Padraig Byrne

1 week ago | independent.ie | Padraig Byrne

The incident was initially described as “quite serious” and saw the car involved overturned and lying on its roof, blocking the road near Ballycogley. Motorists who arrived on the scene feared the worst as the car had sustained massive damage. The immediately called the emergency services and set about helping the occupants. The National Ambulance Service, the Fire Service and Gardaí were quick to the scene and paramedics provided medical assistance to the elderly couple inside the car.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Padraig Byrne

While the town can be happy enough with a rank of 17th of 40 towns surveyed and a status of “clean to European norms”, it would have figured much higher in the rankings were it not for two repeat offenders – the Rope Walk car park and the bring facility in Tesco car park. Every year, the adjudicators single out these locations, but it appears that there’s little appetite for those in charge of the sites to do anything about it.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Padraig Byrne

It’s a long running issue. At certain points in the morning, traffic can be seen snaking as far back as Boland’s garage as cars queue up at the traffic lights at the end of the bridge. With more houses being built in the Ardcavan, Crosstown and Castlebridge areas, Fine Gael councillor Robbie Staples is calling for action to be taken once and for all. "There was always the talk of a second bridge,” he said. “But I don’t know if that will ever happen.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Padraig Byrne

There was a great buzz at 53 South Main Street on Tuesday as a long vacant building got a new lease of life and welcomed its first customers. Perhaps best known as ‘Uncle Sam’s’, the building was most recently a chipper called Salt N’ Vinegar chipper, but that venture closed its doors back in 2022. Now, however, the landmark building will be home to the latest Mizzoni’s Pizza Restaurant as well as Mario’s Pasta Bar.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Padraig Byrne

The winner of the Irish record-breaking jackpot is located in the Munster region, but champagne corks may just have been popped in the Model County after Tuesday night’s EuroMillions draw too as one lucky EuroMillions plus player managed to match all five winning numbers to secure a top prize of €500,000. The half a million euro ticket was sold in the Selskar Bookshop, located just off North Main Street in Wexford town.