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There’s no reason to stay cooped up at home this bank holiday weekend. Here’s a guide to the wide range of things to do around County Wexford in the coming days.

The works will be carried out on behalf of Uisce Éireann by Ward & Burke Ltd and the project is expected to be completed by October of this year. 

?Compelled to give something back to an organisation which had previously been supportive to her, Megan O’Rourke, along with lifelong friend Megan Leacy, has raised over €1,500 for Pieta House after a fundraising event in the Riverside Park Hotel.

A sadness hung over the Rapparees-Starlights GAA Club in Enniscorthy yesterday (Wednesday) as news filtered out of the passing of former club chairman and local GAA stalwart Pat Hall.

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Wexford is set for another week of worrying disruption as firefighters striking for improved pay and conditions have announced a continuation of the rolling closures which took place at stations countywide last week.

COMPELLED to give something back to an organisation which had previously been supportive to her, Megan O’Rourke, along with lifelong friend Megan Leacy, has raised over €1,500 for Pieta House after a fundraising event in the Riverside Park Hotel. This black tie ball featured a drinks reception, dinner, and music courtesy of Deuces Wild, before a raffle for prizes donated by local businesses.

A local Enniscorthy Councillor is calling for a skateboard park for young people in the town. Independent Councillor Jackser Owens says other towns across the county have skateboard parks including a newly opened facility in Min Ryan Park in Wexford and one is badly needed in Enniscorthy district.

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning more needs to be done to speed up the removal of lead from drinking water supplies.

The Environmental Protection Agency says half a million people are in "at-risk" areas with higher lead levels in their drinking water.