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We're looking forward to this one.. Liam Griffin, the man who managed the Wexford Senior Hurling team to glory in 1996, will be starring in his 'Laochra Gael' episode this Thursday [tonight] at 9:30. Laochra Gael is an Irish television programme now in its nineteenth season. The show celebrates some of the greatest names in …
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Organisers behind the soup kitchen in Wexford have hit out at the Wexford County Council who have not provided funding for the food kitchen to operate, and instead, have placed further obstacles in the way for it to continue... Wexford Weekly recently promoted the 'soup kitchen' whereby we highlighted how brilliant an initiative it is. …
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Members of a new Gorey band will be looking forward to playing this one... Wexford natives and new band 'Screaming At The Tv' have announced their debut gig. The band consists of vocalist Jordan Redmond, vocalists and guitarists Cian Fitzpatrick and Eoin Harris, John Redmond on bass, and drummer Luke Kavanagh. They'll play upstairs of …
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The Wexford Senior Footballers have been dealt a major blow for the year... Castletown club-man Johnathan Bealin has walked away from the Wexford Senior Football squad for the upcoming year. The Castletown player was a central figure in Wexford's campaign last year. It has been reported that he has opted to work abroad for the …
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The reality of a South East Technological University is now closer than ever.. As per a report in the Irish Independent today, a "technological university in the south east took a step closer today as the governing body of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) approved the application for designation as a new-style higher education institution." …
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It's going to be a jam-packed GAA season.. Wexford's fixtures for both the Allianz National Hurling League and the Allianz National Football League were released recently. Today, TG4 confirmed that three of Wexford's matches in the 2021 Allianz Hurling League will be broadcasted live. Wexford's opener against Laois will be one of the first games …
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We're looking forward to this one.. Liam Griffin, the man who managed the Wexford Senior Hurling team to glory in 1996, will be starring in his 'Laochra Gael' episode this Thursday. Laochra Gael is an Irish television programme now in its nineteenth season. The show celebrates some of the greatest names in Gaelic games, interviewing …
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A young Wexford TY student is running a new initiative for Poetry Day... Sinéad O’Reilly, who is a TY student at Loreto Wexford, is running a Deep Routes Poetry Exchange for Poetry Day Ireland. In 2020, fifteen emerging young writers from around the island were selected to participate in the first-ever MoLI (Museum of Literature Ireland) Edna …
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Wexford GAA have expressed their disappointment with an external company... Wexford GAA released a statement today urging schools not to circulate "senior hurling wall planners" to their students. "Wexford GAA are disappointed that despite repeated requests a company from outside the county have again contacted schools to provide “senior hurling wall planners” to schools and …
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Fire crews from Wexford have been attending a fire at the Blackstairs Mountain... The Blackstairs Mountain on the Wexford and Carlow border was the most recent area whereby fire crews needed to attend. It follows on from the recent and devastating fires at Killarney National Park and at the Mourne Mountains. Fire crew personnel from …
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Ah sure, anything to relive this magical moment again... Ursula Jacob's goal from the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Camogie final made it into RTE's hit TV programme Reeling In The Years. It was an incredible piece of skill that lives long in the memories of Wexford hurling and camogie fans. No doubt, this still goes down …
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The Wexford Senior hurlers returned to team-training this morning [Sunday]... The Wexford Senior hurlers are back training just one day and they've already picked up an injury heading into the Allianz National Hurling League. Conor Mahoney, a newly-brought in player and member of Davy Fitzgerald's winning Mahoney team on Ireland's Fittest Family, picked up an …
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