http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/aroundthecounty/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:20 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 78 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/wme_logo_500x75.png http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/aroundthecounty/ Local funeral directors in Westmeath are "greatly upset" at plans to withdraw embalming services at the Mullingar's General Hospital Mortuary, the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD has been told. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995427-undertakers-furious-as-hse-axes-embalming-facilities/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995427-undertakers-furious-as-hse-axes-embalming-facilities/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News With the March 21 Delvin St. Patrick's Festival Parade fast approaching, the committee and volunteers organising the event are in their final stages of preparations. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995426-finishing-touches-being-put-to-delvin-parade-plans/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995426-finishing-touches-being-put-to-delvin-parade-plans/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News A claim by the Irish Nurses and Midwives' Organisation (INMO) that clinical nurse specialists working for the HSE in the midlands should be paid for the time they spend on the phone at weekends to patients' relatives has failed to succeed. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995413-palliative-nurses-fail-in-bid-to-get-paid-for-out-of-hours-duties/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995413-palliative-nurses-fail-in-bid-to-get-paid-for-out-of-hours-duties/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News The Choir from Wilson's Hospital School took part in the All-Ireland Choral Grand Final held in Macroom, County Cork on Friday, February 26. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995406-wilsons-hospital-school-choir-in-allireland-final/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995406-wilsons-hospital-school-choir-in-allireland-final/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Historic victories from 1954 and 1959 were celebrated by Kilbeggan Shamrocks, at an event held in Locke's Distillery on Sunday. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995405-celebrating-the-shamrocks-in-kilbeggan/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995405-celebrating-the-shamrocks-in-kilbeggan/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News An athlete from Ballymore is this week entering his final week of preparations before heading to Morocco to take part in the gruelling "Marathon Des Sables", a six day run across the Sahara Desert, in what is described as the toughest footrace in the world. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/05/3995328-local-man-steeling-himself-for-sahara-run/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/05/3995328-local-man-steeling-himself-for-sahara-run/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:33:00 +0000 News Most new mums require a 'period of adjustment' when their little bundles of joy finally arrive. But, what if instead of one little bundle, the stork dropped off two or three or even four? http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995320-multiple-birth-families-twinning-for-support/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995320-multiple-birth-families-twinning-for-support/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 News New figures out this week show that between 2007 and 2008 drug use appears to have shot up in Westmeath - but the number of thefts, robberies and criminal damage fell significantly, as did the rate of drink driving. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995316-shock-garda-figures-show-massive-rise-in-drug-use-locally/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995316-shock-garda-figures-show-massive-rise-in-drug-use-locally/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 News Some good news for the Kilbeggan area- Westmeath County Council has granted planning permission for a one-stop medical centre on the Tullamore Road in Kilbeggan. After more than a year of shouldering closures and having borne the side-effects of the bypass, the news will be welcome in a town which is in need of an economic boost. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995311-kilbeggan-to-get-stateoftheart-medical-centre-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995311-kilbeggan-to-get-stateoftheart-medical-centre-/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 News A tin whistle player from Ballymahon Road, Mullingar was delighted to win the Senior Solo Instrument category of the All Ireland Pioneer Readoiri Competition in Limerick on Sunday, writes Glyn Semple. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995310-stacey-is-whistling-her-way-to-the-top/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995310-stacey-is-whistling-her-way-to-the-top/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 News Theatre-going audiences in Florida have been getting an insight into life in Westmeath - at first hand. And they're loving what they're hearing. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995214-telling-florida-all-about-westmeath/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995214-telling-florida-all-about-westmeath/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 News "What I absolutely love about living in Delvin is that if I got an Oscar on Thursday and I sold ten bullocks on Friday, they would be much more interested in the price of me bullocks than the Oscar, and I love that. "I treasure being from Delvin, I think I'd be a basket case if I wasn't because I think our industry is loopy." http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995213-well-holy-god-its-mary-mcevoy/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995213-well-holy-god-its-mary-mcevoy/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 News Last Saturday night in The Downs GAA Centre another Westmeath Scor Sinsear final was decided and like all Lake County Scor finals this one turned out to be what all Scor followers within the county expected it to be, a real thriller. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995200-shamrocks-dominate-in-thrilling-scr-sinsear-finals/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995200-shamrocks-dominate-in-thrilling-scr-sinsear-finals/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000 News On Monday of last week, Westmeath County Council chairman Fintan Cooney officiated at the inaugural Rural Housing Design Award Ceremony at the County Buildings, Mullingar. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/3995219-winners-of-westmeaths-first-rural-design-awards-announced/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/3995219-winners-of-westmeaths-first-rural-design-awards-announced/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:22:49 +0000 News Rahugh Drama Group's members are currently busy at rehearsals for this year's play the hilarious, "It runs in the family" by Ray Cooney. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/3995038-its-all-relative-for-rahugh-group/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/3995038-its-all-relative-for-rahugh-group/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Members of the Midlands Industrial Wind Turbine Action Group are calling on all residents to have their say and make a submission on the proposed development of a 12-turbine wind farm at Gaybrook before the closing date - Thursday, March 4 at 4pm. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/3995033-closing-date-looms-for-windfarm-submissions/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/3995033-closing-date-looms-for-windfarm-submissions/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News It may come as a bolt from the blue for auctioneers, builders and indeed everybody suffering in the midst of the economic recession, but Westmeath's population looks set to skyrocket over the next six years - creating a demand for thousands of new housing units in this county alone. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/3995049-mra-figures-leave-councillors-bemused/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/3995049-mra-figures-leave-councillors-bemused/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000 News Mullingar mayor Ruth Illingworth has hit back hard at criticism levelled at her by local republicans following recent comments she made about a Republican Sinn Féin protest in the town centre. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995056-semiliterate-illmannered-evil-garbage-vermin/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995056-semiliterate-illmannered-evil-garbage-vermin/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:12:00 +0000 News Mullingar Hospital surpassed its outpatient target by just under 40 per cent last year, figures released in Tullamore on Tuesday to members of the Health Services Executive Dublin Mid Leinster (DML) area, reveal. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995044-hospitals-2009-outpatient-rate-was-40-per-cent-above-target/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995044-hospitals-2009-outpatient-rate-was-40-per-cent-above-target/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News The money promised to the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar for its top-of-the-league performance in terms of casemix in 2009, is still not coming this year to the hospital as a separate fund, it has emerged. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995043-hospitals-casemix-reward-to-be-part-of-budget--hse/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995043-hospitals-casemix-reward-to-be-part-of-budget--hse/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News The Bishop of Meath, Most Rev. Dr. Michael Smith, has moved to underline the importance of last week's two-day meeting between Irish bishops, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI and senior members of the Curia. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995042-diocese-awaits-popes-pastoral-letter-after-honest-rome-talks/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995042-diocese-awaits-popes-pastoral-letter-after-honest-rome-talks/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Jack O'Sullivan who operates an environmental consultancy agency at Tullynally Castle has been appointed to an illustrious panel of experts charged with the task of overhauling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995039-westmeath-businessman-in-government-role/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995039-westmeath-businessman-in-government-role/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Westmeath County Council has received a €4 million boost for work on the Clonmore and Robinstown Link Roads, and further funding for road and footpath repairs following the cold snap, as part of €12 million in regional and local roads grants announced by the Department of Transport this week. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995036-836412m-roads-boost-for-westmeath/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995036-836412m-roads-boost-for-westmeath/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Fine Gael senator Nicky McFadden has begun hammering at a question that has annoyed staff at St. Loman's Hospital in Mullingar for some time: "where's the money gone?" http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995032-wheres-the-money-gone-mcfadden-asks-of-st-lomans-land-sale-funds/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995032-wheres-the-money-gone-mcfadden-asks-of-st-lomans-land-sale-funds/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Westmeath people could end up paying carbon tax at a rate 11 times greater than Dublin residents, due to the lack of public transport options locally, a Westmeath Labour Councillor has warned this week. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995025-carbon-tax-could-cost-westmeath-residents-more-than-dubliners/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995025-carbon-tax-could-cost-westmeath-residents-more-than-dubliners/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News