Wexford’s Comedy and Street Theatre Festival returns for the 2016 May Bank Holiday weekend, with the launch of the Comedy HUB, a 500-seat venue on Wexford Quay.

Our guide to “The Rocks”, which is the name of a popular scenic spot that is situated in the south of Wexford town.

The Rocks in Wexford Town, known as Trespan Rock, was used by Oliver Cromwell to position siege guns during the 1649 siege of the town.

Trinity Street in Wexford Town was named after a Norse-Irish church, likely dismantled to repair Wexford Castle after the 1649 Cromwellian sack of the town.

The old Wexford Courthouse on Commercial Quay was built in 1806 and burned by the IRA during the Irish War of Independence in 1921. The site is now a car park.

An injured man has been airlifted off Tuskar Rock lighthouse by the Rescue 117 helicopter after heavy Atlantic swell prevented an RNLI lifeboat from landing at the rocks.

Temperance Row takes its name from a temperance hall built following Father Theobald Mathew’s 1840 visit to the town. The street was also historically known as Cowgate Street, Le Cowstrette, and Hey Bey.

The Webluvr Expo at Clayton Whites Hotel in Wexford Town is a free family-friendly event that explores the web from the consumer perspective, with exhibits on food, fashion, web design, technology, and more.

Gardaí arrested two women and recovered €75,000 worth of stolen property during searches targeting an organised criminal gang in counties Wexford and Waterford.

St Peter’s College has reprinted its 1916 annual, featuring more than 100 period photographs and advertisements from Wexford businesses.