Mullingar News

15 October 2009 by Randal Scally Olympic boxing champion Michael Carruth has joined new Westmeath football manager Brendan Hackett's backroom team. The Gold Medallist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics was unveiled as the team's new masseur at a meeting of...

The right wing minority party within the Irish Government, the Progressive Democrats have voted to disband. The party made it’s decision after a day long conference in Mullingar to decide the party’s future. The party had suffered a heavy defeat...

Friday, October 16, 2009 Jail term for having sex with girl (16) A MAN who was 19 when he had sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl will be given an 11-month custodial sentence, a District Court judge said yesterday in...

Satellite Broadband Ireland is creating 30 new jobs after winning a contract to support 3 in rolling out broadband under the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) ...Certainly in these challenging times, as a start-up, it was obviously a great contract for...

How do I stop pigeons eating everything intended for the smaller birds on the feeder?...The latter was at it again today, showing no sign that he was contemplating hibernation any time soon. It led me to wish that our collection...

Garrycastle head into the Leinster Club Senior Football final as underdogs against star-studded Portlaoise , but former Lake County manager Luke Dempsey gives the Athlone-based outfit more than a fighting chance when the sides clash in O'Connor Park tomorrow.

With home advantage in Mullingar and against a side they all grew up playing against in friendlies -- the clubs are just 25km apart -- there is nothing unknown about their challenge. Build in the fact that the side has...

Home Instead Senior Care, a company which provides non-medical services to elderly people, is to open two new franchise offices. The Mullingar franchise is to open in early November while the second office is due to open in Kildare in...

Thirty new jobs have been created under the Government's National Broadband Scheme in Co Westmeath, it was announced today. Mullingar-based Satellite Broadband is taking on the extra staff after being awarded a contract to provide broadband services to homes and...

Shinty/Camogie Compromise Rules 27 October 2009 The annual Shinty/Camogie Compromise Rules game between Ireland and Scotland takes place this Saturday (October 31st) in Bught Park, Inverness, with Ireland hoping to prevent Scotland from winning their fourth consecutive title.