http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/people/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:51:09 +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/people/ When George Lambden retired from Westmeath County Council on Friday last, over four decades of experience in local government walked out the door of the County Buildings in Mullingar. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/12/3995400-george-will-miss-the-cut-and-thrust-of-local-government-role/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/12/3995400-george-will-miss-the-cut-and-thrust-of-local-government-role/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Peter McEvoy owes the sight in his left eye to his wife's insistence that he had a check up. Peter a 43-year-old, originally from Mullingar but now living in Ballinalack, had been experiencing foggy vision in his left eye since Christmas 2008. Peter thought that he would just have to live with blurred vision but his wife convinced him to have an eye examination at the Specsavers store. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995420-simple-test-saves-mullingar-mans-eyesight/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995420-simple-test-saves-mullingar-mans-eyesight/ 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 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 Time is of the essence for 16-year-old Mullingar girl Natasha Dyer who needs to raise €22,000 in just six weeks if she is to have a vital operation in Germany which will save her hearing. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995047-german-op-only-hope-to-save-brave-tashas-hearing/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995047-german-op-only-hope-to-save-brave-tashas-hearing/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:12:00 +0000 News Up and coming artist David Dunne from Mullingar opens his first solo exhibition titled "Icons" in The Bad Art Gallery on Dublin's Francis Street on March 4. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995023-david-dunne-set-for-debut-solo-art-show/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995023-david-dunne-set-for-debut-solo-art-show/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:09:00 +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 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 Way up high, above the crowds that on a daily basis throng the Harbour Place shopping centre in Mullingar, there's an office full of high-tech high-spec equipment, and if some morning between 9.30 a.m. and 12 noon, you see a man sitting up there talking away, you're looking at Will Faulkner, the face behind the voice that presents Midlands 103's flagship "Midlands Today" programme. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995021-midlands-103-back-in-its-mullingar-studio/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995021-midlands-103-back-in-its-mullingar-studio/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Hairdresser Joy Kennedy is only one week into a month of living with purple and green hair, she will have to wait until just after St Patrick's Day to return to being a blonde bombshell after she agreed to take the plunge for charity. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995041-joy-to-keep-her-new-green-barnet-til-paddys-day-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995041-joy-to-keep-her-new-green-barnet-til-paddys-day-/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 News The exact cause of death of the popular young Strabane man, Tony Kelly, who was found dead at his home in Mullingar on Monday, won't be clear until the Inquest into his death is held. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994851-murder-ruled-out-in-suspicious-mullingar-death/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994851-murder-ruled-out-in-suspicious-mullingar-death/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:57:00 +0000 News It took some time before word filtered out onto the streets of Mullingar over the course of Monday, that there had been a tragedy locally. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994846-news-of-tragic-death-was-slow-to-leak-out/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994846-news-of-tragic-death-was-slow-to-leak-out/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News An eleven year old Mullingar girl has been selected as a mascot representing Everton in their upcoming game against Manchester United at Goodison Park this weekend. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994842-emma-to-line-out-as-everton-mascot-this-weekend/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994842-emma-to-line-out-as-everton-mascot-this-weekend/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Forty days of Lent begin with Ash Wednesday this week and Bishop Smith is encouraging parishes to support the annual Trócaire appeal. "Reaching out to our brothers and sisters in need is a visible expression of faith", the Bishop explains. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994832-parish-website-and-facebook-page-set-for-lent-launch/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994832-parish-website-and-facebook-page-set-for-lent-launch/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News "My father was a farmer, my grandfather had a shop in the village. My uncles and aunts used to come and visit us, and the children of the village used to come around and we used to play and the family was very much liked in the village. If anybody wanted to know anything, they would ask my father or grandfather." http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994829-bergen-belsen-camp-was-hell-on-earth-survivor-tells-mullingar-audience/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994829-bergen-belsen-camp-was-hell-on-earth-survivor-tells-mullingar-audience/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Tony Kelly was a popular young man. Typical of today's young people, he had vast numbers of friends, and through his Facebook page, kept contact with pals in his native Northern Ireland; around Mullingar - and further afield as well. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/3994850-tributes-flow-for-man-who-touched-the-hearts-of-everyone/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/3994850-tributes-flow-for-man-who-touched-the-hearts-of-everyone/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Friends of the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar are in the middle of a major campaign to fundraise €250,000 to upgrade the current CT scanning facilities in the hospital and are holding a Black Tie Masquerade Ball in the Mullingar Park Hotel on Saturday, February 27. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994658-masquerade-ball-fundraiser/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994658-masquerade-ball-fundraiser/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:41:00 +0000 News Kay and Pearse Murphy were in sparkling form on Friday night - and so were the dozens of friends and relations who turned up at the Annebrook House Hotel with them to celebrate the couple's sixtieth wedding anniversary. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994656-sixty-years-on-its-a-diamond-event-for-kay-and-pearse/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994656-sixty-years-on-its-a-diamond-event-for-kay-and-pearse/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News There's less than six weeks to go to the St. Patrick's Day parades - and the organisers of the Mullingar event are appealing to local clubs, schools, community groups, entertainers, organisations and businesses to participate in the parade - not to mention http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994654-call-for-st-pats-parade-entries/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994654-call-for-st-pats-parade-entries/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Thousands of books are being sought for a book fair which fundraisers from the Delvin area hope will be the Midlands' biggest ever event of its type, it has been announced. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994650-delvin-seeks-20000-books-for-midlands-largest-book-fair/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994650-delvin-seeks-20000-books-for-midlands-largest-book-fair/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News When Kilbeggan man Pat Bohan came out of an operation which removed three-quarters of his right lung, the surgeon told him that he could count survivors of lung cancer on one hand. Pat is well aware that he is one of the very few lucky ones who were struck down with one of the most deadly forms of cancer and survived. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994647-every-day-is-a-bonus/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994647-every-day-is-a-bonus/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News