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The special bond between grandchild and grandparent was celebrated at Danescastle National School last week as nannys and granddads came to visit their loved ones. Principal, Áine Kennedy welcomed the grandparents to the school and thanked them for the wonderful contribution they make to their grandchildren’s lives, before sixth class pupil, Leah Gallagher, with musical accompaniment from Aoife Doyle lit a candle with her granddad, Tony Sexton, to open the ceremony.

A tight-knit, rural Wexford community has been left reeling by the news that a 26-year-old local man has died suddenly in Australia.

A tight-knit, rural Wexford community has been left reeling by the news that a 26-year-old local man has died suddenly in Bali.

People across Wexford are encouraged to spend some time with a book of their choice this Saturday, February 24 for the national Ireland Reads Day. In Wexford library there are a number of events taking place up to and including the big day, each designed to nurture a love of literature in young and old.

Someone may have leaked the result early in the family WhatsApp group, but that didn't spoil the celebrations for the O’Connor family in Carrig-on-Bannow on Sunday evening. Not quite live, the images being screened from the 77th British Academy Film Arts Awards (BAFTA) into homes across the world were slightly delayed, allowing someone to let the cat out of the bag, to inform Shirley O’Connor’s loved ones that she had won a BAFTA in the Outstanding Debut category for Earth Mama.