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It was the end of the road for some clubs in the Wexford Summer Soccer League as the knockout stages got under way in the Cup, Shield and Bowl competitions at the weekend.

‘It’s a dream come true,’ says New Ross athlete Sophie Becker after her selection for the Irish Athletics team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Initially the plan had been to do just a couple of the walks, maybe three or four, enough to highlight what was out there, to heighten awareness of the Wexford Walking Trails (WWT).

Given his long-standing love of Italian football, Wexford MEP Mick Wallace was in buoyant mood last week ahead of the Azzurri's appearance in the Euro 2020 final. Any conversation with the outspoken Wellingtonbridge native is guaranteed to contain two elements - football and foreign affairs.

If you ever visit a vet clinic, the chances are you'll find occasional wild creatures, being cared for side by side with dogs, cats and other pets.

It was a day to remember for Gorey's Paul Boyle at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday when he won his first Ireland rugby cap.

The Gods were conspiring against me on Sunday as I woke to the rain bucketing down outside. Normally that would mean one thing - snuggling down under the covers and praying no-one finds me for at least an hour.

Wexford's Sophie Becker is Tokyo-bound after being named on the Irish Olympic team in the mixed 4 x 400m relay squad.

Despite having handed back the chains of Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council in recent weeks, there won't be any slackening of the pace for independent councillor Ger Carthy as he's just taken up a new role managing the National Ambulance Service's operations across the whole of Co Wexford.

The owners of a prominent Wexford town site which was at the centre of a recent demolition order by Wexford County Council, are proposing to build an apartment complex at the location.

A young mother is pleading for action to be taken to make a new Wexford housing estate safer for children after her nine year-old boy was knocked down by a car at the entrance to Fortune's Field in Clonard.

One of Wexford's oldest Chinese restaurants, Chans on the Main Street is up for sale at a guide price of €425,000 as the owners have decided to retire.

GARDAÍ have said that they are aware of videos circulating online in recent days, in which a man can be seen apparently performing a lewd act in the bushes at Redmond Park while children play in the playground nearby.

Angry residents of Belvedere Grove in Wexford have accused Wexford County Council of attempting to cut costs by putting down a sub-standard road surface during recent works carried out in the estate.

The Wexford-born fashion designer and artist Richard Malone is the curator of a new group exhibition celebrating the legacy of modernism in Ireland which has opened in the famous French villa designed by the world-renowned Enniscorthy-born designer Eileen Gray before showing in Dublin in August and her home town next spring.

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