A protracted battle with Japanese knotweed, a series of heated discussions in County Hall, and an interminable number of delays may have had one Rosslare councillor ruefully counting the grey hairs on his head, but after a four-year wait the sod has finally been turned on a new housing development in Tagoat.
In the aftermath of Wexford County Council’s (WCC) decision to dismiss all three motions objecting to the proposed development of an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centre in Rosslare Harbour, councillors from across the county discussed an issue which has, in the eyes of some, become a “political football” in recent weeks.