Simon Bourke
Journalist at Wexford People
Journalist at Irish Independent
Kilkenny native working as a journalist with @Wexford_People. [email protected] 087 380 3919 Author of 'The Birds Kept on Singing'
Articles
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5 days ago |
independent.ie | Simon Bourke
Residents in the Mill Quarter development in Gorey, Co Wexford have raised concerns regarding the new North Relief Road set to be constructed in the coming months. Raising the issue at the April meeting of the Gorey Kilmuckridge Municipal District (GKMD) Councillor Nicky Boland said he had been contacted by a number of residents about the road and whether any safety measures would be put in place when it was finished.
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5 days ago |
independent.ie | Simon Bourke
At a special council meeting held to discuss housing delivery in Co Wexford, Mr Taaffe said WCC was on track to exceed the targets set under the government’s Housing For All programme which runs from 2022-26. “Our target for that time period is 1150 builds and 855 of those have been delivered so far,” he said. “We hope to deliver a further 628 by the end of 2026, that would bring us to approximately 1400 which would be around 30 per cent over our target.
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5 days ago |
independent.ie | Simon Bourke
As Wexford County Council (WCC) continues to search for ways to address the shortage of available social houses in the county, one councillor has urged developers to “use or lose” land purchased in the New Ross district. Speaking at the May meeting of the New Ross Municipal District (NRMD) Councillor Michael Sheehan expressed his frustration at the actions of some developers in the county. “What can we do to push people to develop on the land they own?” he asked executive planner Tom Banville.
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6 days ago |
independent.ie | Simon Bourke
The difficulties in prosecuting those in breach of Wexford County Council’s planning laws have been laid bare with a senior official admitting some cases can take years to resolve. Providing councillors at the New Ross Municipal District (NRMD) with figures for 2024, executive planner Tom Banville said there were 28 planning enforcement cases in Co Wexford before the courts at the end of last year.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Simon Bourke
Wexford County Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a housing development in Bridgetown has been upheld despite the developer lodging an appeal to An Bord Pleanála (ABP).
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