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A Wexford Fine Gael councillor has suggested that “serial objectors” may be making fraudulent objections to planning applications across the county in the hopes of extracting money from property developers or delaying developments.

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A large film studio has opened its doors in County Wexford, according to reports. 

Ivan Dunleavy, who ran legendary U.K. studio Pinewood for 17 years before departing in 2017 following a buyout, has a new studio venture, this time in Ireland. Tara Studios, based at the 154-acre Borleagh Manor estate in County Wexford less than an hour’s drive from Dublin (and, crucially, connected via a motorway to the capital), …

Ivan Dunleavy and John Gleeson are behind the new facility near Dublin where 150,000 square feet of studio space is to be built.

A touch of Hollywood movie magic is coming to Gorey in the coming weeks as film studio bosses intend to hold an information evening with local residents to discuss building one of the largest film studios in Ireland, in north Wexford.

Trade, Ireland-Canada connections and film opportunities were some of the topics up for discussion when Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Nancy Smyth paid a visit to Gorey.

People across Wexford will have the opportunity to learn more about connections between Ireland and Canada when the Ambassador of Canada to Ireland, Nancy Smyth visits Gorey on Tuesday, April 25.

The EU Affairs Minister from Slovakia is in Gorey today visiting a number of locations in the town.

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