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Gardai had tried to stop Cash's car reaching the Main Street

THE drunken motorist whose dangerous driving caused the death of art student Kelly Gregan received a seven-year jail sentence last week, with the final two years suspended.

Shock at sentence for death driver

'No sentence, however, will bring back a young, talented woman and that is the biggest tragedy in this case,' he added.

Man jailed for sexual assault of young girl

A 49-YEAR- OLD Ferns man has been sentenced to eight years in prison, with seven years suspended, having been convicted on three counts of sexual assault on a young girl dating back to the mid 1990s.

Social housing sites transferred to agency

By MARIA PEPPER

ABOUT €3.5 million worth of unused sites bought by Wexford County Council for social housing has been transferred to the ownership of a national agency.

Residents fear taxi rank move would lead to 'drunken mayhem'

RESIDENTS in Rafter Street in Gorey have hit out at plans to locate a new taxi rank on the street.

Above: Duncannon Beach and inset, Rosslare Strand beach. The two stretches of water, along with Morriscastle, have failed to meet EU Guide Values for bathing water in a recent EPA report.

Three beaches fail to make the grade in EPA report

By PADRAIG BYRNE

THREE out of six Wexford beaches surveyed over the 2011 bathing season failed to meet EU Guide Values for bathing water quality in a recent report published by the EPA.

One year in jail for man who attacked another with hatchet

A GOREY MAN found guilty of attacking a man with a hatchet, and threatening to try and chop his wife's head off, was sentenced to four years in prison when he came before Wexford Circuit Criminal Court on Friday last for sentencing.

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Shopkeeper blasts smugglers over drop in cigarette sales

ONE BUNCLODY tobacconist has suffered a 64 per cent drop in the number of cigarettes sold in his shop. But the worried shopkeeper does not believe that his customers have given up smoking. Instead, Peter Steemers is convinced that ciggie smuggling is to blame for the decline in sales.

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Marvellous minor win

WEXFORD SEALED this victory in the most dramatic of circumstances when, playing with passion and pride with lots of quality hurling, they eventually dismantled the challenge of reigning provincial champions, Dublin, after extra-time in this enthralling Leinster Minor championship game played at Parnell Park on Saturday last.

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Hero's welcome for THAT DRESS

THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING. Hundreds of teenaged girls, all screaming their lungs out. Had a dreamy pop idol come to County Wexford? Was Cristiano Ronaldo or some other heart-throb in the building? No, the full house in the Coláiste Bríde sports hall in Enniscorthy were giving a standing ovation to one of their own classmates, togged out in a creation made from the innards of computer keyboards.

In Pictures

The week in pictures Some of the images that caught our eyes . . .

In Pictures

Historic postcards Over 6,000 photographs, political prints and portraits from days gone by form part of a project launched at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. To view collection and buy the images, visit www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/postcards.