http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/people/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:22:44 +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/ 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 A Westmeath mum has raised a staggering €3,400 for the “Make-A-Wish” foundation and hopes the money will offer a seriously ill child and their family the same hope the foundation gave her family. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999659-fundraising-for-wishes/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999659-fundraising-for-wishes/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Multyfarnham’s Mary Daly showed Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan she was up to speed with her computer skills at the launch of a new website for Active Retirement Ireland http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999651-multy-resident-up-to-speed-with-technology/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999651-multy-resident-up-to-speed-with-technology/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News 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 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 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 As the Order of St. Camillus celebrates 75 years in Ireland, Paul Hughes talked to Killucan-based Fr. Frank Monks MI about life in service to God and to the sick http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999496-healing-through-humanity/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999496-healing-through-humanity/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Fifty years ago, Peggy Scally watched as her husband Tom left Ireland as part of the “pathfinders”, a pioneering group of Irish soldiers who started a five-decades old tradition of Irish peacekeeping missions overseas. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999494-peggys-husband-was-one-of-irelands-first-in-the-congo/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999494-peggys-husband-was-one-of-irelands-first-in-the-congo/ 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 On Saturday September 4 professional models from across the country will join with us ordinary folk to put on a fashion show in aid of the flood victims of Pakistan. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999399-mullingar-leads-the-way-with-fashion-aid/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999399-mullingar-leads-the-way-with-fashion-aid/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News On July 7, 25 year old Paul Moran from Multyfarnham got up on a bicycle in Boston, and began the first leg of his cycle all the way across America - to San Francisco – a journey of almost 3,000 miles. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999394-pauls-usa-coast-to-coast-bike-trip-is-to-help-cancer-society/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999394-pauls-usa-coast-to-coast-bike-trip-is-to-help-cancer-society/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News Rosemount priest Fr Tony Gavin is no fan of heights. Despite this, he will soon be dropped from the sky at an altitude of 13,000 feet. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999317-rosemount-priest-gearing-up-to-do-parachute-jump/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999317-rosemount-priest-gearing-up-to-do-parachute-jump/ 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 Two people in their late teens and early twenties have been charged in relation to a spate of burglaries which took place in the Mullingar and Delvin areas throughout the week. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999189-daytime-burglars-arrested-and-charged-in-delvin/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999189-daytime-burglars-arrested-and-charged-in-delvin/ Wed, 11 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 In a somewhat roundabout way, it could be argued that but for Spanish golfer, Seve Ballesteros, the 32 County Marathon challenge - just completed by Mullingar men Gerry Duffy and Ken Whitelaw - would never have happened. Eilís Ryan got the inside story from the Marathon Men themselves this week.... http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999164-kings-of-the-road/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999164-kings-of-the-road/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Imagine the adrenaline rush of following tornados across America every summer just for fun! Not many would have the courage nor the gumption to do such a thing, but student meteorologist Paul Downes is doing just that and assures us that it's nothing like the film 'Twister'. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3998988-paul-is-chasing-storms-across-the-usa/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3998988-paul-is-chasing-storms-across-the-usa/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News 'We were short on weaponry' claims vet http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998830-local-veterans-celebrate-first-ever-congo-trip/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998830-local-veterans-celebrate-first-ever-congo-trip/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:00:00 +0100 News Despite the effects of the recession, Ilia Tapas, Gourmet and Coffee are managing to stay afloat. In the last few years Julie also became the happy wife of business man Joe Shields. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998795-julie-to-lead-chamber-in-fight-against-recession-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998795-julie-to-lead-chamber-in-fight-against-recession-/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:01:00 +0100 News The Ballymore man who recently completed the toughest foot race on the planet - the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara desert - raised almost double his target for the children's charity, Barnardos. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998533-ballymore-mans-desert-run-raises-836418k-for-charity/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998533-ballymore-mans-desert-run-raises-836418k-for-charity/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News The Ballymore man who recently completed the toughest foot race on the planet - the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara desert - raised almost double his target for the children's charity, Barnardos. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998532-ballymore-mans-desert-run-raises-836418k-for-charity/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998532-ballymore-mans-desert-run-raises-836418k-for-charity/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News It's been a few summers since artist Kevin Flood graduated but this year he is going back to school and hopes to take 10 eager students with him. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998517-back-to-school-for-artist-kevin-flood/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998517-back-to-school-for-artist-kevin-flood/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Tuesday 20 July is a very special day for Mullingar classical composer, Gerry Murphy when his very latest work, entitled "Ge La Musique du chant du monde" will be performed for the very first time by The RTE Symphony Orchestra in The National Concert Hall in Dublin. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998516-local-composers-new-work-to-debut-at-national-concert-hall/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998516-local-composers-new-work-to-debut-at-national-concert-hall/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News Six months on and The Blizzards, who took a break from music back in December, say they have no immediate plans to get back together, but have not ruled out making a record early next year. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/07/3998378-new-blizzards-album-next-year/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/07/3998378-new-blizzards-album-next-year/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100 News