http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:20:19 +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/ The Midland American Auto Club is expecting a turnout of at least five thousand for its annual American Car, Truck, and Bike Show at Kilbeggan on September 11 and 12. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999638-five-thousand-expected-at-usa-auto-show/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999638-five-thousand-expected-at-usa-auto-show/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:30:00 +0100 News 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 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 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 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 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 Workers in the sixties destroyed a mill wheel http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999645-council-damage-to-fore-recalled-by-local-historian-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999645-council-damage-to-fore-recalled-by-local-historian-/ 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 An additional 200 objections have been made to the proposed Galetech windfarm, in the wake of the firm’s submission of further information, and revised plans, to Westmeath County Council. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999666-over-500-now-against-wind-farm-plan/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999666-over-500-now-against-wind-farm-plan/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News There are growing concerns over the long-term health of the licensing trade in Westmeath after it emerged this week that one in every six publicans in the county have not renewed their licence for 2010. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999665-one-in-six-local-pubs-not-renewing-their-licences/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999665-one-in-six-local-pubs-not-renewing-their-licences/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Gardaí are investigating the circumstances of an incident in the Killucan area last week, in which an elderly man was robbed and terrorised in his own home. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999663-killucan-man-robbed-and-terrorised-in-own-home/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999663-killucan-man-robbed-and-terrorised-in-own-home/ 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 Approximately 25 letters were hand delivered to An Bord Pleanala on Monday, from residents of The Downs, concerned over the design of plans intended to upgrade the N4 stretch which will - they claim - divide their community, and leave lives in danger. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999654-downs-locals-take-concerns-to-an-bord-pleanaacutela/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999654-downs-locals-take-concerns-to-an-bord-pleanaacutela/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News A model of a black horse put together by a Mullingar man and Special Olympics medallist is drawing the gaze of everyone using the tourist office on the town’s Market Square. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999650-nialls-work-on-show--at-tourist-office/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999650-nialls-work-on-show--at-tourist-office/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Mullingar Harriers are joining up with International Service Ireland (ISI) to host an Ability Fun Run on Sunday, September 19 for the second year in a row, to fundraise for those living with disabilities in Burkino Faso - the fourth poorest country in the world according to the UN. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999648-a-fun-run-for-the-whole-family/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999648-a-fun-run-for-the-whole-family/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Record numbers turned out once again for the Billy Mac Mega Concert, which was held on Tuesday night last week in the Greville Arms Hotel in aid of the Carers Association. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999643-another-hit-for-billy-mac-and-the-carers-association/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999643-another-hit-for-billy-mac-and-the-carers-association/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Some eleven companies in Westmeath were brought before the courts in the second quarter of this year on foot of unpaid bills. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999639-court-judgements-rising-in-westmeath/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999639-court-judgements-rising-in-westmeath/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 News Dear readers: this column wishes to launch an appeal to try and save yet another endangered species in this under-threat country. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999637-save-the-wink-appeal-/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999637-save-the-wink-appeal-/ 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 On Sunday, the Mullingar branch of the ONET, the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women, celebrated their 25th anniversary with over one hundred members marching through the town. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999652-mullingar-onet-celebrate-25-years/ http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/09/01/3999652-mullingar-onet-celebrate-25-years/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:30:00 +0100 News