Wexford

Three men jailed for trafficking into Ireland

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

THREE MEN have been sentenced in Romania for up to seven years for trafficking 28 people – including one child – into Co Wexford for labour exploitation.

Bullying shifts from texts to websites

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

MANY CHILDREN do not tell parents they are victims of cyber-bullying because they don’t think adults can help, the Psychological Society of Ireland’s annual conference in Wexford heard last night.

Recall Roundup: October 24, 2009

eFoodAlert.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009

Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals and allergy alerts. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert. United States Food Recall: Food City announces recall of World Classic Royal Black Olives with Garlic . No reason given for the recall. Food Safety Recall: California...

Foggy Hogtown Boys: schedule change

The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009

Thanks to Ita O'Kane for news of an adjustment in the current tour schedule for the Foggy Hogtown Boys (Canada). Their show at Colfer's Pub, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford, will now take place on Saturday 12 September , starting at 8.00 p.m. It was originally announced for 13 September. Ita adds: The tour is going well for the Foggy Hogtown Boys, with a very successful Omagh Bluegrass Festival appearance...

“Mr Adams insists that the Sinn Fein project remains on track.”

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009

BBC NI political editor Mark Devenport’s Newsline report on Sinn Féin’s identity crisis in Ireland may, or may not, appear online at some point - and Chris collated some other links on the subject. In the meantime, ahead of a special meeting of the party's Ard Chomhairle, Oireachtas members and Northern Ireland MLAs, and the party's “middle tier of leadership” on August...

Split Personalities

Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009

Is Sinn Féin about to split again? The party, which reached the current stage of its evolution only after a series of upheavals, splits and internal civil wars, is again on the verge of crisis. A series of high-profile departures following poor results south of the border in the June elections has highlighted what many party members have known for some time – that in the Republic, Sinn...

Hurling play-offs to go ahead as planned

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009

GAA:Today’s All-Ireland SHC relegation play-offs involving Antrim, Offaly, Clare and Wexford will go ahead as planned after the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) rejected an appeal from the teams.

Ferris urges debate over Sinn Féin’s ‘identity crisis’

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

By Scott Millar Irish Examiner Saturday, July 11, 2009 SINN FÉIN has been urged to begin a far-reaching debate about what the party stands for by former mayor of Tralee Toireasa Ferris. Writing in the Sinn Féin paper An Phoblacht, Ms Ferris laid bare the identity crisis currently engulfing the party’s southern section as it comes to terms with its failure to build on gains in the...

Food businesses, bar and fish plant get food safety notices

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009

THE FOOD Safety Authority of Ireland yesterday announced details of enforcement orders in June served on several food businesses and a bar in Dublin and a fish-processing plant in Co Wexford as a result of breaches of food safety legislation.

• Six enforcement orders served - ireland.com

Wexford farm for sale at less than half previous asking price

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

ONE OF Ireland’s highest profile farms, the 1,220-acre Begerin estate in Co Wexford, has been placed on the market again at nearly half the price sought 18-months ago.

Proclamation

Gods of the Copybook Headings (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

CANADA. By His Excellency the Right Honorable Charles Stanley Viscount Monck, Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of the...

Proclamation

The Monarchist (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

CANADA. By His Excellency the Right Honorable Charles Stanley Viscount Monck , Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Governor General of Canada, &c., &c., &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, and whom they may...

Farmers in protest against Glanbia

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009

ANGRY DAIRY farmers continued their protest campaign against Ireland’s largest milk processor, Glanbia, staging protests in Portlaoise and Wexford yesterday over cuts in the price they receive for milk.