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.
The proposed new local bus service for the town of Mullingar caused a lively discussion at Monday’s Municipal District Council meeting, with assurances sought that the proposed bus service will not involve buses through housing estates, and no definite indication as yet of when the service might begin.
On this Friday, 15 October, a group of 20 TY Students and 4 teachers from Mullingar Community College will spend the night sleeping out in the school grounds to ‘Shine A Light’ for Focus Ireland and in doing so, raise awareness of homelessness in Ireland.
At Monday’s Joint Policing Committee which was attended by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, the fact was clarified that Mullingar Garda Station will be the headquarters for the new amalgamation of the Meath and Westmeath divisions.
Mullingar people learned with great regret of the death on Thursday last, 7 October, at Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin of Mrs. Mona Caffrey (née Farrelly) of Caffrey’s Bar, Mount Street, Mullingar.
Last week, we recorded how, that after serving the community in the Killucan/Rathwire area for almost half a century, the Mulligans were retiring and Margaret Mulligan’s final day as Postmistress in Killucan Post office was on Friday, 1 October.
Raharney manager Brendan McKeogh is warning his players to be prepared for the Clonkill backlash should the sides meet again in the senior hurling final in four weeks’ time.
“Another slap in the face for rural Ireland” is how the closures last Friday by Bank of Ireland of 88 rural branches, including four in Westmeath - in Kinnegad, Moate, Castlepollard and Athlone (AIT) - have been described this week by Labour’s Cllr.
