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Personal heirlooms, including medals, photographs and documents from those involved in the fighting, form part of a new exhibition on The War of Independence and Civil War in Wexford Library. Commissioned by Wexford County Council Library Service and scripted by Celestine Murphy, historian, the exhibition traces the progression of the war in the county beginning with the death of John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party on March 6, 1918.

Planning permission has been granted for the construction of 81 new houses at Greenville Lane, Enniscorthy.

A crew from Rosslare Harbour RNLI has come to the assistance of a vessel which was left stranded after its propeller became entangled two miles north of the harbour.

One of the most controversial chapters in Wexford’s history is to be brought to the stage as part of a collaboration between The National Opera House and The Irish College of Music Theatre. Irish Affair - A Love Story for All Time documents the infamous Fethard Boycott of the 1950s which began following the marriage of Sean Cloney, a Catholic, and Sheila Kelly, a Protestant.

A plot of land which has already received planning permission for 16 new houses is up for sale in Rosslare Harbour. The land, which is situated directly across from Murphy’s Super Valu and has a mass of 0.6 acres, is being sold by Claude Howlin auctioneers with price available upon application.