http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/meatheast/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:27:04 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 75 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/mc_logo_500x75.png http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/meatheast/ The HSE has taken the decision that with immediate effect all acute/emergency surgery will cease at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. It says the decision has been made in the interest of providing the highest quality of service to patients and following expert clinical advice. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999748-acute-and-emergency-surgery-at-navan-hospital-ended/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999748-acute-and-emergency-surgery-at-navan-hospital-ended/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:56:03 +0100 News Gaelscoil Ráth Tó, the unofficial Irish-language primary school for Ratoath, opened its doors on Monday, without State recognition or funding from the Government. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999707-new-ratoath-gaelscoil-opens-despite-lack-of-official-recognition/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999707-new-ratoath-gaelscoil-opens-despite-lack-of-official-recognition/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:59:14 +0100 News Comments by a leading social and economic commentator criticising the proposals for the Slane bypass have caused an angry reaction locally. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999717-powerful-forces-from-outside-county-trying-to-sabotage-bypass/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999717-powerful-forces-from-outside-county-trying-to-sabotage-bypass/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:55:20 +0100 News Meath County Council was the proud recipient of a piece of the heritage of Slane when the Marquess Conyngham, Henry Mountcharles, gifted the Cavan Row Cottages in the village to the council last week. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999739-cavan-row-cottages-promise-heartbeat-for-slane-village/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999739-cavan-row-cottages-promise-heartbeat-for-slane-village/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:43:05 +0100 News A new Irish language book on chess will be launched at the weekend by international chess player, Úna " Boyle, a native of Duleek. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999737-local-champ-to-launch-book-on-chess-in-irish/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999737-local-champ-to-launch-book-on-chess-in-irish/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:42:34 +0100 News The floods which recently devastated Pakistan, leading to a massive humanitarian disaster, holds particular concern for a number of Meath residents - some natives of that country and others who are working there. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999515-ashbourne-priest-returning-to-pakistan-to-aid-flood-ravaged-parish/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999515-ashbourne-priest-returning-to-pakistan-to-aid-flood-ravaged-parish/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:58:19 +0100 News 'Ireland's Biggest Coffee Morning' is fast approaching on September 16th and East Meath Hospice Association has appealed to people to dig deep this year to maintain their local hospice service. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999554-east-meath-hospice-seeks-support-for-coffee-morning/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999554-east-meath-hospice-seeks-support-for-coffee-morning/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:44:04 +0100 News High profile Gaelic players such as Tadgh Kennelly and Setanta " hAilpín have had to go Down Under to play Australian Rules football, but Irish footballers may no longer have to go as far for Aussie rules as the inaugural European Championships in the sport has just taken place. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999563-ratoath-warrior-helps-ireland-to-aussie-rules-european-title/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999563-ratoath-warrior-helps-ireland-to-aussie-rules-european-title/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:43:21 +0100 News Thousands of people attended the third annual Lady Well Fete, which took place in brilliant sunshine at Slane Castle on Sunday. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999332-lady-well-celebrated-in-slane/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999332-lady-well-celebrated-in-slane/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:51:19 +0100 News A row of old cottages in Slane is to handed over the Meath County Council next Monday by Lord Henry Mountcharles. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999338-slane-workers-cottages-to-be-tourism-and-heritage-centre/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999338-slane-workers-cottages-to-be-tourism-and-heritage-centre/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:45:08 +0100 News Residents of Bettystown were in shock this week following a gangland-style shooting in a popular local public house. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999242-man-injured--in-ganglandstyle-attack-in-local-pub/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999242-man-injured--in-ganglandstyle-attack-in-local-pub/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:54:06 +0100 News Tourism Minister Mary Hanafin was in Slane on Sunday to formally launch the Slane Historic Trail, a self-guided historical tour of Slane Village developed by Meath County Council, Meath Tourism and the Slane Historic and Tourism Committees over the past number of months. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999226-new-slane-historic-trail-a-welcome-addition-to-village/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999226-new-slane-historic-trail-a-welcome-addition-to-village/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:51:08 +0100 News Many students living in the catchment area of Colaiste na hInse in Laytown will not be entitled to avail of school transport from the Department of Education because they live just under three miles from the school. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999240-many-students-cannot-avail-of-buses-to-new-school/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999240-many-students-cannot-avail-of-buses-to-new-school/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:50:04 +0100 News The third annual Lady Well Fete at Slane Castle will take place this Sunday, 15th August. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999233-third-lady-well-fete-to-take-place-in-grounds-of-slane-castle/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999233-third-lady-well-fete-to-take-place-in-grounds-of-slane-castle/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:48:09 +0100 News High-profile Meath jockey Paul Carberry is the subject of the fifth programme in RTE's 'This Sporting Life' series, to be aired on Thursday 26th August. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999286-carberry-on-this-sporting-life/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999286-carberry-on-this-sporting-life/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:42:29 +0100 News A Meath councillor has called for the An Taisce organisation to be "stood down" pending an inquiry into its affairs after it was disclosed that it had accepted sizeable corporate donations, including a €5,000 contribution to its funds from the Indaver waste management company, which is building an incinerator at Carranstown, Duleek. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999080-an-taisce-accepts-83645000-indaver-donation/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999080-an-taisce-accepts-83645000-indaver-donation/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:00:04 +0100 News A young man is in a stable condition at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda after jumping 25 feet from a burning third-floor apartment in Duleek yesterday (Tuesday) morning. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999085-duleek-man-leaps-for-life-from-blazing-apartment/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999085-duleek-man-leaps-for-life-from-blazing-apartment/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:58:46 +0100 News The contract to build the new Colaiste na hInse in Laytown has been signed by the Department of Education and Elliott Sammon Construction Ltd. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999101-historic-day-as-colaiste-na-hinse-contract-signed/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999101-historic-day-as-colaiste-na-hinse-contract-signed/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:45:05 +0100 News A Meath County Council official has offered to bus residents of a Laytown housing estate - who have doubts about a planned council refurbishment scheme - to Kells and Navan to view "showpiece" estates where the council has already carried out intensive refurbishment. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998842-council-plan-to-bus-laytown-residents-to-view-showpiece-houses/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998842-council-plan-to-bus-laytown-residents-to-view-showpiece-houses/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:20 +0100 News Teenagers who have been identified as causing damage at the Riverwalk in Ratoath are being invited to come forward with their ideas for the riverwalk. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998845-antisocial-teens-asked-for-ideas-on-ratoath-riverwalk/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998845-antisocial-teens-asked-for-ideas-on-ratoath-riverwalk/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:49:17 +0100 News A packed room of parents and children from Ratoath were informed and entertained at last week's open evening to publicise Gaelscoil Ráth Tó (Ratoath Gaelscoil) which will be opening for classes in Ratoath Community Centre on 30th August. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998846-sports-stars-at-gaelscoils-open-evening-/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998846-sports-stars-at-gaelscoils-open-evening-/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:48:03 +0100 News The National Roads Authority (NRA) was given a sharp reminder at the Slane Electoral Area Committee meeting of Meath County Council that it has a duty to repair potholes on the southern approach to Slane Bridge. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998849-call-to-repair-potholes-on-approach-to-slane-bridge/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998849-call-to-repair-potholes-on-approach-to-slane-bridge/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:46:45 +0100 News A plan by Meath County Council to build a new playground in Stamullen was withdrawn at a meeting of the Slane Electoral Area Committee of the council in the face of fierce opposition from residents of the village and from the area's councillors. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998852-pressure-forces-uturn-on-stamullen-playground/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998852-pressure-forces-uturn-on-stamullen-playground/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:44:12 +0100 News Aerial photographs which purport to show hundreds of scrapped cars piled up on land along the route of the N2 were shown to Meath councillors this week to back up serious allegations of unauthorised commercial developments on lands near the road. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998711-cllrs-fury-over-explosion-of-unauthorised-develoment/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998711-cllrs-fury-over-explosion-of-unauthorised-develoment/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:57:11 +0100 News The country's first municipal waste incinerator at Carranstown, Duleek, will open next year as planned and is unlikley to be affected by the Environment Minister's proposal to set a cap of 30 per cent on the incineration of municipal waste, according to John Ahern of Indaver, the company developing the facility. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998736-controversial-incinerator-to-open-next-year-as-planned-indaver/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998736-controversial-incinerator-to-open-next-year-as-planned-indaver/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:49:22 +0100 News