http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/localauthority/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:30:07 +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/localauthority/ Fine Gael Mullingar East county councillor Peter Burke has said that in the first six months of this year less than a quarter of the capital allocation for school buildings has been spent by the Department of Education and Skills. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999649-department-cannot-spend-money-on-schools--burke/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999649-department-cannot-spend-money-on-schools--burke/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News A public meeting has been called by friends of Mullingar Arts Centre for Tuesday, September 7 at 8pm in the Arts Centre, to discuss a report commissioned by County Manager Danny McLoughlin, and written by Leitrim Arts Officer Caomhin Corrigan, which has called for the current board of directors to step down. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999660-public-meeting-called-to-save-community-arts-centre/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999660-public-meeting-called-to-save-community-arts-centre/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News An Taisce has voiced concerns about a serious litter problem along the banks of the Royal Canal in Mullingar, as the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Anti Litter League rankings were published on Monday last. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999503-mullingar-is-moderately-littered--ibal-rankings/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999503-mullingar-is-moderately-littered--ibal-rankings/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Poet, Marty Mulligan, and former Mullingar Town Council cathaoirleach, Ruth Illingworth, have said this week that a review carried into Mullingar’s Arts Centre is unfair, and inaccurate, and that it doesn’t reflect accurately the scale, nor the quality of the work going on at the venue. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999416-poet-and-councillor-speak-out-in-support-of-arts-centre-work/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999416-poet-and-councillor-speak-out-in-support-of-arts-centre-work/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News Centre director, Sean Lynch, is disappointed over the content of the review into Mullingar Arts Centre, which hasn’t, he feels, recognised adequately the value of the work carried out at the Centre. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999413-art-for-the-masses--not-just-the-classes-says-disappointed-arts-centre-director/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999413-art-for-the-masses--not-just-the-classes-says-disappointed-arts-centre-director/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News Plans for a multi-million euro advanced brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation centre outside Kinnegad have been withdrawn by the development consortium behind the project, the Westmeath Examiner has learned. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/14/3999194-plans-for-kinnegad-hospital-withdrawn/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/14/3999194-plans-for-kinnegad-hospital-withdrawn/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:01:00 +0100 News There were audible intakes of breath at a meeting of over 250 in the Bloomfield Hotel as photo montages were displayed showing how the landscape at Gaybrook will look if the proposed wind farm by Galetech receives the thumbs up from Westmeath County Council in September. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999183-wind-farm-a-blight-on-the-countryside/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999183-wind-farm-a-blight-on-the-countryside/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:01:00 +0100 News The proprietor of the local ‘Friends of Animals’ shelter at Cullionbeg, Mullingar, has hit out at a Tipperary-based animal rescue centre for collecting funds in Mullingar town. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999193-outoftown-animal-fundraisers-criticised/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999193-outoftown-animal-fundraisers-criticised/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Elected members of Westmeath County Council claimed over three quarters of a million euro in expenses during 2009, it was revealed this week. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999022-over-750k-pocketed-by-westmeath-councillors-in-2009/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999022-over-750k-pocketed-by-westmeath-councillors-in-2009/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News Budgetary constraints in Central Government mean that any plans to upgrade or extend Mullingar's Garda CCTV network have been "put on the long finger", it was revealed at last week's meeting of the Mullingar Joint Policing Committee (JPC). http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999018-mullingars-cctv-upgrade-is-on-the-long-finger/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999018-mullingars-cctv-upgrade-is-on-the-long-finger/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News There have been calls for Westmeath County Council to back a new playground project for Mullingar's eastern reaches. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999014-calls-for-playground-to-serve-eastern-mullingar/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999014-calls-for-playground-to-serve-eastern-mullingar/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News A park located off Mullingar's Harbour Bridge, which has been closed for a number of years, will be re-opened in the near future, it was announced at last week's meeting of Mullingar Town Council. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999012-park-at-harbour-bridge-to-reopen/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999012-park-at-harbour-bridge-to-reopen/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News At a recent meeting of Kilbeggan Area Committee, Cllr. Ger Corcoran as Westmeath County Council if it could make the school entrance safer. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999004-calls-for-more-works-to-be-done-at-loughnavalley-ns/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999004-calls-for-more-works-to-be-done-at-loughnavalley-ns/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News Town councillors in Mullingar have thrown their weight behind proposals for the opening of a "youth café" in Mullingar, at their monthly meeting in Market House last week. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3998992-political-support-for-youth-cafe/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3998992-political-support-for-youth-cafe/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News "Judging by how short this meeting was, I think it's fair to say Mullingar is a fairly sedate town," local councillor Mick Dollard said on the rise of last week's Mullingar Joint Policing Committee meeting. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3998990-politicians-clam-up-on-recent-violence/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3998990-politicians-clam-up-on-recent-violence/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News It's been an eventful week for Fine Gael councillor and one time election candidate, Peter Burke, who ascended to the chair of Westmeath County Council's Mullingar Area Committee on Monday last. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998564-double-celebration-for-chairman-burke/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998564-double-celebration-for-chairman-burke/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Town Councillors have called for tougher measures to deal with illegal parking at the Clonmore industrial estate. The question was raised by councillor Pat Collins at the body's June meeting and members agreed to write to the Gardaí to ask them to look into the problem. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998186-town-council-to-ask-garda-to-check-illegal-parking/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998186-town-council-to-ask-garda-to-check-illegal-parking/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Fianna Faíl councillor Ken Glynn has said that he would like to see a vice chair from his party sit on Mullingar Town Council in the next few years. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998184-fianna-fal-ask-to-share-the-chair-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998184-fianna-fal-ask-to-share-the-chair-/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Labour councillor Detty Cornally is the new cathaoirleach of Mullingar Town Council and leas cathaoirleach for the year will be Fine Gael councillor Peter Burke. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998182-cornally-takes-council-chair/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998182-cornally-takes-council-chair/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Westmeath County Council's Environment section has erected signs at Lough Ennell warning people not to swim in its waters - in a week when over two hundred people are set to swim there http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/16/3997888-toxic-bloom-on-ennell-as-county-is-shamed-in-blue-flag-race/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/16/3997888-toxic-bloom-on-ennell-as-county-is-shamed-in-blue-flag-race/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News The official opening of the latest phase of the town's new cycleways route on the Royal Canal between Harbour Bridge and the Dublin Bridge as part of Mullingar's Active Travel Project took place on Friday week, providing designated tow paths along the Royal Canal ready for cycling and walking. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/16/3997865-clearway-opens-for-cyclists-using-mullingars-roads/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/16/3997865-clearway-opens-for-cyclists-using-mullingars-roads/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News It was a hope-filled day for the Westmeath business community as Minister for Trade and Commerce, Billy Kelleher TD arrived at the Clonmore Industrial Estate to open a new Enterprise, Technology and Innovation Centre. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/16/3997862-ministers-praise-for-irelands-entrepreneurs/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/16/3997862-ministers-praise-for-irelands-entrepreneurs/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Westmeath County Council is clamping down on the owners of derelict buildings by imposing a three per cent levy until the properties are brought to an acceptable standard. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/03/3997495-council-to-clean-up-derelict-sites/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/03/3997495-council-to-clean-up-derelict-sites/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100 News Water levels on Lough Ennell are to be better managed for the benefit of all users, including the farmers, fisheries and boaters after a scheme to supply the Royal Canal from the lake is complete. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/03/3997491-water-levels-on-lough-ennell-to-be-stabilised/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/03/3997491-water-levels-on-lough-ennell-to-be-stabilised/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100 News Westmeath experienced mainly dry and sunny weather conditions this May after a relatively cool start the month which saw widespread groundfrost. Temperatures rose during the second half, with a spell of very warm weather between the 20th and 23rd. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/03/3997480-the-weather-for-may-was-dry-and-sunny-inwestmeath/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/03/3997480-the-weather-for-may-was-dry-and-sunny-inwestmeath/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100 News