Tensions were running extremely high in Wexford town over the weekend following a horrific attack on a teenage boy on South Main Street in broad daylight while shoppers went about their business.
The sight of huge cranes and the hum of heavy machinery has been evident at Kilmallock, Ballymurn in recent days as work progressed on the installation of two new water reservoir tanks.
Despite indications from the former Chief Executive that the removal of hundreds of tonnes of silt from Crescent Quay was “not a top priority” for Wexford County Council, the project remains listed in the local authority’s three-year capital programme.
Curiosity got the better of Labour councillor George Lawlor recently as he paid a visit to the new social housing development being completed by Bawn Developments on Whiterock Hill.