Nine people from Westmeath were honoured for their blood donor milestones at an awards ceremony hosted by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) in Kells on Sunday, 26 May.
Gardaí caught a motorist travelling at 190km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N4 Mullingar during a Garda road safety operation over the June bank holiday weekend.
A brand new music festival called The Good Folk Festival will take place at Canton Caseys in Mullingar on the June bank holiday weekend from Wednesday, 29 May to Sunday, 2 June.
Former Coláiste Mhuire student Max Robinson was honoured for receiving the joint-highest score in the country in the Leaving Cert Design and Communications Graphics (DCG) exam on Thursday, 23 May.
Minister Peter Burke and Cllr Tom Farrell gave Belgian Ambassador Karen Van Vlierberge a tour of Westmeath during her visit on Friday, 10 May to mark Europe Day.
A third of Irish teens go to single-sex schools but new research by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) shows most would rather be in co-ed schools.
