Monday, May 20, 2024

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Fleadh will be eco-friendly and ‘green’ as local reps back plans

Westmeath County Council held a Strategic Policy Committee meeting on Friday May 20 which outlined measures put in place to try keep the town as ‘green’ as possible over the eight-day Fleadh.

Mullingar actress joins Carrigstown crew as RTÉ soap develops a new character

Local actress Elaine Purdue has joined the cast of Fair City as Maxine Stapelton, the project manager of a major new development that’s coming to Carrigstown.

Das ist wunderbar! St. Finian’s win German Debating competition

Mullingar’s St Finian’s College are the 2022 All-Ireland winners of the Schools German Debating Competition, sponsored by Siemens.

Tunnel vision: Anticipation builds at Shay Murtagh Precast ahead of Elizabeth Line opening

When it begins welcoming passengers to the depths of London’s underground next Tuesday, May 24, the new Elizabeth line rail service will mark the end of a mammoth construction story, 13 years in the making.

Wexford held, now it’s a tough task in Laois

What a pity that on the evening the Westmeath hurlers achieved one of their best ever results in senior hurling in drawing with Wexford in the Leinster senior hurling championship, they couldn’t allow themselves to celebrate.

Mullingar library – at the heart of the community

A new project that will see people be able to borrow toys from the library in the same way they borrow books was launched at Mullingar Library last week.

Editorial: The drive and passion of fallen sporting heroes must be replicated by the present and future generations

One of our favourite Shakesperian quotes (and everyone has one, even if they don’t attribute it to the great writer) comes from Julius Caesar.

Senior footballers bid to topple fancied Kildare

Westmeath Senior footballers will go into next Sunday’s Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-final at Croke Park fully focused on delivering their best performance of the season – and that is precisely what it’s going to take to get past a strong Kildare side.

€2m Writech Centre opens in Mullingar

Writech opened their new Design & Innovation Centre on Monday (May 9) with a €2m investment at their Mullingar headquarters that will provide 50 new jobs to the area.

Maria demonstrates cooking skills at Europe’s largest wellbeing festival

Bunbrosna woman Maria Harte demonstrated her cooking skills on Saturday, May 7 on stage at WellFest in The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin – Europe’s largest outdoor health, fitness and wellness festival.