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A MAJOR GORSE fire in Co Wexford has been brought under control after several units from across the county and from neighbouring Wicklow responded to the incident at Tara Hill yesterday.
Households in north Wexford has been advised to shut their doors and windows as a precaution, as smoke from the blaze could be seen from Gorey town, nearly 10 kilometres away.
The fire, which began yesterday afternoon, was brought under control by firefighters this morning. Crews received assistance from local landowners and farmers in their response.
A number of other agencies, including Coillte, have helped bring the fire under control, local gardaí said. Tankers of water were delivered to assist with putting out the blaze.
Superintendent David O’Sullivan thanked the public for their support locally to emergency service workers who responded to the fire overnight. He has asked that the public also refrain from attending the area.
No injuries have been reported.
Speaking to South East Radio this morning, Fianna Fáil TD for the area Malcolm Byrne said seven fire crews from local authorities from Wexford and Wicklow responded to the fire.
“There is, naturally, concern from people who are living on Tara Hill,” Byrne said.
“There’s going to be a lot of damage to the environment in that area. Any support that is needed from Government, I’ve asked that it would be made available.”
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Hand out more free food and more people will take it…who knew ?
@Gertrude Gilmore: mind your back with all that punching down.. Bend from the knees!
Why are our people going hungry it’s time
@Robert Halvey: Because fate destined it so. If I’m doing alright it’s obviously because some cosmic force deems my worth to be greater than those who are struggling, who obviously deserve it. It’s basic evolutionary biology. Follow the science!
@Robert Halvey: actually it’s Mainly a U.K. thing. And Northern Ireland is the U.K. not Ireland. Compared to standards of living across European countries (comparable countries seen to be 1st world and developed ) the average U.K. citizen is very poor
Scotland and Northern Ireland have one common denominator – apart from VAT they have no control over taxation.
@Peter McGlynn: Not sure how that’s reducing people’s ability to buy food. Surely food isn’t taxed?
If Scottish people aren’t resorting to food banks at the level that people are in NI, they aren’t as badly off.
A country with a Sin Fein majority in power. People of the South should take note.
@Martin O Connell: But there is no actual functioning assembly in Northern Ireland, due to the DUP not wanting to form an assembly after the last election in which they became 2nd place to Sinn Fein and could no longer claim the role of first minister.
Therefore, the political process in NI is essentially in limbo, with civil servants in control of the day to day running of NI and not Sinn Fein.
So if you want to lay blame for any issues that remain unaddressed in NI at the moment, firstly look to the DUP and then to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and finally the NI civil service.
In fairness to the NI civil service, they flagged early on that this role being forced upon them would lead to a stagnation of services and numerous other issues the longer it continued.
In fairness to the NI civil service, they flagged early on that this role being forced upon them would lead to a stagnation of services and numerous other issues the longer it continued because they have no mandate or power to change, adapt or respond to any issues.
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