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Listen Back to Sharon Clancy on Showtime. Sharon is performing her first Jazz gig in Waterford in Bank Lane.

The gig will feature a formidable line-up of Waterford musicians

A wonderful night of fashion and fun took place for a great cause at The Coal Bunker Bar in Drinagh as an array of models, some of questionable qualification, took to the catwalk for a special charity fashion show in aid of Wexford Rape Crisis.

There is simply no better place to be in Ireland in October than Wexford, when the town becomes a hive of cultural activity to celebrate the annual Wexford Festival Opera. Now in its 72nd year, Wexford Festival Opera continues to amaze and delight in equal measure, when operatic performers from all over the world convene at the National Opera House for two weeks of world-class opera.

PHOENIX ---The celebrant’s greeting at the 9 a.m. Mass came with a light departure in advance of the Penitential Act. Bishop John P. Dolan joked that as he arrived, “Stepping out of my car, I found this gaggle of Jesuits. ”Laughter rippled across the congregation of 700 plus worshippers inside Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral. Oxford’s Learner Dictionary, defines “gaggle” informally as “a disorderly or noisy group of people.” But the noise here reflected joyfulness, one of the traits...

A world premiere taking place in Wexford town this month will focus attention on dementia and raising awareness around the illness.

Mining the style of a standard shock-jock radio programme, The Last Stand broadcast revolves primarily around megamouth jock Tom Hooks, energetically played by Morgan C. Jones, whose provocative stance is designed to bring tempers to boiling point and beyond.

One of the many brilliant things about the musicians, songwriters and bands located in County Wexford is the diversity of the material they create. The featured artist this week is someone whose individual range of songs and music is as eclectic as it is brilliant. During lockdown Sammy Horner has really let the creative juices flow creating two very distinct and different albums, in addition to having a childrens book published and working on a graphic novel. Far Away Places, the subject of ...

Even the celebrations were in perfect harmony on Monday morning as Wexford trio The Ivy Sisters were chosen as the official winners of this years Aldi Christmas FM Song Contest 2020. Made up of Aileen Donohoe, Sharon Clancy and Jilly Cox, the group brought all of their glitz, glamour and dazzling pitch-perfect harmonies to their entry, Mele Kalikimaka, which is a Christmas tune with a Hawaiian twist, originally performed by Bing Crosby. While the official launch of The Ivy Sisters has twice fal...

The Ivy Sisters win the Aldi Christmas FM Song Contest Mele Kalikimaka by Wexford based group The Ivy Sisters have been announced as the winners of The Aldi Christmas FM Song Contest for 2020. Now in its thirteenth year, the song contest, on Ireland’s Christmas radio station, attracts hundreds of entries each year – vying to be crowned the winner by Christmas FM’s extensive national and international audience. The Ivy Sisters are made up of three women living in Wexford Town,...