Loughnavalley-based livestock trading company Cows.ie exported Ireland’s first ever boat load of walk-on, walk-off in-calf dairy heifers from Waterford port on Thursday, 4 January.
Service sites for new businesses will reduce emigration from Mullingar, said Cllr Bill Collentine at a Mullingar–Kinnegad municipal district (MDMK) meeting on Monday, 8 January.
A number of students from Mullingar Community College competed in the national final of the Win Big schools song contest in Cavan Town Hall Theatre last Tuesday, 23 January.
Coláiste Muire teacher Eva Acton received an Excellence Award for her contribution to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition on Friday, 12 January.
After 37 years of service, Director of Midwifery at Mullingar Regional Hospital, Marie Corbett retired last Thursday, 18 January. “It was emotional after a lifetime there. It was lovely to work in my own local hospital,” Marie told Topic.
One in seven children in Ireland are living in poverty according to a new report by UNICEF. According to the new report, child poverty rates in Ireland fell by 19% between 2014 and 2021.
