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Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange weather warning.. Wexford, along with all other counties in Leinster, will be impacted by the Status Orange weather warning. As per the Met Eireann website, they expect "spells of sleet and snow overnight combined with strong northerly winds." They also stated that "significant accumulations of snow are expected …
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A robin with a tin whistle, a goat with a guitar and an uilleann piper called Tigerlily.... These are just some of the things you can expect to hear on a new Irish language audio story for children (aged 0-6) being launched on RTÉjr Radio on St Patrick’s Day. ‘An Flóta le Cóta’ is the …
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Bookshop Red Books of Wexford town has opened up another bookshop Red Books Gorey in recent days much to the delight of avid readers across the North Wexford region.... Fresh from the success of a brilliant result in an online nationwide poll, where the incredibly popular Red Books Wexford won the overall accolade of best …
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A young Gorey native, George Hadden, has been selected on the Ireland Under-20’s Six Nations squad for the upcoming Under-20’s Six Nations rugby championship... George spent many years plying his trade in the local Gorey Rugby Football Club under the tutelage of some fantastic underage coaches. His current club is Clontarf in Dublin. His preferred …
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A bookshop in Wexford is currently winning a poll to be named the best bookshop in Ireland... An online poll, which was set up by Freelance journalist Sophie Grenham, has seen one Wexford bookshop get the most votes at the time of publication. Red Books, which has appeared on several articles on Wexford Weekly, is currently …
The Department of Education updated their data today... Their updated data today is to represent the number of Ukrainian students currently enrolled across Irish schools. The Department of Education released a publicly available county-by-county breakdown of the data. The data shows that there are over 600 Ukrainian students enrolled across Wexford schools. The total number …
Wexford has recorded the fourth highest number of road fatalities by county in 2022, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA)... Only Dublin and Cork (13), and then Limerick which had 10 road fatalities had more people die on our roads. Wexford had 9 people die on the county's roads, which equalled the number of fatalities …
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The scammers are always thinking of new ways to scam people... Over the past two years, scammers have improved a lot and many scams are now even hard to differentiate against the genuine. Some scammers will try to scam people through text messages. One of the newest scam messages is a message from someone purporting …
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Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather warning.. Wexford, along with all other counties in Ireland, will be impacted by the Status Yellow weather warning. The warning effects the whole of Ireland and it is in place from 11:00pm tonight until 11:00am tomorrow morning (Monday). The forecaster, Met Eireann, stated on Sunday afternoon that: …
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‘It looked like an apocalyptic scene out of The Day After Tomorrow’ -Wexford Town local and amateur photographer Ian Kelly reflecting on the photos he took during Wexford’s last big snow in 2018… With temperatures plummeting over the past few weeks, many have speculated on the odds of Wexford being hit with a wave of …
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Charlie Tector from Rathnure is in line to play a key role for Leinster Rugby this Friday night in Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales... The young out half is named on the replacements bench for a tasty fixture against Llanelli Scarlets in what will be his debut for the boys in blue. Having nurtured his …
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The community of Craanford are excited for their Ladies Football final this weekend... It's the first time that Craanford has entered a football team in the Championship. This Sunday, they'll take on Sarsfeilds in the Junior C Football Championship County Final in Bellefield. There is a real buzz among the community - and even the …
