http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:38:09 +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/ It's no surprise that the Government has decided to increase to 68 the age at which workers will, in the future, become entitled to the state Old Age Pension. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/13/3995428-a-lot-of-questions-about-the-governments-pensions-plan/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/13/3995428-a-lot-of-questions-about-the-governments-pensions-plan/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News A new committee has been formed to carry the flag for the campaign to secure a new secondary school for Kinnegad. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/12/3995404-new-committee-to-push-for-kinnegad-secondary-school/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/12/3995404-new-committee-to-push-for-kinnegad-secondary-school/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News 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 It's no surprise that the Government has decided to increase to 68 the age at which workers will, in the future, become entitled to the state Old Age Pension. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995529-a-lot-of-questions-about-the-governments-pensions-plan/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995529-a-lot-of-questions-about-the-governments-pensions-plan/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:00 +0000 News Westmeath County Council has received 336 objections to the planning application lodged by the Cavan firm Galetech for permission to build a 12 turbine windfarm at Gaybrook. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995430-windfarm-plan-attracts-over-300-objections/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995430-windfarm-plan-attracts-over-300-objections/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Rumours of a split among Fine Gael's Mullingar branch members have been strenuously denied, amid reports this week that the party is facing a mass walkout by its supporters in the Mullingar area. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995429-rumours-of-mullingar-fine-gael-split-strenuously-denied/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995429-rumours-of-mullingar-fine-gael-split-strenuously-denied/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News 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 Seachtain na Gaeilge is an annual celebration of Irish culture, heritage and language, and while called a "seachtain" (week) it actually began last Friday and runs until Wednesday March 17 at Mullingar Library, where there is a mixture of music nights, exhibitions, school events, storytelling and films lined up. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995421-ancient-books-to-go-on-show-at-mullingar-library/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995421-ancient-books-to-go-on-show-at-mullingar-library/ Wed, 10 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 Republic of Loose, Aslan and The Coronas are all set to appear in a major concert in the Mullingar Equestrian Centre on July 30. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995418-major-irish-acts-set-to-attract-over-2000-to-july-mullingar-concert/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995418-major-irish-acts-set-to-attract-over-2000-to-july-mullingar-concert/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News There is an urgent need to demolish derelict houses at the Ennell Court estate, Mullingar, which have now become "a health and safety hazard", Mullingar Town Council chairperson Ruth Illingworth has said. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995417-ennell-court-houses-a-health-and-safety-hazard-councillor-claims/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995417-ennell-court-houses-a-health-and-safety-hazard-councillor-claims/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News A 44-year-old man from Slanemore in Mullingar was given a 12-month suspended sentence at a recent sitting of Mullingar District Court after he pleaded guilty to charges of under Section 3 of the Offences Against the Person Act and Section 19 of the Public Order Act. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995415-head-shop-owners-12month-jail-term-suspended-at-mullingar-court/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995415-head-shop-owners-12month-jail-term-suspended-at-mullingar-court/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News The downturn in the construction industry saw Westmeath County Council's income from development levies drop to an all time low in 2009, with around €3 million in levies still outstanding, it has emerged. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995414-downturn-has-demolished-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995414-downturn-has-demolished-/ 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 A 33-year-old Dubliner living in Kinnegad was fined €250 and warned to observe the traditions of the community he lives in at a recent sitting of Mullingar District Court. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995411-judge-warns-man-to-join-in-his-community/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995411-judge-warns-man-to-join-in-his-community/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News A 36 year old Mullingar man appeared at a special sitting of Mullingar District Court on Tuesday of last week charged with trespassing on the grounds of a business in the town. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995409-man-was-relieving-himself-judge-told/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995409-man-was-relieving-himself-judge-told/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News A Polish fisherman has been acquitted of a charge that he intended to drive a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol at Ballinafid, Mullingar last year. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995408-polish-angler-did-not-intend-to-drive-court-told/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995408-polish-angler-did-not-intend-to-drive-court-told/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News A woman who appeared in court last week charged with assaulting two gardaí and committing public order offences has been remanded on continuing bail until the June 17 sitting of Mullingar District Court, for a probation and welfare report. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995407-court-hears-claims-woman-bit-gardas-leg/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995407-court-hears-claims-woman-bit-gardas-leg/ 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 The final of Berty's Bar "Stars of our Bars" has now arrived and is taking place on Friday, March 12, in the Annebrook House Hotel. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995403-bertys-stars-of-our-bars-set-for-finale/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995403-bertys-stars-of-our-bars-set-for-finale/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News St. Patrick's Day in Mullingar this year won't feature merely a parade - but an entire festival, with stages for live bands, musical theatre, all sorts of side attractions - and of course, the parade itself, the highlight of the day's festivities. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995396-st-patricks-day-in-mullingar-no-longer-just-a-parade/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995396-st-patricks-day-in-mullingar-no-longer-just-a-parade/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000 News Staffing issues at St. Mary's Hospital, Mullingar's day service for the elderly have led to fears that the Health Service Executive is trying to close the service by stealth. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995424-concerns-over-threat-to-elderly-daycare-at-st-marys/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995424-concerns-over-threat-to-elderly-daycare-at-st-marys/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:36:18 +0000 News A father of four has been acquitted at a special sitting of Mullingar District Court of committing criminal damage at a house in Mullingar in 2008. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995412-local-man-cleared-of-causing-damage-to-ennell-court-house/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995412-local-man-cleared-of-causing-damage-to-ennell-court-house/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:13:49 +0000 News