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A tight-knit, rural Wexford community has been left reeling by the news that a 25-year-old local man has died suddenly in Bali.

Such is the glamour of life as a successful musician that when Edmond ‘Eddie’ Keogh takes my call he is parked at a Circle K services trying to figure out what “s***” to unload from his van. He and bandmates Eoin Fitzgibbon and Eoghan 'McGoo' McGrath, aka Kingfishr, are preparing for their first big UK tour, a tour which will see them perform in venues from London to Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow, with a couple of dates in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre thrown in for good measure.

Sean O’Casey’s classic play, The Shadow of a Gunman, will play the National Opera House tonight (February 23) and tomorrow, Friday, February 24 as part of an 11 venue national tour.

A Tudor-inspired building originally owned by the Catholic Church is up for sale in Enniscorthy with an asking price of €890,000. Most recently owned and occupied by the Ova family with a busy retail unit on ground floor currently trading as Sofia’s Choice, 21 Main Street is described by auctioneer’s Paula Treacy Estates as being “a stunning premises of sheer style, sophistication and character”.

Just over six months after the establishment of cardiac care services in Enniscorthy Primary Care Centre (EPCC) specialists say 80 per cent of those with chronic disease will soon be able to receive care in their local community. An open day at the EPCC showcased work being carried out in this field, such as the Integrated Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme and Lipid Clinic, which are both now available in Wexford community healthcare services.