Imagine the plight of a couple and their five children - aged from 6 to 16 years of age - all forced to live in a leaky and dilapidated mobile home at the bottom of a mucky garden, with absolutely no facilities, and who’ve been left in that awful predicament for over a year - while they’ve been unable to get a house from Westmeath County Council despite constant efforts, and felt forced to turn to Topic as a last resort?
Ireland has three sites listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list, but efforts are under way in Westmeath to increase that, and they want the Hill of Uisneach added as part of the Irish Royal Sites submission.
Westmeath manager Jack Cooney was effusive in his praise of his side’s display, following last Saturday’s National Football League (Division 2 North) encounter with Mayo at TEG Cusack Park.
Westmeath hurling manager Shane O’Brien was bitterly disappointed after his side slumped to a 33-point defeat to Cork in the Allianz League Division 1 game played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last Sunday afternoon.
The late Paddy Fenning’s fundraiser for motor neuron disease and homeless causes has passed the €100,000 milestone as the first anniversary of the well-known footballer and activist’s passing occurred.