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It may still be January but preparations are already well underway for the Carrig-on-Bannow St Patrick’s Day Parade. This year’s event is being run in conjunction with the Rosslare Municipal District (RMD) and organisers are hopeful that people from across the area will choose Carrig-on-Bannow as their destination come March 17.
Like any new recruit Thomas O’Leary had to serve his time, had to frequent the margins for a while before taking centre stage. His first foray into pantomime was forgettable for everyone but himself, a two-line role as soldier number two in a 1991 production of Robin Hood meets Frankenstein.
Wexford Fashion Designer Faye Anna Rochford will showcase her latest collection at Ireland’s annual ARC Fashion Show on Thursday March 28 at the RDS Concert Hall in Dublin. Now in its ninth year, the ARC Fashion Show will feature its biggest line-up yet with 25 fashion designers, five accessories’ designers and eight milliners.
While summer may currently feel a long way away, Red Moon Creative Arts Theatre is looking to the future as it seeks enrolments for its summer musical production Mayday.
While the members of Dáil Éireann return from their winter break this week, those on the pickets at Rosslare Harbour have remained in situ throughout the festive period and into the New Year. Their campaign to see the Great Southern Hotel transformed into a nursing home and not an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) began in October of last year and has seen members of the local community take up residence outside the building site’s two main entrances with a further picket near the Europort.