George Bridges ran his family’s Toymaster store in Selskar, Wexford, for 60 years and served as the town’s “Santa Claus.”

This weekend’s events and weather summary for County Wexford.

Revenue officers have seized cannabis valued at over €2.9 million at Rosslare Europort, one of several major drug seizures at the port.

The landowner of the vacant Crescent Quay plaza in Wexford Town says he will only allow the site to be used for a new theatre, rejecting other proposals discussed by councillors.

A story from Selskar Abbey offers a glimpse into the widespread 19th-century fear of being buried alive, a subject that inspired newspaper reports, literature, and safety devices.

The Colony was a purpose-built nightclub on North Main Street in Wexford Town. It opened on Friday 3 June 2005 and operated until early 2008.

Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after failing a breath test at a garda checkpoint in Dublin city centre on Thursday morning.

Wexford Workhouse opened in the northwest of Wexford Town in 1845. Between 1848 and 1853, more than 1,700 deaths occurred within its walls, driven by what officials described as “dangerous epidemics.”

The cottages in Carcur date back to the 1870s. They were reportedly constructed for local fishermen and railwaymen.