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An apparent lack of information about preparations for next year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Wexford town was criticised by Cllr Michael Whelan at the September Wexford County Council meeting.

The planned Oylegate to Rosslare Europort stretch of motorway will be delayed due to a new requirement for a large services area along the route.

The decision by a developer not to go ahead with a nursing home in Rosslare Harbour and to opt to provide refugee accommodation instead, led to a heated discussion at the September Wexford County Council meeting about the lack of services in the area.

Wexford County Council has its biggest ever land bank within the ring roads of the county capital and has ambitious plans to develop a modern, fully equipped technological university campus, along with student accommodation, a sports area and two new schools on it.

A Co Wexford hair salon scooped top prize for having the country’s best salon team, at the Irish Hair & Beauty Awards night – held in Dublin recently.

Senator Malcolm Byrne has said that the recent recommendations of the independent Electoral Commission to split the Wexford constituency were evidence based and fair.

The show ‘Let's Talk About Sex’ which aired on RTÉ 2 Thursday night shows just how poor the Irish education system is when it comes to educating teenagers about arguably the most important subject they should be learning about, their bodies.

€500,000 in funding has been approved to continue and expand a School-leavers Ability Programme in New Ross, which enables young people with a disability to progress to third level and employment.

The owner of a Rosslare apartment which provides accommodation to a Ukrainian family has spoken of how successful the arrangement has been, having been able to spend some of the summer there – during which time the family were housed nearby in another accommodation.

A Wexford parish priest has said he regrets the insertion of a note about ‘pornographic books’ being made available to primary school children, which featured on the front page of his parish newsletter over the weekend.