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Mayglass is mourning the death of Mrs. Eileen Casey (neé Dooley), one of its most popular parishioners, who has died at the age of 79 following a long illness.
Given its status as a local mecca for all those of a literary persuasion, it stands to reason that the Wexford Youth Literary Society would choose Red Books as its home. However, while Wally O’Neill’s store in St Peter’s Square provides an environment, an atmosphere, conducive to the discussion of the great writers or our time, its the society’s members who ensure their fortnightly meetings are open, entertaining, and enjoyable for all.
Over two thousand students from 24 secondary schools across Co Wexford will take part in a road safety initiative specifically designed to educate teenagers in the coming weeks. The Just 1 Life programme, which is run by the Wexford Rotary club in partnership with Wexford County Council (WCC), is aimed at increasing road safety awareness among young people and reducing road traffic deaths.
When Jason Kenna suffered a cerebellum stroke on October 26, 2018 his family were told to prepare for the worst. Accounting for just four per cent of all strokes, the survival rates for those who suffer cerebellum strokes is notoriously low, and Jason’s specialist, Professor Karl Boyle, had only ever had one patient survive one.
A protracted battle with Japanese knotweed, a series of heated discussions in County Hall, and an interminable number of delays may have had one Rosslare councillor ruefully counting the grey hairs on his head, but after a four-year wait the sod has finally been turned on a new housing development in Tagoat.