Lorraine Galvin is a fairly accomplished Wexford woman. She has a doctorate of education from Dublin City University and has worked with what is now the South East Technological University as a ...

The world seems to spin that bit more quickly the closer you get to 40. It wasn’t all that long ago myself and Ger Brennan were togging out together and Jim Gavin was our manager. Somewhere in my ...

Questions regarding the use of a state of the art facility at Sligo University Hospital were raised at this month’s meeting of Sligo County Council with members calling for the HSE to carry out an ...

First-time buyers in Co Wexford are “going to get nailed” if the county council goes ahead with proposals to increase its development contribution scheme (DCS). The scheme sees a fee charged to those ...

Katie Fitzhenry, the former Irish international rugby player, is a graduate of Gaelscoil Charman, Loreto secondary school and a proud Wexford woman. On Sunday, Ireland will take on France in the ...

A derelict hotel in Co Galway will be demolished and replaced by mixed-use buildings, despite concerns raised over the potential impact of the project on the locality’s Irish-speaking community.

There were times this year when Diarmuid O’Connor must have felt a bit like Charlie Brown, from the comic strip Peanuts, frustrated at every turn, the football being whipped away from him just as he ...

A week out from a Culture Night painting marathon that will see him complete 18 portraits over 12 hours, Arklow-based artist Conor Walton said he’ll approach the feat of endurance like any athlete ...

A controversial solar farm in Tipperary has been granted planning permission on appeal, despite strong opposition from local residents – a decision that has been described as “deeply disappointing”.

A 47-year-old man has been banned from driving for three years after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.

It’s Second Hand September, a move initially promoted by Oxfam to encourage people to move away from fast fashion and to encourage sustainability.

Gardaí have admitted they remain “unaware of the true identity” of a man who violently attacked a woman during a burglary at an education facility in the midlands two years after he arrived into ...