County Wexford has been awarded €3,750,000 from the Government’s Active Travel Investment and of that only 1.3pc or €50,000 will be going towards projects in north Wexford.
Fine Gael councillor for Enniscorthy Cathal Byrne has announced his intention to seek the party nomination to contest the next general election in the wake of long-serving TD Paul Kehoe’s decision to step aside.
The Fine Gael Minister has served as a TD for Wexford for 22 years, and served as Government Chief Whip and as Minister of State with Responsibility for Defence.
A new designation of 305,000 hectares of marine waters off the coast of Wexford as a Special Protection Area (SPA) will compliment several other east coast SPAs in Wicklow, including Wicklow Head and the Murrough.