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As Irish people, guilt is embedded into our psyche. It’s a Catholic thing, a throwback to the days when you were made confess your sins to a strange old man in a wooden box. Everywhere we went, everything we did, the guilt followed. Any successes, any triumphs, were tinged with guilt, a sense that it was immoral to feel good about yourself, to feel proud.
Santa was joined by Mrs Claus and his elves in Rosslare Harbour last week for the turning on of its Christmas lights in an event which was attended by young and old alike. For the fourth Christmas in a row the local community was treated to a display of festive lights courtesy of an initiative conceived and implemented by local resident Enda Murphy.
Rehearsals for the Wexford School of Ballet & Performing Arts’ (WSPBA) annual Christmas production are well under way as students prepare to take to the stage at the National Opera House on December 16 and 17. Sparkle All the Way is “bursting to the brim with Christmas cheer and happiness” and features costumes from London, special effects, and “stunning choreography” which will “dazzle audiences”.
While the designs for a €200m overhaul of Rosslare Europort were discussed in the port’s waiting area, and contracts for a development which aims to revolutionise Wexford’s economy were formalised, a quiet, solemn group of approximately 200 people marched outside.
A High Court case taken the operator of a farm in Killnick, which was convicted under the Air Pollution Act last year, has been adjourned until February of next year.