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A small crowd gathered in New Ross Saturday to protest against the possible move of postal services from Charles Street.

Cllr Michael Sheehan is inviting everyone to a coffee morning to talk about supporting elderly people in the area, on Friday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m. in St Michael’s Theatre.

Cookery demo in Graig

Over €1.7m in funding has been announced for new and extended library facilities in New Ross, which will almost triple floor space at the library.

More than €3.2m in funding has been announced for community centres in two Co Wexford communities as part of the first ever dedicated fund for shovel-ready community projects in Ireland.

Cllr Bridin Murphy has urgently appealed to Minister Eamon Ryan for extra funding to address the severe road damage caused by consistent bad weather in Co Wexford.

An Bord Pleanala has approved planning permission for a new slipway and beach access at Fethard Harbour.

The HSE has plans for a larger ambulance centre than originally expected in New Ross, which will see extensive works at the old fire station site on Michael Street.

It was another successful year for the budding entrepreneurs of Ramsgrange Community School with three different awards being brought back to the South West Wexford school following the Wexford Student Enterprise Programme Awards.

The battering of roads and beaches along the south west Wexford coast have gotten from rain and storms over recent months has led to huge deterioration of access roads and laneways to beaches and erosion to soft coastline.