Concerns have been expressed that huge build-ups of traffic the length of Wexford’s ring-roads on Wednesday morning could have had fatal consequences as it made it difficult for emergency vehicles to access Wexford General Hospital.
Allegations of workplace practices akin to ‘cowboyism’ levelled at a Carlow telecommunications company, at last week’s Rosslare Municipal District Meeting, have been turned on their head by the councillor who made the claims.
Having recently been outbid for two vacant houses in Clongeen, Wexford County Council (WCC) has said it is “fairly limited” when it comes to purchasing public properties for social housing. Citing a change in government policy, housing officials say the fear of “inflating the market” has prevented the council from entering auctions for homes in the county.
Representatives of the Save Our Nursing Home protest group in Rosslare Harbour are set to meet with a mediator on Tuesday night in a bid to find a definitive resolution more than 60 days after they began to blockade the site of a proposed IPAS accommodation centre in the village.