Please sir… I want some more THE BISHOP has called on his flock to dig deep for the diocese, by helping to pay crippling costs for payoffs from the sexual abuse here. more >

Junkets cost us €80,000 ENNISCORTHY COUNCILLORS travelled in style during the boom years, spending vast amounts of taxpayers’ cash in some of the world’s most exclusive destinations, according to documents released to the Echo under the Freedom of Information Act. more >

More News | Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Molly will be missed by all A KINDLY, devoted family woman and highlyesteemed neighbour passed to her eternal reward with the death on Sunday February 21 of Molly Britton, 9 Mill Park Road, Enniscorthy. more >

Enniscorthy should go bananas for noble cause HOW A town like Enniscorthy can help a global movement having massive impact on the lives of people in some of the world’s poorest countries was spelled out at a gathering in the town last week. more >

Fire-y launch for our 1500th birthday big celebrations IT’S FINALLY here Enniscorthy 1500, which this weekend sees the official start of the town’s marking of its millenniumand-a-half of existence, thanks to St. Senan’s arrival to set up the first settlement here in AD 510. more >

Wages paid out WHAT IS being described as ‘a substantial amount’ of outstanding wages and salaries have been paid to staff of an Enniscorthy private nursing home, in the wake of discussions on ongoing problems for staff in this area. more >

Duo write own musical WHEN YOU have musical talent, ideas and a leaning towards stage production, there’s only one obvious thing to do write your very own musical. more >

Tóibín heads for Chicago BEST-SELLING ‘Brooklyn’, the acclaimed novel of writer Colm Tóibín, continues to make headlines, and next month will make some in the USA itself. more >

All set for concert MS fundraiser FOR THE third year running, the local branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Ireland holds a fundraising concert in the Riverside Park Hotel, the show going ahead there this coming Tuesday night March 9, curtain up 8 p.m. more >

From Ferns to Costa acclaim IT STARTED off sixty years ago with humble origins in a village in the heart of Co. Wexford. more >

Banks treat customers with contempt - meeting ONE PERSON appealed for optimism but it’s hard to be cheery when you wake up every morning fearful that your house is about to be repossessed. more >

Death of Patrick ‘Urney’ Byrne FAMILY AND a wide circle of friends throughout Enniscorthy and Wexford were mourning the passing this week, at the aged of 61, of Patrick Byrne, affectionately and widely-known to one and all by the popular sobriquet ‘Urney.’ more >

Chile earthquake strands local trio THREE MEMBERS of an Enniscorthy family have been left stranded thousands of miles from home following the massive earthquake in Chile at the weekend. more >

Junkets cost us €80,000 ENNISCORTHY COUNCILLORS travelled in style during the boom years, spending vast amounts of taxpayers’ cash in some of the world’s most exclusive destinations, according to documents released to the Echo under the Freedom of Information Act. more >

Please sir… I want some more THE BISHOP has called on his flock to dig deep for the diocese, by helping to pay crippling costs for payoffs from the sexual abuse here. more >