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Friday, April 24, 2009
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Roadworks cause delays at Camolin
Wednesday April 15 2009
MOTORISTS on the N11 experienced delays through Camolin yesterday (Tuesday) as a traffic light system was put in place to allow site investigations take place.
Wexford County Council said that the investigations are being carried out for design purposes for future pipe laying contracts.
Similar investigations are also due to take place in Ferns and Ballycanew, but the delays are not expected to be as severe, as the digging will not take place on the main roads.
The works in Ferns will take place off the N11, from the funeral home towards the Monument on the Ferns Bunclody road. In Ballycanew, most of the works will take place on the grass verge and the hard shoulder.
The work in Camolin is expected to conclude in the coming days.
- Fintan LAMBE
New Parking Spaces
Wednesday April 15 2009
THE DEVELOPERS of the car park on Esmonde Street in Gorey have said they plan to have the 273-space facility open before the summer.
An Bord Pleanala this week refused an appeal by residents and a local sports club against the granting of planning permission for the development at the old Gorey Celtic Grounds.
One of the developers Joe Doyle said they were delighted to have finally gotten the go-ahead. 'It will be a big help for business in the area,' he said. 'We feel it's badly needed for the town.'
He said they were still working out the details on how the parking fees would be applied, but said charges would be 'as reasonable' as possible.
'We hope to get straight to work, possibly by next week,' he said. 'We're disappointed there was a delay, but we're very happy it has gone through.'
The permission is for a maximum of five years. They have not yet announced any plans for the site after that.
'The sooner we can get it open, the better for the area,' he said.
- Fintan LAMBE
Rural garda stations face threat of closure
Wednesday April 22 2009
TWO RURAL Wexford District Garda Stations are facing a threat of closure, along with another four across the county.
The fate of 236 ' oneman' rural stations – including Glynn and Baldwinstown Garda Stations – will form the focus of a new national review of bases set up by Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy.
There are six stations in all in Co. Wexford coming under the focus of the Garda review, the others being Oylegate, Oulart, Kiltealy and Ferns. However, there are currently two officers based in both Oylegate and Ferns.
A spokesman for the Gardaí in Wexford said they have, as yet, not been contacted regarding the future of Glynn and Baldwinstown Garda Stations and indicated that, to date, the review seems to be solely at 'a political level'.
'It has come as a bolt out of the blue to us,' said the Garda spokesman, who confirmed that both of the Garda Stations currently have one officer working out of them full-time.
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern is currently finalising tough new measures that will give the Gardai significantly increased powers to combat gangland criminals. However, there are fears the focus on urban crime will leave isolated areas of the country vulnerable to criminals who are increasingly preying on rural businesses and families.
Rural Garda Stations have suffered a major decline in recent years as the force increased the number of officers in urban bases. Many have fallen into serious states of disrepair as the Government refused to invest in stations in isolated areas of the country.
'They (Government) see the future of the Gardai all in centres of population and, like the cavalry in the Wild West, making a foray into bandit country every so often. That's their ultimate goal,' said Garda Representative Association President Michael O'Boyce.
'There is no ambiguity in our policy – every Garda Station in the country is needed and should be maintained,' he added.
- Conor CULLEN
€8m healthcare centre planned for Wexford
Wednesday April 22 2009
A NEW €8 million primary healthcare centre is to be built in Wexford town. Rhonellen Developments said it has been selected by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as the preferred bidder to construct the new state-ofthe-art primary healthcare facility, which is designed to be a ' one-stop-shop' for the town's healthcare services.
A spokeswoman for the Dublin-based company said the new healthcare centre will be located at St. Aidan's, on a site just back from the junction of St. Aidan's Road and the Whitemill Road.
A significant number of jobs are expected to be created during the construction of the new healthcare centre and – in the medical, administration and healthcare sectors – when it opens its doors. The company have pledged to employ local people, companies and suppliers wherever possible.
Rhonellen Developments said they are already in discussion with local doctors who 'are critical to the success of the new centre'. There must be a minimum of five Wexford doctors working full-time from the new healthcare centre.
The importanc to this agreement was underlined yesterday (Tuesday) when the HSE, in a statement, said there is no agreement in place yet to provide Wexford's healthcare centre, despite Rhonellen's current status as preferred bidders.
' The nationally agreed process requires that certain conditions be met before agreement can be reached with any developer. Consequently there is no agreement in place for Wexford town,' said the statement.
However, Rhonellen Developments maintained that they have the go-ahead to build the health centre prior to securing the curcial agreement with local GPs and fulfilling other technical issues.
' Discussions have begun with local doctors to relocate their GP practices to the new one-stop-shop healthcare centre. In line with HSE and Government policy on primary healthcare, the new facility will offer the full range of healthcare services.
'A team of healthcare professionals will be located on site including doctors, nurses, home help, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and social workers,' said the spokeswoman.
'Once we have reached agreement with the GPs, we will then proceed to planning permission,' she added.
Rhonellen Developments, as the lead developer of the project ,will provide the funding for the new centre, which the company reckons will cost around ¤8 million.
Carol O'Byrne, Marketing Director of Rhonellen Developments. said that the new facility 'will deliver unrivalled healthcare excellence to the people of the area'.
A planning application is expected to be lodged shortly. ' We are conscious of the employment opportunities this will create, starting with construction. To this end, we hope to identify local people, companies and suppliers who will benefit, thus ensuring real and immediate community gain.
- Conor CULLEN
Wexford Diary: Driving motorists around the bend
Wednesday April 22 2009
ANYONE who has been stuck, fuming behind the queue of traffic at Ferrycarrig Bridge waiting for cars in front to turn right on to the N11 will be only too aware of the visibility problem caused by the fence erected around the parapets.
At driver's height, you just can't see safely up to the right unless you pull your car forward until you are almost out on the road, making the dangerous right turn even more risky, crossing as it does two lanes of traffic.
We are not experts in these matters but surely the simplest solution would beto make the turn on to the N11 from Park a left-turn only.
This would add a couple of minutes to your journey as you would have to drive up to the Barntown roundabout and then come back again to cross the bridge, but it would be much, much safer (and probably quicker) than the existing perilous right turn.
We don't know whether a safety audit has been carried out at this T-junction since the new fence was erected when repairs were carried out to the bridge last year, but the problem fairly obvious and, we boldly suggest, easily solved.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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Co. Wexford
P: 053 94 810 85
M: 087 241 73 52
E: Info@GerWalsh.ie
W: www.GerWalsh.ie
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