http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/mullingar/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:23:34 +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/mullingar/ The Special Olympics European Games take place in Warsaw, from 18-24 September and flying the flag for Mullingar will be Ruth Geerah. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999636-mullingar-woman-will-be-flying-the-flag-at-special-olympics-european-games/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999636-mullingar-woman-will-be-flying-the-flag-at-special-olympics-european-games/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News The newly developed Mullingar Town Park will receive two pieces of public art during the month of September. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999662-sculptures-ready-for-town-park/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999662-sculptures-ready-for-town-park/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Midlands Simon Community helps people to move out of homelessness by providing a range of services and supports from Emergency Accommodation, supporting people to source a home, assisting people to move into their new home and ongoing supports to enable people maintain their new home, and move out of homelessness. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999656-midlands-simon-community-moves-to-help-homeless/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999656-midlands-simon-community-moves-to-help-homeless/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Gardaí in Mullingar continue to investigate the upsurge in burglaries involving copper wire after two reels of copper, valued at €10,000, were stolen from the Lynn Industrial Estate on Thursday. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999647-10k-of-copper-wire-stolen/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999647-10k-of-copper-wire-stolen/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News The Mullingar and District Gardening Club Annual Flower Show took place on Sunday last at O’Meara’s Pavillion, Gaybrook, Mullingar. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999640-standards-high-at-sundrenched-flower-show/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999640-standards-high-at-sundrenched-flower-show/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Neil Selby lost his job but found a new way of earning a living - one that makes him much happier, he told Olga Aughey this week. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999634-portrait-of-an-artist--neil-selby/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999634-portrait-of-an-artist--neil-selby/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Mullingar has a new point of reference for its native sports fanatics, as a fabulous new audio-visual experience debuts at Cosgrove’s Sports Bar at 40 Dominick Place. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999682-cosgroves-sports-bar-the-sports-fans-audiovisual-dream/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999682-cosgroves-sports-bar-the-sports-fans-audiovisual-dream/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +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 Rebecca de Havaland is the author of “His name is Rebecca” , a book launched just this week in Dublin. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999657-his-name-is-rebecca-tells-story-of-mullingar-sexchange-hairdresser/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999657-his-name-is-rebecca-tells-story-of-mullingar-sexchange-hairdresser/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News The Roma Café has been an integral part of Mullingar life for as long as I can remember, but today, Wednesday, September 1 is a very special day for the Toselli family who own the Italian chipper on Mullingar’s Mount Street, as they are celebrating forty years in business! http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999635-roma-cafeacute-celebrating-40-years-in-business/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999635-roma-cafeacute-celebrating-40-years-in-business/ 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 The new Junior Academy for the Performing Arts is starting up in the Mullingar Arts Centre on September 11. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999498-new-junior-academy-starting-in-mullingar-arts-centre/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999498-new-junior-academy-starting-in-mullingar-arts-centre/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Two premises which were operated by Christy Sleator & Sons Ltd. in Mullingar, have been put up for sale by the receiver appointed to the firm in May of this year, Paul Wyse, of Smith & Williamson Freaney Ltd. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999490-sleators-premises-put-up-for-sale-by-receiver/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999490-sleators-premises-put-up-for-sale-by-receiver/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News A member of a Mullingar writing group who was inspired to put pen to paper is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Marian Keyes and Cecelia Ahern following the unveiling of her first novel at the launch of Culture Night 2010 in Dublin on August 18. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999489-mullingar-writer-has-her-first-novel-published/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999489-mullingar-writer-has-her-first-novel-published/ 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 Ireland’s largest and longest motorcycle event, the Annual Axa/Aon Across Ireland race will take place in August for the 11th consecutive year. The chosen charity for 2010 is Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Ireland., and once again AXA and AON have set out to organise a super weekend of biking, http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999320-eastenders-actor-joining-bike-trip-through-town/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999320-eastenders-actor-joining-bike-trip-through-town/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News Mullingar’s Christy Corroon is making his fifth trip to South Africa this November for the Niall Mellon Building Blitz, and his fourth in a row. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999314-mullingars-mellon-man/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999314-mullingars-mellon-man/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News This year we are breaking away from the traditional opening ceremony where there will be no parade and no speeches. The Youth Committee who are organising this event would like to invite all the children in the county to the Community Games Opening Ceremony on this Friday, August 13th in the AIT, Athlone at 5.45pm in the all weather pitch. Children and adults will assemble for a Jamboree where entertainment will be provided by a D.J. and a number of acts will perform from a specially erected stage. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/14/3999165-all-roads-lead-to-athlone-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/14/3999165-all-roads-lead-to-athlone-/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:01:00 +0100 News For the next few weeks local businessman Rashid Butt will be busy fund raising for his tragedy stricken native Pakistan, before taking the proceeds to South Punjab by himself, where he plans to stay and help for at least three months. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999181-rashid-to-sell-car-to-help-flood--relief-in-pakistan-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999181-rashid-to-sell-car-to-help-flood--relief-in-pakistan-/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:01:00 +0100 News Residents living in the Grange area of Mullingar have been living in fear over the past fortnight, as gangs of young people have been discharging pellet guns indiscriminately in the area. The matter came to a head on Friday evening last when a local woman was left traumatised after two teenage boys entered her home and fired a series of pellets at her. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999178-pellet-gun-fired-at-woman-in-own-home/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999178-pellet-gun-fired-at-woman-in-own-home/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:01:00 +0100 News The Health Service Executive has taken steps to ensure that care services at the St. Mary’s Care Centre, Mullingar have been brought up to speed with statutory requirements, following a report in April which revealed that agency staff working at the centre had not been Garda vetted. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999192-agency-staff-at-st-marys-were-not-vetted/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999192-agency-staff-at-st-marys-were-not-vetted/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Members of the Mullingar Credit Union have been targeted by fraudsters hoping to trick them into handing over their account details. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999190-warning-over-hoax-credit-union-emails-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999190-warning-over-hoax-credit-union-emails-/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News To bemused onlookers who might have seen snow falling over Columb Barracks in Mullingar on Saturday last, they’d be forgiven for thinking it was global warming gone wrong! http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999186-snow-in-columb-barracks-in-august/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999186-snow-in-columb-barracks-in-august/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Mullingar’s very own BuyLo will open in Mullingar this week and promises shoppers aisles and aisles of low cost goodies http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999184-get-ready-for-bargains-at-buylo/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999184-get-ready-for-bargains-at-buylo/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News