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Wexford teenager Emma Hickey made Irish athletics history at the weekend, becoming the country’s first-ever female U20 medallist at the European Cross Country Championships. But behind the podium finish lies a year the New Ross athlete and her family describe as “bittersweet”, marked by personal loss, resilience and quiet determination.

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‘Running helped me through everything’ – Emma Hickey on how the death of her mother shaped her journey to become European medallist ↗

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Around the Districts: Adamstown, Ballycullane, Bannow-Ballymitty and Camross ↗

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The Remembrance Tree in New Ross has returned again this year, and it can be found lighting up the newly refurbished Brennan’s Lane during the festive season.

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Donations from Wexford remembrance tree will support cancer services at University Hospital Waterford ↗

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Works to pedestrianise New Ross’s Quay Street and continue the “rejuvenation of the town” are expected to commence in mid-2026. Featuring outdoor seating, lighting, and planting, the project will see the entire street paved with “a simple perpendicular banding pattern to break the linearity of the street and encourage pedestrian movement”.

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New Ross set to ‘really take off in next couple of years’ as plans to pedestrianise Quay St unveiled ↗

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St. Mary’s Secondary School in New Ross had a visit from a special guest, and former student, recently for the official opening of the school’s newest facilities.

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Kilkenny Olympian visits her former secondary school in New Ross ↗

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Social housing tenants in Co Wexford are waiting up to three years for their doors to be replaced as council staff are being advised to “maintain and repair” as a priority. Bringing some of the cases he had encountered to the December meeting of Wexford County Council (WCC), Councillor John Dwyer said some of his constituents were waiting an unreasonable length of time to have their issues addressed.

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Wexford resident waiting three years for new front door as council staff told to ‘maintain and repair’ before replacing ↗

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Wexford councillors have approved a 50-unit housing development in Rosbercon, New Ross despite concerns about density and families “living over one another”. The development will consist of 11 two-bed houses, 3 three-beds, 1 four-bed, 9 two-bed triplex apartments, 13 one-bed duplex apartments, and 13 three-bed maisonettes and is expected to be completed in 2027.

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50-unit housing scheme in Wexford approved despite fears residents are being ‘shoehorned in by the John West school of planning’ ↗

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New Ross Municipal District was delighted with the successful launch and conclusion of their first-ever Christmas Art Competition for local primary schools, with hundreds of colourful and imaginative entries bringing festive cheer to the town.

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Children’s art competition brings festive cheer to New Ross ↗

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