Enniscorthy, Ireland News

Gardai are warning people to drive with care this morning due to heavy overnight frost and snow in some parts of the country.

PRESSURE mounted on the Government last night to roll out more rehabilitation facilities for heroin users as research showed the number of opiate takers outside Dublin had soared by 165% in the last five years.

Three men have been sent to prison in Romania today for trafficking Romanian people into Ireland for labour exploitation.

CARLOW learned with horror on yesterday of the tragic death of a popular 27-year-old woman who was due to be married next year.

A man is to appear in court this morning in connection with a 204,000 ATM raid on a shop and garage in Co Wexford last July.

A DENTAL nurse who was looking forward to her wedding in the summer and a young welder's apprentice were killed in separate horrific road crashes yesterday.

GARDAI are using new anti-gangland powers in their investigation into the activities of a group of criminals responsible for a spate of robberies, including ATM raids, in the past year.

Enniscorthy in the 1950s. Young Eilis, like many others of her generation for whom opportunities at home are severely limited, makes - or accepts - the difficult decision to migrate to US.

However, Taoiseach Brian Cowen warned yesterday as he toured flood hit parts of Cork , Clare , Galway and Tipperary that the national focus must remain on restoring vital services to families devastated by the floods.

Thursday, November 19 15:49:50 Jackman Developments Ltd of Enniscorthy, has been ordered by the Courts to pay E76,500 plus costs in a case where the building firm had failed to include an employee - who died whilst working - in an insurance scheme for construction workers.

Now that the verdict is out on the winner of the third edition of the Man Asian Literary Prize, Colm Toibin can drop his guard.

Heavy overnight rains have left many roads across the country flooded resulting in difficult conditions for motorists.

A 20-YEAR-OLD man who stabbed and killed his best friend, an aspiring artist from Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, with a steak knife has been jailed indefinitely in England.

A female garda who made a false complaint to colleagues that she had been attacked in a taxi by the driver and two other men has been ordered to perform 240 hours community service in lieu of an prison sentence.

Six people were arrested tonight following the discovery of a body in a burnt out car in Co Wexford.

ALLEGED leaders of a gypsy crime gang accused of trafficking over a hundred people into Ireland from Romania face jail sentences of up to 15 years if they are found guilty in a local court.

Livestock, tractor laps and the Lisbon Treaty were the key talking points today at the opening of this year's National Ploughing Championships.

THE ANGELUS will from next Monday be changed - though not utterly. Under a revamping of the evening pause for prayer on RTE One television, the gongs will remain the same.

At Colaiste Bride in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford , staff go to strenuous efforts to ensure that the transition from primary to second level is smooth.

ST Patrick must be rolling in his grave. Fisheries officers carrying out a river survey came up with an unusual catch when they netted a 10ft python.