Enniscorthy

Duffry Goat · 10-09-2014 12:54pm

You know, I agree with both the previous posts. I believe illegal dumping, given its scale in this town will never be resolved. It has become an everyday occurrence , and I dont believe the authorities have the resources to prosecute those careless morons who do it. I dont know the solution, accept a major national publicity campaign, like the one against fraudulent insurance claims.

geeksauce · 10-09-2014 12:57pm

Duffry Goat wrote: »

You know, I agree with both the previous posts. I believe illegal dumping, given its scale in this town will never be resolved. It has become an everyday occurrence , and I dont believe the authorities have the resources to prosecute those careless morons who do it. I dont know the solution, accept a major national publicity campaign, like the one against fraudulent insurance claims.

Agree, there isn't much anyone can do about it tbh, how do you monitor every inch of roadside in the county. There is no way to police it in all fairness even the fines for those being caught don't seem to be a deterrent and most people will have enough sense now not to dump rubbish with their personal details in it.

Cantona's Collars · 10-09-2014 4:07pm

geeksauce wrote: »

Agree, there isn't much anyone can do about it tbh, how do you monitor every inch of roadside in the county. There is no way to police it in all fairness even the fines for those being caught don't seem to be a deterrent and most people will have enough sense now not to dump rubbish with their personal details in it.

The legal system in this country actually acts as a deterrent to the councils bringing people to court over illegal dumping.A case can cost thousands and one legal eagle can have the case go against them and the offender walk out scott free.

Only yesterday,the council picked up rubbish dumped along the roadside yet mere hours later 3 more bags appeared in almost the same place.A few cheap cameras with motion sensors & recording hidden in blackspots might help.Nothing expensive or fancy but very effective.

Duffry Goat · 11-09-2014 11:03am

Had a really nice coffee and sandwich in new Impresso Cafe at Slaney Place, with really friendly service and reasonable price. Getting it right is so simple, and yet we get it wrong so often. Good wifi too.........

ab4248 · 11-09-2014 10:54pm

Hi, just a quick question. May have to move to Enniscorthy with work for a few months. Whats the Barley Field Area of town like?

Cantona's Collars · 12-09-2014 1:04am

ab4248 wrote: »

Hi, just a quick question. May have to move to Enniscorthy with work for a few months. Whats the Barley Field Area of town like?

Personally,I wouldn't live there,nothing particularly wrong with the area but it's beside the secondary school which causes traffic mayhem.

Try contacting here for lettings: http://www.rochepropertyservices.com/index.htm

Stay away from Viking Wharf & Riverview Court.Just not appealing places to live imo.

Cantona's Collars · 13-09-2014 3:43pm

Navarre wrote: »

Last year a new much need CONCRETE footpath was laid along the wall just outside Bellfield GAA club. Not too long ago some people decided to cut a strip out of the center of the footpath the full length of it, for what i don't know. But when it came to filling it in they used tarmac. The wheel chair access at the pedestrian crossing just out side the shops up there was left in an awful state because of it. Only in Ireland.

Fair dues to the contractor,the tarmac outside Gala etc. in Bellfield is better than the road surface beside it.They have completely dug out the old footpath & have it framed up for concreting.

jca · 13-09-2014 4:06pm

Navarre wrote: »

Last year a new much need CONCRETE footpath was laid along the wall just outside Bellfield GAA club. Not too long ago some people decided to cut a strip out of the center of the footpath the full length of it, for what i don't know. But when it came to filling it in they used tarmac. The wheel chair access at the pedestrian crossing just out side the shops up there was left in an awful state because of it. Only in Ireland.

The reason it was dug up in the first place was because the muppets wiring the "Red Barn" during the strawberry fest shorted the mains underground cable. The cable was so badly damaged that it has to be replaced all the way back to the sub- station in bellefield.

jpb1974 · 13-09-2014 5:47pm

As per usual, shortly after posting the impressive display of gardening genius at the Moyne (post #2400), compliments of our friends in the local authorities, someone shows up to 'tidy' it up.

Here it is as it stands today in all it glory, impressive right?

The rubbish bags will be left lying for months before someone collects them

Cantona's Collars · 13-09-2014 8:43pm

jpb1974 wrote: »

As per usual, shortly after posting the impressive display of gardening genius at the Moyne (post #2400), compliments of our friends in the local authorities, someone shows up to 'tidy' it up.

Here it is as it stands today in all it glory, impressive right?

The rubbish bags will be left lying for months before someone collects them

And they wonder how they don't improve in the Tidy Towns competition.There's lads who see the job as merely a way to fill in 8hrs a day and get paid.I've spoken to fellas on CE schemes who attempted to do some extra tidying up etc. around the town but were ordered not to so as to "not take work from LA employees",the self same employees would sleep on the floor if there was work in the bed.

The Duffry Gate · 17-09-2014 11:03am

I hear people saying that The Duffry could do with a coffee shop or cafe, as there are always people coming and going. Theres loads of them in the rest of the town. What would ya think?

TheChevron · 18-09-2014 11:00am

Some fecker keeps dumping bags of mostly recyclable materials up Greenville Lane. Just past the shop on the bend. It happens once a week, and as I said, it's mostly always stuff that can be dropped to a recycling point. Idiots.

On a more positive note, the wall up Greenville Lane on the side of Westbury Woods had been hammered with Graffiti the past few years, and every time a few residents used to come out and paint over it, only for it to be sprayed again a few days later. A few months ago, I spotted a few young lads hanging around there. I reversed the car back and asked them what they were doing, they said they were waiting for friends. Anyway, I kind of put it to them that the area was being watched and that the Gardaí had been alerted and were keeping an eye out for the perpetrators. It's now been a few months and the wall is still graffiti free, touch wood, so I hope they got the message.

I have to say fair play to the few residents who kept maintaining the wall. They are not Irish by descent, but the town would be a lot better if more of the locals showed some of the same enthusiasm.

kneemos · 22-09-2014 7:08pm

Notice a building crew in the back of the old Dunnes,dunno if there's plans afoot or not though.

Judgement Day · 22-09-2014 8:33pm

Noticed an estate agent taking somebody into the old internet cafe on Castle Street today - perhaps the Celtic Slug is coming back to life.

In other news, Parnell Road/Lymington Road has lost its spot as the town's most dog fouled street and today the Court Street/St.John's Street section was by far the most disgusting.

helimachoptor · 24-09-2014 6:29pm

Hey folks, attending a wedding tomorrow and the River Side, anywhere good to grab an all day breakfast or even an early lunch?

Judgement Day · 24-09-2014 6:54pm

The newly opened "Holy Grail" on the Market Square is supposed to be good for meals - not sure about breakfast though. There's another cafe a few doors from it where you will definitely get breakfast and "The Cotton Tree" cafe overlooking the old bridge can also be recommended.

St Senan · 24-09-2014 7:09pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Hey folks, attending a wedding tomorrow and the River Side, anywhere good to grab an all day breakfast or even an early lunch?

If your wanting a traditional big Fryup then go to the River restaurant in the Market Square. Its beside Bourke's Jewellery.

helimachoptor · 24-09-2014 7:29pm

Cheers lads

Cantona's Collars · 27-09-2014 11:13am

I see Whites has eventually closed in Market Square.Another empty unit to go along with all the rest.

hamsterboy · 27-09-2014 11:39am

There are those who would not be sorry to see the place go, now if only the owner didn't still have clout with the town elders. Himself and a few others like him are one of the main causes for the slow death of an entire town. I feel bad for anyone who lost a job when it closed but the owner did himself no favours

jca · 27-09-2014 4:45pm

zerks wrote: »

I see Whites has eventually closed in Market Square.Another empty unit to go along with all the rest.

Well they've only themselves to blame. When it was a record shop they wouldn't get you a chart album or single ffs. €55 for a Nilfisk floor tool, less than half that price online. Obsolete MP3 players etc etc. They were Nilfisk agents who couldn't get you any spares!! No sympathy from me and that's for sure...

kneemos · 27-09-2014 5:26pm

I see Templeshannon marked out for repairs.Looks like filling in rather than lifting and replacing though.

Judgement Day · 28-09-2014 3:26pm

An interesting aerial view of the Castle and part of Abbey Square before it was redeveloped. Am I correct in saying that the building - now gone - in Slaney Place, beside the AIB, is the pub that fell down?

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Cantona's Collars · 28-09-2014 8:30pm

Yes,that used to be the Boolavogue Inn.

St Senan · 28-09-2014 10:29pm

zerks wrote: »

Yes,that used to be the Boolavogue Inn.

If memory serves me right. The white building beside the bank in that picture was Patrick Redmond Grocery shop who in turn sold it to a Dempsey man. some years later the building unfortunately was gutted by fire and then Dempsey sold the site to a Michael Piggot who bulit the boolavouge inn which was a single storey building.

Cantona's Collars · 30-09-2014 10:14am

One hint of optimism in the thread: Monart Interiors has opened a store just outside town.Makes a change from the trend of places closing.

Judgement Day · 30-09-2014 12:46pm

Another few hints of optimism - Cooney's Bakery have taken over the Baked Potato on Rafter Street; work is progressing on the old VEC/Bank building on Castle Street (a new restaurant) and the former "Brides with Attitude" shop on Church Street is also undergoing renovations as some sort of 'health juice bar' - the mind boggles. I'll be continuing to patronise Stamps and the Antique.

Cantona's Collars · 30-09-2014 2:03pm

Judgement Day wrote: »

Another few hints of optimism - Cooney's Bakery have taken over the Baked Potato on Rafter Street; work is progressing on the old VEC/Bank building on Castle Street (a new restaurant) and the former "Brides with Attitude" shop on Church Street is also undergoing renovations as some sort of 'health juice bar' - the mind boggles. I'll be continuing to patronise Stamps and the Antique.

In the town centre it's akin to moving pawns around a chess board.One moves & leaves a space behind.Meanwhile the same property owners jealously hold onto said retail spaces and leave them empty rather than charge reasonable rents.The old fashioned myopic view of the business 'elite' in this town is alive & well.
I had to pay a trip to Wexford yesterday morning & by midday the main street was busy,passing back through Enniscorthy it was count the people - didn't take long.

kneemos · 30-09-2014 4:17pm

Reading yesterday about Dealz expansion plans,room for fifty new stores according to the man in charge.
Not a great aspiration,but ideal for Enniscorthy I would have thought.

barney 20v · 01-10-2014 1:28am

kneemos wrote: »

Reading yesterday about Dealz expansion plans,room for fifty new stores according to the man in charge.
Not a great aspiration,but ideal for Enniscorthy I would have thought.

Not great by any standard, another€2 shop with employees on "zero" hours contracts?
That'll really help the town alright!

TheChevron · 01-10-2014 11:59am

It's the kind of shop that could bring a footfall to an ailing town and hopefully benefit the other retailers. It's a massive chain. I was in the one in Wexford on Sunday and it was packed.

allthedoyles · 06-10-2014 6:37pm

Ten new jobs have been created at the Riverside Park Hotel in Wexford, thanks to a 1.6 million investment in its Enniscorthy Premises.

Great news for Enniscorthy in the hospitality sector

http://www.careersportal.ie/news/news.php?Heading=10+New+Jobs+with+Wexford+Hotel+&ID=6101402#.VDLYnFc7Z7I

Judgement Day · 06-10-2014 7:34pm

allthedoyles wrote: »

Great news for Enniscorthy in the hospitality sector

http://www.careersportal.ie/news/news.php?Heading=10+New+Jobs+with+Wexford+Hotel+&ID=6101402#.VDLYnFc7Z7I

There's a single Chef's job going when you click on that link. No doubt the other staff will be non-nationals. I wish anybody that applies good luck. Even getting a response to a submitted CV will be better than my experience with that establishment. Still, it's their loss rather than mine as I haven't darkened their doorstep since then (2003) and won't be back. What goes around comes around.

cython · 06-10-2014 9:40pm

Judgement Day wrote: »

There's a single Chef's job going when you click on that link. No doubt the other staff will be non-nationals. I wish anybody that applies good luck. Even getting a response to a submitted CV will be better than my experience with that establishment. Still, it's their loss rather than mine as I haven't darkened their doorstep since then (2003) and won't be back. What goes around comes around.

Really? I see up to 4 when you click through to the site, per the screen grab below (1x "Chef the Partis", and 1 each of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Commis Chef -perhaps there should be an s at the end to be clearer):
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Whatever your past experiences of their recruitment may be, unless they have updated their site in the past 2 hours, your post is very misleading, IMHO.

Judgement Day · 06-10-2014 10:12pm

My mistake but I don't take back my other comments. The 'so called' hospitality industry is synonymous with bad pay, bad hours, lack of union recognition, foreign staff, pig ignorant managers.....I could go on.

lisij · 08-10-2014 11:41pm

has anyone noticed couple of vans/travelers driving offering things to buy? are theysniffing around or what?

oldyouth · 09-10-2014 6:32pm

lisij wrote: »

has anyone noticed couple of vans/travelers driving offering things to buy? are theysniffing around or what?

If these travellers have VAT numbers, then they are definitely genuine traders and not like the tiny minority who give the others a bad name.

Dont be afraid to ask them

Cantona's Collars · 11-10-2014 10:58am

Read on another thread that the Bypass is to start in the Spring,already work is underway strengthening and widening roads that will be used for access to the site.

Cantona's Collars · 14-10-2014 2:33pm

Another business is to close,The Jewellery Centre is closing permanently mainly as a result of the brutal assault of the owner during a recent robbery.

sundula · 15-10-2014 4:00pm

Closure of the Jewellery Centre is a scandal. Terrible way for a man to have to retire from business after so many years. It says every thing thats wrong about society. An unprovoked assault in the middle of the day in a town centre and the guy gets away without being caught. I hope the scumbag catches a hammering.

Cantona's Collars · 16-10-2014 10:46am

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fairfield-Farm-Fresh-Milk/311378459014284

At least we have another good news story for the area.

Cantona's Collars · 17-10-2014 11:10am

Interesting article about Knotweed: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/alien-invasion-of-knotweed-takes-root-across-nation-291558.html

The judges on the Tidy Towns made a point last year about the growth of this invasive plant in & around Enniscorthy.Nothing has been done to combat it's growth & spread.
Irish St. was named as a problem area yet as usual promises were made and still nothing done - so much for the "Eco Park" or whatever it was called.Not much point building one anyway if the only plant is going to be Japanese Knotweed.

kneemos · 17-10-2014 4:37pm

zerks wrote: »

Interesting article about Knotweed: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/alien-invasion-of-knotweed-takes-root-across-nation-291558.html

The judges on the Tidy Towns made a point last year about the growth of this invasive plant in & around Enniscorthy.Nothing has been done to combat it's growth & spread.
Irish St. was named as a problem area yet as usual promises were made and still nothing done - so much for the "Eco Park" or whatever it was called.Not much point building one anyway if the only plant is going to be Japanese Knotweed.

No spray will kill it apparently,and even a tiny piece of root or bamboo left behind will regrow so digging it up with anything less than an excavator is probably pointless.

Decoda · 17-10-2014 8:29pm

Also posted this in the Whats on in Wexford thread

Would def be interested in doing this but unfortunately can't get out of work on a weekday......maybe someone else with an interest in history etc might consider it.....

DC

http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Planning/WhatsNew/Name,24983,en.html

Maintaining & Recording Historic Graveyards Training Day
Where
Wednesday 5th November 2014 Presentation Centre, Nunnery Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

What?
A one-day training session on how to maintain and record memorials in graveyards. Part of a pilot project in County Wexford to conserve and care for our historic graveyards.

Why?
• Graveyards are a rich source of local history and genealogy and a repository of the artistic endeavors and social values of former generations.

•The character of a graveyard must be identified before undertaking maintenance works which is crucial so as not to inadvertently destroy the features that make your graveyard the unique place that is worth conserving and presenting to the public.

•In maintaining a graveyard a balance needs to be achieved between too much tidying up work that may destroy the character and neglecting a graveyard that makes the place inaccessible to parishioner and visitor. The recording of memorials is a non-destructive low-impact way of helping to conserve graveyards and the valuable information they contain.

• Communities and individuals often enjoy recording memorials in graveyards and training can help to attain a consistent and informed approach.

• Community recording is a great resource which can leverage other funding to help conserve church ruins etc within graveyards.

• The outputs of such projects can make an area more attractive to local residents, visitors and tourists alike.

Who should attend?
The seminar will be of interest to graveyard committees, community groups, parish groups, local historical societies, historians, genealogists, elected members, local authority staff and interested individuals.

Programme
9.00-9.30 Registration

9.30-9.45 Introduction – John Carley, Director of Services, Housing, Environment & Community, Wexford County Council

9.45-10.00 Procedures - Yvonne Doyle, Conservation Adviser

10.00-11.00 Maintenance & Graveyards - Yvonne Doyle, Conservation Adviser

11.00-11.30 Tea/Coffee Break

11.30-12.00 Archaeology & History of Graveyards - Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology

12.00-12.30 Types of Memorials - Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology

12.30-13.00 Inscriptions, Iconography, Masons & Markers - Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology

13.00-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.00 Photography and Recording in Graveyards - Yvonne Doyle, Conservation Adviser

14.00-14.30 How to map your graveyard and review of Wexford County Council Graveyard Memorials Recording Project – Procedures – Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology

14.30-16.00 Practical Sessions in nearby graveyard.

16.00-16.30 Feedback and Close Booking: There is no registration fee but places are limited so booking in advance is essential.

Please complete the registration form below to book your place.

Name: ________________________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

Email: ____________________________________

Phone: ______________________

Group (if any): __________________________________________________________

Attendees should bring waterproof clothing and stout shoes for the practical session.

Return to: planning@wexfordcoco.ie or post to Planning Department, Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford. For further information please contact us on the above email or on 053-9196101

kneemos · 19-10-2014 8:37pm

What's the big red box in the square for?

Judgement Day · 19-10-2014 8:41pm

kneemos wrote: »

What's the big red box in the square for?

I think that Vodafone had some sort of show there on Saturday. There was some sort of a tent there as well but I had more important business in Stamps.

Cantona's Collars · 19-10-2014 9:03pm

Judgement Day wrote: »

I think that Vodafone had some sort of show there on Saturday. There was some sort of a tent there as well but I had more important business in Stamps.

It was Calor promoting their new gas burner ranges.

I bet they were shocked at the massive crowds in The Market Square:pac:

Cantona's Collars · 23-10-2014 1:13pm

Just caught this on SE Radio news.

It seems like TK Maxx was given some benefits to locate in Wexford.Rent free for 12 months & only 5% of profits for Rates.Forward thinking which benefits the town.

Enniscorthy on the other hand has punitive Rent & Rates which is killing businesses and preventing anybody from setting up new ones.

Cantona's Collars · 24-10-2014 11:45pm

Scaffolding erected at the Old Dunnes,are we at last going to see something done with the place?

Judgement Day · 25-10-2014 9:14am

zerks wrote: »

Scaffolding erected at the Old Dunnes,are we at last going to see something done with the place?

You're a bit behind on this one. Work began weeks ago (inside and to the rear) but lest anybody get too excited, word has it that it's just to divide the building up and tart it up a bit to try and lease in seperate units - fat chance.

Enniscorthy

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