Friday, April 19, 2024

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Club Focus: Mullingar Shamrocks’ outstanding record

Founded 1953, Mullingar Shamrocks have the longest unbroken stretch at senior level in Westmeath, which is a remarkable achievement.

Hope is coming from Italy…

by Paul O’Donovan Last week Chantel De Seta, a Mullingar woman (nee Brady), living with her husband and child in Lombardy, an hour east of...

Amid Covid-19 crisis, local man warns Ireland is too lax

As the Covid-19 crisis takes hold here, a well known Westmeath man back from Spain last Saturday, believes we’ll struggle to find the resources...

Ireland’s Showband expert speaks in Mullingar

Westmeath Archaeological and historical society hosted a most unusual lecture in the Greville Arms Hotel on Wednesday last Ireland’s foremost expert on The Showband era,...

Foster and Allen duo feature on BBC’s “Pointless”

Claire Corrigan Legendary Westmeath musical duo, Foster and Allen starred on an Ireland-themed edition of BBC1's Pointless, a quiz in which contestants try to...

Shane MacGowan back in the studio with Cronin

By Claire Corrigan It was revealed last week that Shane MacGowan has returned to the studio for the first time in nearly a decade to...

This home has five bedrooms, a games room and it’s own bar!

Every so often a property comes to the market that just ticks all the boxes. When it comes to buying a property, individuals can...

Manchán Magan meets Prince William and Kate Middleton

By Claire Corrigan Princess Diana was known as the People’s Princess and it seems that both her son and daughter-in-law, the Duke and Duchess...

Killian Doyle performance key to Westmeath hurlers’ victory

Killian Doyle produced a stunning performance last Sunday as Westmeath secured a 1-17 to 2-8 victory over Carlow to retain their Division One status for next year.

Local author astonished by ban of post to China

By Sean O Domhnaill Prominent Mullingar author Jack Kiernan from Great Oaks, was intrigued as if by one of his own true-crime stories on Monday...