The St. Vincent de Paul organisation in Mullingar held their annual collection outside local churches last Sunday, and has made it clear that many additional families are now struggling to survive, and they expect to be dealing with nearly twice as many appeals for assistance this Christmas when compared to 2020.
Majestic blue is crowned Tile of the Year for 2022. Blue Golden has been named the 2022 Tile of The Year by Irish specialist tile retailer World of Tiles. The winning tile is a marble-effect porcelain beauty characterised by expressive golden veins, pale fossil swirls and an evening sky of blues. Blue Golden’s design is inspired by the enigmatic colouring and patterns in sodalite blue marble hewn from the mountains of Bolivia.
Sherry Fitzgerald, Davitt & Davitt are happy to bring this spacious five-bedroom semi-detached family home to the open market. The property, in excellent condition throughout, is located in the much sought after location of Lakepoint, East Mullingar, on the Delvin Road.
“All the streets around the town are well lit up for Christmas, but the old people - all those living in this housing scheme just off the main streets - have been left in the dark.”
Westmeath senior football champions St Loman’s, Mullingar suffered a two-point defeat in the Leinster Club Senior Football Championship at MW Hire O’Moore Park last Sunday, where an early Portarlington blitz paved the way for victory.
Located just off the N52, in the quaint village of Delvin is Castle View Court housing estate, in which No. 3, Castle View court has just come to the market this week.
The Mullingar Chamber of Commerce has made submissions as part of public consultations on the Draft Development Contribution Scheme for the county, with the Council planning for €50m of infrastructure in the coming five years, partially funded by Development levies.
Ballybryan Farm located in Rhode, Co. Offaly is a family run business. Gerard and Paula Lalor have operated their mixed enterprise farm since 1982. They specialise in growing cereal crops (wheat, oats, and spring beans), the growing of Irish Heritage Apple varieties in their orchard, keep sheep, and raise bronze turkeys.
This year, the annual St Vincent de Paul Church Gate Collection will take place in Edenderry on 11 and 12 December. The National Office in Dublin has said that the Society has received more calls for help this year than ever.
The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has announced new legislation to be published in the coming days, that will strengthen the monitoring and management of sex offenders, but a Mullingar woman, who was raped in her teens, believes improvements are still needed in the courts system.
