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Neglected for many years, the Selskar Augustinian Priory and its graveyard had become overgrown with weeds, headstones had been broken and the medieval church vandalised. Recognising the historical importance of the site and its significance to the people of Wexford, the local Lions Club took it upon themselves to carry out a major rejuvenation project at the priory, cleaning its surrounds, researching and marking the graves, and becoming the guardians of Selskar.

Nurses at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend successfully reached a tentative agreement with hospital management early Thursday after more than 40 hours of

BEND, OR -- Nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association gave a 10-day notice Friday to management at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend of their intent to strike. The walkout by almost 1,000&...

By Chris McNulty The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has joined a group of breakaway national federations aiming to save the sport's Olympic status. 'World Boxing' was officially launched at a lunchtime press briefing on Thursday. An Interim Executive Board of the new body comprises representatives from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Philippines

Irish Athletic Boxing Association President Gerry O'Mahony has hailed a "remarkable number of governance and reform actions" undertaken by the national governing body.

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association has condemned the suspension of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation from the IBA, The world governing body, which is headed by Russian Umar Kremlev suspended Ukraine last week. The move prevented the federation from casting a vote at a meeting that eventually decided not to hold a fresh presidential election, which

Gorey gardaí are investigating after headstones at the old Clonattin graveyard on the outskirts of Gorey were damaged by spray paint. The blue paint, commonly used to mark roads, was sprayed across a number of headstones, some of which are very significant to Goreys history. The incident was reported to gardaí during the last weekend of February with a clean up due to take place as soon as possible. Genealogist John Nangle, who is part of a Graveyard Committee in the North Wexford Historical...