /LDP *ULŕľśQ KDV OHG WKH tributes to Wexford hurling great Ned Wheeler after his death last week at the age of 87. Known as one of WKH JUHDW ÂżUVW WLPH hurlers and for his IRUPLGDEOH PLGÂżHOG partnership with Jim Morrissey, the threetime All-Ireland winner (1955, ’56 and ’60) won every possible honour in the game, including six Leinster medals and three Division 1 titles. As well as hailing his impact for Leinster in wrestling back the Railway Cup from Munster LQ WKH HDUO\ V /LDP *ULŕľśQ spoke of his “iconicâ€? friend Wheeler’s reputation as a tough but clean hurler who made :H[IRUG KXUOLQJÂśV ÂżUVW EUHDNthrough in the 1950s. “At Billy Rackard’s funeral, one of the old Tipp hurlers said they didn’t play at a time when hurlers were known to be gentlemen but Ned was. He was 6ft 4in, he could have done what he

wanted but I never saw him pull a dirty stroke. Nicky Rackard and the forwards wanted the ball in early and it was Ned and Jim who would OHW Ă€\ , GRQÂśW UHmember Ned handling the ball much but he was such a great exponent of the overhead strike.â€? 6DLG /LDP *ULŕľśQ Âł,WÂśV mentioned in Brendan Fullam’s book about the 1956 League ÂżQDO DJDLQVW 7LSSHUDU\ DQG Wexford were 14 points behind at half-time. “Nicky Rackard gave a rousing speech and what really LJQLWHG WKH ÂżUH ZDV 1HG GRXbling on a ball over the bar into the Railway End of Croke Park. “We had been the nearly men for so long as a county but it was the likes of Ned who truly made us all believe we could win. He came straight out of minor into senior, which was uncommon at the time because it was such a robust, tough game.â€?

â‚Ź359k. will see more places in local childcare NEW funding of â‚Ź358,640 will lead to the creation of additional childcare places in Wexford, Fine Gael Minister Michael D’Arcy has said. Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has announced a total of â‚Ź6.25m in capital funding to providers of Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare this summer. Nationally, this will lead to an increase of more than 3,600 childcare places for children up to age 15. “This funding will lead to additional places for children aged up to three years, as well as new school age childcare places, locally.â€? Minister D’Arcy said the investment was a welcome boost for parents in the county and another step towards QDWLRQZLGH DŕľľRUGDEOH FKLOGFDUH provision, something that Fine Gael has prioritised. “Our Independent colleague,

Minister Zappone, has been driving improvements in the childcare sector and will continue to do so. “Parents and children deserve access to high-quality, DŕľľRUGDEOH FKLOGFDUH WKDW ZLOO allow families to choose the type of work and home-life that best suits their needs. “This capital funding will also SURYLGH JUDQWV IRU ÂżUH VDIHW\ improvements for communityowned services. “The funding decisions have been made following a competitive application process and I would like to congratulate the providers who have been successful. Children’s Minister Ms Zappone said: “Quality DFFHVVLEOH DŕľľRUGDEOH FKLOGFDUH requires investment. The funding being announced today will translate into over 3,600 new and extra spaces

for children up to the age of 15. It is another step as we seek to address the decades of under-investment and neglect by successive governments. Overall Government investment in early learning and care has jumped 117% since 2015.� Pobal have begun notifying all applicants of the outcomes of the capital decisions. Succesul applicants in in Wexford include: Askamore Childcare Company ₏50,000 Bright Beginnings Preschool and afterschool ₏73,122 Little Explorers Childcare Ltd ₏50,000 Taghmon Integrated Local EDevelment Team₏14,212 Kilmuckridge Community and Family Resource₏9,000 Cranog Na Leannai Kindergarten Co ₏20,000 Little Green Giants Ltd ₏20,000

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Age-old Traveller lifestyle problem

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Y grandfather died in his early sixties; my father lived a decade longer. My generation can reasonably hope to see 80 and my grandchildren have realistic expectations of reaching 100. Improved medicine and health care have greatly extended life in the western world and FKDQJHG RXU GHÂżQLWLRQ RI growing old. My father regarded 40 as marking the onset of middle-age. Today it is the age when many people embark on new careers, when some decide to start a family and others to change their spouse. But one section of our people still sees 40 as the age when decline sets in. Pavee Point, the organisation that lobbies IRU 7UDYHOOHUV TXRWHV ÂżJXUHV from the 2016 census showing that just 3% of the Traveller population had reached the age of 65. It has compiled a report on ‘Indicators of Positive Ageing

Michael Wolsey for Travellers’. At its launch, a Traveller woman called Missie Collins sounded a sad note: “To be an old Traveller means that you’re only over 40.� Pavee Point is calling for publication of a National Traveller Health Action Plan. “My community is dying before their time and to stop this from happening we need the plan,� said Missie Collins. Now I mean no disrespect to Ms Collins, who obviously knows a great deal more about the Traveller community than I do, but I cannot see how publishing a report will prolong a single life. Acting on it might. But the

Brendan Howlin TD, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Cllr Maura Bell and Cllr George Lawlor at the Art in the Open Launch in Wexord Opera House certain way to extend Traveller lives is to change Traveller lifestyles. Travellers would live longer if they stopped living in containers and caravans on waste ground or overcrowded halting sites. Traveller women would live longer if they married later and had fewer children. Traveller men would live longer if they gave up bareknuckle boxing DQG IDFWLRQ ÂżJKWV ZLWK RWKHU clans. And yes, I know, not all

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Travellers�. I presume that means halting sites. But while good halting sites are obviously better than bad halting sites - and good health care better than no health care - I do not believe that either will solve the root problem. Traveller life expectancy has not kept pace with modern standards because the Traveller lifestyle belongs to another age. If you Google Irish Traveller LPDJHV \RX ZLOO ¿QG ORWV RI pictures of Romany caravans

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Travellers do these things. My description is a stereotype but one grounded in fact. A report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance has called for action to be taken against local authorities that fail to spend money allocated for Traveller accommodation. It expressed concern that “the majority of local authorities have consistently failed to provide adequate and culturallyappropriate accommodation for

and an archive photo from the Irish Times of a Travelling man outside one of these caravans, mending pots and pans. By trade he was a tinsmith, a tinker we would have called him when I was a child. He had a hard life but not much harder than the rest of the rural community in which he and his family played a useful role, mending and making metal items and helping with the harvest. That life has gone and Travellers can’t make it return any more than wheelwrights, stagecoach drivers or, from my own newspaper profession, hotmetal compositors, can force a return of once-useful roles that are now obsolete. The State cannot prevent Travellers living the lifestyle they choose but encouraging it is not doing them any favours. If the Government tried to force anyone else to live that way it would be taken to the Court of Human Rights. Travellers should respect their past and its traditions but the best place for the Traveller lifestyle is in a museum.

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Danielle Canavan, Angela Kelly, Ray Keogh, Fr John, Stacia Furlong, Sinead O Brien, Liz Furlong, Eileen Hayes, Nickey Furlong, Sean Furlong, and Melissa Furlong who are the first Mummers in Monageer in 40 years

Minister Paul Kehoe, Olive and Pat Jermaine and Pat Roche at the Enniscorthy Farmers Mart

Sean Kehoe with his granparents Madge and John Kehoe at the Piercestown National School confirmation in St Martin’s Church

Brianna McGrath of Rathnure Panto Society at the Enniscorthy Strawberry Fair Street Rhythms and Roots Festival Donna, Ben and Mick Jones at Wexford Races

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Indulge your Hobbies

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Hobby at East Coast Nature Reserve (Photo Justin Ivory) OVERCAST and cold, the reeds in the fen are swished back and forth by the strong south-easterly. All is quiet bird wise. Then, suddenly and dramatically, everything changes. The wind drops. The clouds roll away to reveal a bright sun in a blue sky. Within minutes dragons are rising from the fen and patrolling the skies like masters of all they survey. First one, and then another, large shape launches themselves to the skies from the nearby tree-line. Enter the dragon hunters. Like deadly, silent assassins, they pick off the dragons one by one. No, this drama is not a scene from the latest fantasy epic but one playing out at several locations along the East Coast in recent weeks. The dragons being dragonflies and the dragon hunters Hobbies. So what is a Hobby? The Hobby is a handsome falcon which superficially looks a bit like a small Peregrine but also bears some similarity in size and shape to a Kestrel. It has long pointed wings which are held swept back in a scythelike position giving the look of a large Swift. It has very distinctive red ‘trouser’ feathers on its upper legs. Extremely fast and agile, the Hobby is capable of sudden bursts of acceleration and high-speed aerial manoeuvres that allows it to hunt down its favourite prey, dragonflies which it eats while in flight, stripping off the wings before devouring the body. They also hunt martins, swallows and even swifts.

Red-footed Falcon (Photo Justin Ivory)) A scarce but annual vagrant visitor to Ireland – usually young birds which nip across from the UK to our shores for a week or two in May/June, this year has seen higher numbers than usual with sightings of between1 to 6 individuals at multiple locations in Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin, Cork and Carlow. There have also been multiple sightings recently of Red-footed Falcon, another annual but scarce vagrant to our shores.

MISSING by Barry Cummins

UNDER THE CLOCK RTE One, 17th June 9.35pm

X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX Released 5th June 2019

From 1950 to the present day, there have been almost 900 long-term missing people in Ireland. Where did they go? Are they dead or still alive somewhere? How many have been murdered? How many killers have got away with their crimes? RTÉ journalist Barry Cummins has reported on the unsolved cases of Ireland’s missing for decades. In this new edition of his bestselling book, he examines the latest leads and developments of Ireland’s most high-profile missing cases, including the women who disappeared under eerily similar circumstances in the 1990s.

Exploring the social history of Ireland told through the tales of people whose relationships began under the Clerys clock in Dublin, one of the nation’s most famous meeting places. Stories range from the romance of a first date and a nostalgic reunion of old friends to the curious excitement of a visiting tourist, with the documentary revealing tales of love and loss, hope and disappointment.

The story of one of the X-Men’s most beloved characters, Jean Grey, as she evolves into the iconic DARK PHOENIX. During a lifethreatening rescue mission in space, Jean is hit by a cosmic force that transforms her into one of the most powerful mutants of all. Wrestling with this increasingly unstable power as well as her own personal demons, Jean spirals out of control, tearing the X-Men family apart and threatening to destroy the very fabric of our planet. The most intense and emotional X-Men movie ever made. It is the culmination of 20 years of X-Men movies, as the family of mutants that we’ve come to know and love.

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SHEDFEST The Arena, Buffers Alley, Wexford. . www.yellowbelybeer.ie. June 23rd.

BILLY ROCHE RED GUITAR TOUR June 22. Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket T : 053 912 3764

BALLET ROCKS National Opera House, 29th June Tickets â‚Ź20. Concessions: â‚Ź13

Shedfest is one of the most popular festivals in the south east attracting huge crowds from across the region. The festival line up has been revealed and it is sure to be a big hit. “Cornerboyâ€?, who are our headline act, are firm favourites with the Shedfest faithful are back by popular demand with their own brand of Americana folk. They will be supported by “Fit For Kingsâ€? and Waterford band “No Hot Ashesâ€? DJ Katie Quaid will keep the pedal to the metal with the latest chart hits and floor filling favourites. Tickets, â‚Ź20, will be on sale from club members and usual outlets.

With a successful album - DEAD MAN’S SHOES - in the bag, Billy Roche returns to the Wexford Arts Centre on Saturday 22nd June. Songs from the album will be revisited, along with an intriguing batch of new tunes. Billy will be joined by his two comrades-in-arms and multi instrumentalists Mike Odlum (vocals/ bass/ piano/ harmonium/ harmonica) and Pete McCamley (vocals/ drums/ flute/ glockenspiel etc.) Together they make a fascinating, eastern psychedelic sound.

After last year’s smash hit Ballet Rocks, WSBPA realised there were just too many classics left unsung and danced and so decided to revisit these rock legends once more. With stunning choreography to some of the most famous rock ballads in the world, WSBPA will produce an exciting blend of ballet, modern, jazz and contemporary choreography and hopefully many a memory will be rekindled by these timeless rock icons. With fabulous costumes, production values, choreography and music , this promises to be another sold out epic performance from WSBPA.

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CAFE CABARET National Opera House. 28th June. Tickets: â‚Ź15

WOMAN IN BLACK Presentation Centre Enniscorthy 20th - 22nd June

BALLYHACK CASTLE Ballyhack, Arthurstown, Co. Wexford T : 051 389 468. E : jerpointabbey@opw.ie

The Irish College of Music Theatre is delighted to showcase its students in an intimate cabaret setting at The Starview CafĂŠ. Under the direction of the creative team Deirdre Masterson, Peter McCamley, Aileen Donohoe, Julie Kinsella and Conor McCarthy, students from The Irish College of Music Theatre adult and teen cohorts from Wexford and Gorey branches will bring you on a musical journey including excerpts from Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Cabaret, Wicked, Oklahoma and Oliver.

Blackstairs Mountain Theatre proudly presents Nic Furlong’s play, ‘Woman In Black’ as their mid summer production. The play a dark comedy is set in the public house of Frank Maher in the shadow of Vinegar Hill, Enniscorthy. The time is the early spring of the present year. Soon after the arrival of a woman, dressed in black and a chain of events is triggered that irrevocably change the lives of ordinary people as old loves, old losses and old betrayals surface in this powerful tale. A stellar cast features.

If you are in the south east region Ballyhack Castle located on a steep slope in a commanding position overlooking Waterford estuary is well worth a visit. The castle, a large tower house, is thought to have been built c. 1450 by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John, one of the two great military orders founded at the beginning of the 12th century at the time of the Crusades. Open: 9.30 - 5.00 Saturday - Wednesday inclusive. Average Length of Visit: 45 min. Admission Free.

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insideback

Brian Quigley

Katie: the best is yet to come

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tight contest but Katie had done enough to just about shade it, HVSHFLDOO\ HDUO\ RQ LQ WKH ¿JKW Having said that, Katie didn’t seem to be at her absolute best.

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