27 people are to contest the race for the five European Parliament seats up for grabs in Midlands North West on 7 June.

A young dancer from Mullingar has earned a coveted spot among the elite cast of the Irish National Youth Ballet’s (INYB) spring production of Coppélia, joining over 40 performers at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin.

Ballynacargy church experienced fire damage after a suspected arson attack on Thursday, 18 April.

Thirty years ago this week, Ireland won the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rock ’n’ Roll Kids, written by Brendan Graham and performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan.

€1256.45 was raised at a Father Ted Quiz in aid of a Palestinian journalist at Clarke’s in Mullingar on Saturday, 27 April.

Mullingar Tidy Towns visited St Colmans National School in Mullingar on Tuesday, 23 April as part of National Tree Week.

Mullingar student Rachel Julianna Holmes became the second Trinity College Dublin scholar in her family on Monday, 22 April.“It’s great news for us. Really...

Mullingar Lions Club are holding their annual Summer Cycle on Bank Holiday Monday, 6 May. Registration takes place at Shandonagh GAA Centre from 8 am and the Cycle begins at 9 am.

A Kinnegad based councillor said he was “delighted” that Kinnegad secured €1 million funding for a business hub in the town for the EU Just Transition Fund programme.

The men’s shed phenomenon began in Australia in the 1980s and arrived in Ireland in recent decades. There are almost 500 men’s sheds now in operation nationwide.

The young debaters of Emper NS emerged victorious in the quarter-final round of the Concern Primary All-Island Debates on Thursday last, 25 April by defeating Divine Word NS Rathfarnham, and taking a coveted spot in the All-Island semi-finals in the process.

Three Coláiste Mhuire students won the international prize at the Denmark Young Scientist competition which took place from 21 to 23 April.

437 couples in Westmeath got married in 2023 according to figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Friday, 26 April.

Fionn Campbell from Moate Community School took home two awards at the SciFest regional competition in TUS Athlone on Thursday, 25 April.

On Thursday, April 25, Emper National School will punch above its weight when it takes on the Divine Word NS, Rathfarnham in the quarter finals of the National Concern Primary Debates 2024.

Moore Group, led by Westmeath man Martin Moore, will help build a 70-storey highrise building in Miami’s urban centre.

A HSE End of Life Survey has concluded that staff members in Regional Hospital Mullingar needed more awareness with the experiences of family and friends for those receiving End of Life Care.

Mullingar is gearing up for this year’s Darkness Into Light event, set to take place on Saturday, 11 May.

Photos: Birthday celebrations for Westmeath Rose Grace O’Connor

Mullingar student Nicholas Glynn (8) has won a top prize in this year’s 70th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.