Minister Heather Humphreys was welcomed to New Ross today where in the presence of Councillor John Fleming, Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council, Councillor Anthony Connick, Cathaoirleach of New Ross Municipal District as well as the Elected members of Wexford County Council, Wexford Oireachtas members, the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, Nancy Smyth, the Irish Ambassador to Canada, Eamonn McKee, and invited guests she performed the official opening of The Emigrant Park, on the quays, New Ross.
The Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has offered assurances that funding will be in place to get to work on building a state of the art college campus in Wexford town as soon as the compulsory purchase of a near 55 acre site concludes.
Wexford councillors have voted to write a letter to Government TDs James Browne and Paul Kehoe expressing disappointment at the decision to lift the eviction ban, calling it “heartless and cruel” and requesting that it be extended for another nine months.