News from around the 32 counties of Ireland

Wexford

One of Co Wexford’s main car dealerships has been forced to close. James Sidney Car Sales in New Ross applied for the appointment of a provisional liquidator last Friday after losing its 18-month struggle to stay open. The company issued a statement last Monday, which said it has “experienced extremely challenging trading conditions because of the economic downturn, which resulted in a severe decline in the motor trade”. The family-run business, which James Sidney took over from his father Michael, said it had made every effort to restructure the company financially to secure its viability.
(Source: The Irish Times)

Wicklow

An AK47 assault rifle has been found by gardaí (police) beside one of the State’s best known private schools. Gardaí believe the high-powered weapon is owned by an organized crime gang that was targeted in a series of dawn searches last Wednesday. The gun was found in sparse undergrowth beside the perimeter wall of St Gerard’s School, Bray, Co Wicklow. Gardaí arrested eight people in Bray last Wednesday morning for questioning about an attack outside a pub in Finglas, north Dublin, in December in which a local man was lucky to survive after being wounded four times.
(Source: The Wicklow People)

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