After almost 20 years as a councillor, and having won four elections, topping the poll in two, Councillor Kathleen Codd-Nolan attended her final Enniscorthy Municipal District (EMD) meeting last week. Having announced her retirement last year, Cllr Codd-Nolan has continued to carry out her duties, remaining a strong advocate for the people of the area, but, with just weeks until she formally steps down, her colleagues were keen to pay tribute.
The never-ending search for parking spaces in Enniscorthy continued apace in the March meeting of the municipal district as suggestions, ideas and aspirations were rebuffed and encouraged accordingly. The first potential site for parking, at least on an interim basis, was the Murphy Flood site. Councillor Cathal Byrne asked executive engineer David Whitty what would happen to the site once the existing structures were demolished.
Despite Fine Gael putting forward their own candidate, Fianna Fáil’s John Fleming found enough favour among his council colleagues to succeed Labour councillor George Lawlor as the 126th Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council.