Rotary Club of Wexford presents cheque to Michael Jordan of Hope Cancer Support Centre Enniscorthy. €700.00, courtesy of Riviera Travel who pay 10% of a Rotarian’s escorted tour with them to the charity fund of the appropriate Rotary club, was handed recently to the Hope Cancer Centre. This charity which is run totally by volunteers […]
The South East’s youngest leaders travelled to Wexford on Monday November 16th to compete in the Regional Final of the Rotary’s Youth Leadership Development Competition. Following selections at the respective school and club stages of the competitions, the chosen representatives for the Rotary clubs of Carlow, Kilkenny, Thurles, Wexford and Youghal were interviewed by a […]
In a competition, which recognises and celebrates Wexford’s youngest leaders, Katie Stone, a fifth year student at the Loreto Secondary School in Wexford, has been announced as the winner of the 2015 Rotary Club of Wexford’s Youth Leadership Development Competition. Following entries from more than 70 students across the county, a representative for each of […]
In October I entered the school competition for Rotary Youth Leadership. I wasn’t sure what to expect. This involved an interview with members of Rotary Wexford which focused on personal qualities and abilities. I was successful at this level and went forward to represent the school at county level. The county competition was held in […]
Dear Madeleine I write to express heart-felt gratitude on behalf of the people of the villages in Foni, Western Division of the Republic of The Gambia who are recipients of items collected and shipped in a container by the Rotary Club of Wexford. It is difficult for me to sit here and adequately express in […]
Wexford Management Forum Donates €1600 to Wexford Rotary Causes. Pictured are the last two Chairpersons, Fleur Creed & Ray Noonan making a presentation of funds to Madeline Quirke President of Wexford Rotary. The Wexford Management Forum, formerly the Irish Management Institute Wexford Region announces that it is to cease its activities. The committee regrets to […]
In a competition, which highlighted the calibre of Wexford’s youngest leaders, Conor Glynn, a pupil at St. Peter’s College Wexford, has been declared as the winner of the 2014 Wexford Rotary Youth Leadership Development Competition. Conor will now represent County Wexford when he competes in the South East Regional final in Waterford and if he […]
Our guest at Wexford Rotary on Monday 20th October was Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College. Patrick was accompanied by his mother Mary. Originally from Oulart, Patrick attended St Peter’s College and then went to Trinity in 1983 as an undergraduate student. After post-doctoral positions in Bologna, Italy and Nijmegen, The Netherlands, he was […]
Speaking on behalf of Wexford Rotary, President Madeleine Quirke, said “I am overwhelmed with the response we received from the community. The donations in terms of bicycles, clothes, electrical goods, tools and so on were phenomenal and our 40ft container was packed with really good quality items which Fr Sean Devereux had requested. The assistance […]
The response from the public to Rotary Wexford’s appeal for bicycles and other items to be brought to Wexford Enterprise Centre Car Park on Saturday 27th September was overwhelming. Many families called by with bicycles, clothes, toys, computers, seed trays and most importantly school copy books, pencils/pens and reading material. People were so generous and […]
The Rotary Club of Wexford is again seeking to recognise and support the work of Wexford Priest Fr. Sean Devereux in Gambia. Fr. Sean has now spent almost 15 years helping poor communities in the diocese of Banjul Gambia. The Rotary Club of Wexford supported by South East Radio presents “Recycle for Gambia” a special […]
Wexford Rotary was delighted to welcome as their guest Fr Sean Devereux who very kindly agreed to share with us an outline of the wonderful work he is involved in as a missionary priest in The Gambia. Fr Sean, a native of Tachumshane who did his training in the seminary in St Peters, has been […]
