Wilton Castle, located near Bree, is one of Ireland’s hidden historical gems. Wilton Castle was built by the Alcock family in 1695 and was occupied by them until the early 1900’s. The Alcocks undertook a large work of restoration on the castle structure in the 1840’s. The castle was burned in the Civil War and has […]

The LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 for Ireland has recently been approved by the EU Commission.  From an overall national budget of €250m, County Wexford has been allocated €9.84m.  In order to secure this considerable level of funding for the county, Wexford Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) with Wexford Local Development (WLD) […]

The very successful fifth annual BBQ of the Cornmarket Project took place on Wednesday 29th July where one hundred and fifty people gathered to hear about the work that the project does in dealing with substance abuse and anti social behaviour in Wexford. Speaking at the event, the mayor of Wexford Cllr. Ger Carthy paid […]

Over the Summer months of 2015, we are running a series of Community Education short courses in Enniscorthy town. News on similar courses across the rest of the county will be coming soon. Our courses aim to offer a range of opportunities to residents of local communities in Enniscorthy town. All of the workshops and […]

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Charities Regulatory Authority Information Campaign Templeshannon Community Centre, Enniscorthy Thursday, January 21st 2016,  7pm – 9.30pm   Wexford Local Development and the Charities Regulatory Authority are hosting an information session on the 21st of January in Templeshannon Community Centre, Enniscorthy for community & voluntary groups in Co. Wexford, which will provide practical guidance on the […]

“Time for Change” is WLD’s Youth Career Guidance programme, starting in January 2016 in Gorey, Enniscorthy, New Ross and Wexford.   We are looking for Young People aged 15 to 24 year olds to take part in these FREE Career Guidance and Advice courses in the four major towns across Co. Wexford. The courses will be run over […]

Representatives from eleven community and voluntary groups, who have a key focus on social inclusion in New Ross District, together with Sandra Walsh, Community Development Officer for the New Ross District with Wexford Local Development, attended the New Ross Community Voice Information Evening at Horse and Hound, Ballinaboola on Thursday last, April 14th.     […]

    Wexford Local Development would like to invite members of Community & Voluntary groups in the Wexford Area to avail of our FREE Workshop on Governance on the evening of June 1st, in Coolcotts Community Centre, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.   Introduction to Good Governance Workshop Wexford   We have organised this Workshop in […]

Architect, environmentalist and TV presenter, Duncan Stewart, visited Wexford recently to speak on ‘Creating New Local Sustainable Enterprises’. The talk at Wexford Library, presented in association with Future-Proof Wexford, attracted a large and, as Duncan himself acknowledged, very savy audience. In the course of a wide-ranging talk, he said that Wexford is well placed to […]