St Oliver Plunkett’s are on the way back. That was the clear message last Saturday afternoon in TEG Cusack Park, as the Mullingar side outclassed Ringtown to claim the Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship title in style.
Displaying attacking flair at key moments and defensive brawn when necessary, Castletown Geoghegan produced an impressive all-round performance to end Clonkill’s four-in-a-row bid and win a compelling Senior ‘A’ Hurling Championship semi-final, at TEG Cusack Park last Sunday.
There was deep sadness in Castlepollard when news broke of the death of Martha Furley McCabe from Hilltown, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, and formerly of Kilskyre, Kells, Co. Meath.
A new walkway was unveiled at the Castletown Geoghegan GAA grounds, Páirc Mhic Eochagain, last Friday, officially recognising a fine addition to the facilities which will benefit the entire community of Castletown Geoghegan.
The statement that it would cost approximately €1m to restore the much-debated roundabout at McDonald’s in Mullingar, at the junction of Castle Street and Pearse Street, in an effort to improve the town’s ongoing traffic congestion, caused some shock on Saturday morning last.
Many of our readers will have visited a Ryan’s Pharmacy at some stage without realising that the Ryan pharmacies are run by a very passionate, hands on, young, active working pharmacist named Shane Ryan.
On 14 October 1996, Aidan and Delia Mulligan opened the doors of The Spiced Bean Cafe on Mary Street and twenty five years on, they continue to serve the people of Mullingar with great food, a very warm welcome and always with a smile!
Mullingar man Johnny Keegan is set to take on the biggest mountain in Ireland and the UK, Ben Nevis in Scotland, in order to support his friend and cousin Gareth Hayes who was diagnosed with a brain tumour earlier this year.
In mid-April of this year, Topic highlighted the efforts of young Shane King, from Ballinagore, who is now a third year student in Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan. Shane entered the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) 2021 competition in which he had to produce and edit a three minute video report based on an environment topic, and send it to local audiences through different media outlets.
