'Big Freeze' leaves insurance companies facing €5.5m bill

INSURANCE COMPANIES are due to pay out a staggering €5.5 million to householders and commercial property owners in County Wexford who suffered damage from burst pipes during the big freeze in January.

North Wexford placenames in The New Yorker magazine

PLACENAMES across North Wexford, South Wicklow, and Carlow, as well as the Gorey of years gone by, feature heavily in a story in the current edition of The New Yorker magazine. The widely-read American magazine features a work of fiction written by author Claire Keegan, who won the €25,000 Davy Byrnes award for the story last June.

Family's shock at accusation of rape by fellow Jehovah

A FATHER and three sons spoke of their shock and hurt when a fellow member of the Jehovah's Witnesses community in New Ross alleged he had been raped by them.

• 'I have been through anguish'

It's no gravy train!

GETTING elected to Gorey Town Council might not be the 'gravy train' that some in the electorate think, after figures released this week show that the 11 councillors who served during the past year cost the taxpayer just over €43,000, and this included a gratuity of around €10,000 to two councillors who retired or lost their seat in June's elections.

Shock in North Wexford at death of shopkeeper John

THERE was widespread shock across north Wexford this week following the tragic death of popular Ballymoney shopkeeper John Cullen (46).

Driver challenges garda evidence

A KILANERIN man who challenged the exact location where Gardaí found him and his car had his case adjourned until April at last week's sitting of Arklow District Court.

Gorey teams on 'Bazaar' TV show

TWO teams of Gorey young people are to appear on a new RTE programme 'The Big Big Bazaar'.

Office closures to increase workload at Department of Agriculture

STAFF AT the Department of Agriculture office in Enniscorthy are facing up to a bigger work load as they take on the burden of business that used to be handled in Carlow and Wicklow.

Vanessa in running for fashion design award

A YOUNG Craanford student has been selected as one of twenty finalists in the Nokia Young Fashion Designer Awards 2010.