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A stretch of the road where the collision occurred. grainne

Man (50s) killed in Wexford road collision between van and truck

The fatal collision occurred at 7.25am this morning.

A MAN IN his 50s has died in a road collision in Co Wexford this morning.

The two-vehicle collision occurred at 7.25am on the N30 at Ballymackesy in Co Wexford, approximately 4 miles from Enniscorthy.

The man who was killed was the driver and only occupant of a van, which was involved in a collision with a truck. The male driver of the truck, who was also the only occupant, was uninjured.

The deceased has been removed to University Hospital in Waterford where a post-mortem examination will take place. The local coroner has been notified.

The road is currently closed to facilitate a Garda forensic examination; local diversions are in place.

Investigating gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to contact Enniscorthy Garda Station on 053 924 2580, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.

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    Mute Tony Carlito
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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:11 PM

    amazon is great, should be in ireland by now.. Some items from amazon.co.uk don’t deliver here or have high shipping costs..

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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:40 PM

    Use the nightline courier and they give you a N.I address so if its free UK shipping you get that part of delivery free and they also allow delivery of anything that can be sent to the UK!!

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    Mute Fergal Kelly
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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:54 PM

    Can you explain that a little more please? I don’t really get you x x x x

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    Mute Fergal Kelly
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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:55 PM

    Haha

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    Mute Tony Carlito
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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:57 PM

    That’s what I don’t understand if they can deliver to the north they can’t deliver in the south when I only live an hours drive from the border..

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    Mute thomas walsh
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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:59 PM

    This.should.answer all your questions…

    http://www.parcelmotel.com/faqs.html#

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    Mar 31st 2013, 7:07 PM

    That’s a great idea!!

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    Mar 31st 2013, 7:20 PM

    parcelmotel.com and you;re sorted when it comes to delivery to Ireland :)

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    Apr 1st 2013, 2:45 AM

    ^
    is there an echo in here?

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    Apr 1st 2013, 2:55 AM

    ^^Is there an echo in here?

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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:11 PM

    The desk made out of a door is now a badge of honour in Amazon. Employees who perform exceptionally well get to build their own desk from a door. When you walk around the office and see some mad looking desk, you know you’re dealing with someone who is excellent at their job.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 12:33 AM

    Given the high employment and partnership ebay have with Ireland, I think you should be mor ebalanced in your coverage of online retailers

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    Mute Mary Kavanagh
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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:28 PM

    Bit ironic, having an A to Z smiley when they won’t deliver half the stuff on offer to an Irish address.

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    Mute Peter McKenna
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    Mar 31st 2013, 9:30 PM

    Check out Parcel Motel. They give you a UK address and deliver the parcels to you in Ireland.

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    Mute Ciarán
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    Mar 31st 2013, 11:39 PM

    Its annoying as all hell when it happens but in their defence IIRC any sale that is direct from or fulfilled by Amazon.co.uk will be delivered to Ireland. However Amazon, much like other sites like play.com also acts as a store-front for smaller sellers who are allowed to set their own shipping terms. As Amazon is only getting commission on those sales they do not dictate the sellers shipping policies

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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:09 PM

    And they don’t pay tax in the UK

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    Mar 31st 2013, 8:19 PM

    They also sold a book called ‘The paedophile’s guide to love and pleasure; a Child-lover’s code of conduct’. They have let their factory workers work in conditions bordering on slavery and have sacked workers, en-masse, because they attempted to unionise. I wonder if they sell a book about how they really operate.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 9:35 PM

    And very little elsewhere. Boycott this behemoth. There is other smaller companies that need support.

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    Mute Dave Fleming
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    Mar 31st 2013, 7:48 PM

    Hope they never, ever, ever set up shop here. There wouldn’t be a bookshop left in the country. Look at what Tesco have done and continue to do to small, independent retailers.

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    Mute Barry O'Brien
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    Mar 31st 2013, 7:56 PM

    They do deliver books here. But I agree with your sentiment. I try to shop in local bookstores when I can, but sometimes they don’t have the books I want and to order them costs twice as much as amazon. If that’s the case then I do order from amazon, but only after trawling the local shops. I actually enjoy searching the number of shops for what I’m looking for because sometimes I come across books I wouldn’t have normally seen.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 8:52 PM

    Nature of progress unfortunately, everything’s going digital download. Most stores are turning into storefronts for online retailers.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 10:24 PM

    I agree Thomas. And movies and music in digital format are very convenient. Some would say the same about kindle and ebooks but personally, even though I’m a total techie, still prefer printed books. I guess it may be that I spend so much time looking at a screen for work and in general!

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    Apr 1st 2013, 2:58 AM

    I green thumbed you. Not because of what you said, but because you sir, have excellent taste in profile pictures.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 10:28 AM

    Too late for that. They already have offices in Cork and Dublin.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 7:35 PM

    Another interesting fact that many people might not know is that they are one of the worst employers in Cork, who punish you with a point system if you are genuinely sick.

    http://www.politics.ie/forum/culture-community/206202-amazon-best-reason-support-your-local-bookshop-8.html#post6431477

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    Mar 31st 2013, 8:03 PM

    On any given Monday, 5% of teachers in Ireland are “genuinely” sick.
    Ive no idea what the same stats are for the self-employed, but I’d hazard a guess they are considerably lower.
    Amazon’s points system disincentives absenteeism, quite frankly I don’t take issue with it.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 10:36 PM

    Sure bud, I bet you’d agree with those conditions when your dying sick with the swine flu and get pointed as a result.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 1:57 AM

    I heard that 40% of sick days taken by teachers are on Mondays and Fridays. Shocking.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:31 PM

    I knew all those things. Just because the majority of your readers are brainless sheep then don’t presume that we all are.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:37 PM

    On behalf of all sheep, Get over yourself!

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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:54 PM

    Baa

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    Mar 31st 2013, 7:12 PM

    I’d say you’re great craic Adam.

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    Mar 31st 2013, 8:41 PM

    Have you applied to Mensa yet?

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    Apr 1st 2013, 12:05 AM

    Moo

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    Apr 1st 2013, 12:06 AM

    Dammit.!!!

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    Mar 31st 2013, 6:18 PM

    Slow news day?

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    Mar 31st 2013, 8:28 PM

    There’s always one….

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    Apr 1st 2013, 2:33 AM

    I’ve never bought anything on amazon. So there you go

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    Apr 1st 2013, 5:33 AM

    Thanks for the informative article, amazonpublicrelations.ie

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    Apr 1st 2013, 1:17 AM

    Awesome company. I have had 3 kindles smash due to my own clumsiness and every time they have sent me new ones free of charge including delivery.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 11:28 AM

    That’s because they don’t make money from the devices but the content that you will buy.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 1:44 PM

    You forgot to mention how Amazon almost power most of the internet with their Amazon Web Services. Lots of popular internet services live on top of Amazon, e.g. Foursquare, Netflix etc. And that Dublin in the European home for these services with multiple Amazon data enters around the capital.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 11:29 AM

    What most people don’t know

    http://www.stallman.org/amazon.html

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    Apr 1st 2013, 12:32 PM
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    Mar 31st 2013, 11:13 PM

    You can’t use your amazon.com gift card balance on amazon.co.uk which means you end up paying higher shipping costs, customs fees and duty and you’ll be waiting longer to get it.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 7:47 PM

    I thought it was a river.

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    Apr 1st 2013, 12:34 AM

    Given the high employment and partnership ebay have with Ireland, I think you should be more
    balanced in your coverage of online retailers

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    Apr 1st 2013, 2:52 AM

    Yes, we heard you the first time.

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    Apr 2nd 2013, 9:21 AM

    Use ParcelHotel

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