Padraig Byrne
Journalist at Irish Independent
Journalist at Wexford People
Mediahuis Ireland Journalist with @Wexford_People @Independent_ie by day and singer/guitarist with Soul Trek & The Funk Generation by night.✌️
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6 days ago |
independent.ie | Padraig Byrne |Simon Bourke
Seaside Wexford village ‘a divided community’ over walking trail plan as €500,000 funding could be returnedKilmore Quay, Co Wexford. Pádraig Byrne and Simon BourkeWexford PeopleToday at 09:00The clock is well and truly ticking as a local dispute rumbles on in Kilmore Quay which could see €500,000 in funding set aside for a recreation trail returned to central government.
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6 days ago |
independent.ie | Padraig Byrne
On Wednesday, staff at Brentwood Cafés in Tesco Wexford Town, Tullamore Co Offaly, Ardkeen Co Waterford, Clonmel Co Tipperary and Youghal Co Cork turned up for work as normal, only to find out that the coffee shops were closed up and they were being refused entry. “The staff worked as normal on Monday and Tuesday,” Brentwood Coffee owner and manager Anna Kurcon said.
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6 days ago |
independent.ie | Padraig Byrne
Residents of a Rosslare Harbour housing estate awoke to a strong garda presence on Friday morning, as they responded to an apparent stabbing incident. A woman aged in her 50s was rushed to Wexford General Hospital with what gardaí describe as “serious” injuries shortly after 7 a.m. There was a strong garda response and paramedics from the National Ambulance Service also rushed to the scene at Brendan’s Estate, while residents made their way to work.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Padraig Byrne
Once again, parents are being warned to take care with their children in open spaces around Wexford town, after a nine-year-old boy discovered a bag of used syringes while playing. The boy was playing on his scooter when he called his father and pointed out the bag, discarded in a ditch at the side of the path in Westgate Park, in the shadow of the historic town wall. "We were coming back home from a walk on the quay with the dog and he saw it,” the father said.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Padraig Byrne
There was a wonderful atmosphere at Hotel Curracloe on Monday as the local Sri Lankan community hosted a colourful celebration to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. A vibrant cultural celebration, the event marks the beginning of a new year and is traditionally a big occasion in Sri Lanka, with people gathering together to celebrate, reflect and look forward.
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