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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00 (1)

  Ballymore man's desert run raises €18k for charity

  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...

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  Sister to tell Mullingar Masses of Haiti work

  A nun who has been working in disaster-struck Haiti is to give a first-hand account to people in Mullingar this September of how bad things have been there, and will describe...

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  Published: 28 Jul 2010 18:00

  Cold case killer gets life for murder of her husband

  Coole residents maintain dignified silence

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  Ballymore man's desert run raises €18k for charity

  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...

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  New figures show house prices still falling locally

  Confirmation that Westmeath is one of the worst-hit counties in Ireland in terms of the property crash has come this week in the latest property index from the website, Daft.ie...

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  Last updated: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  Pause in bad weather makes a memorable Mullingar Show

  It's become something of a cliché to discuss the weather and Mullingar Agricultural Show in the one breath, but thankfully this year one could do so in a positive...

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  Action Committee formed at Rathowen protest meeting

  The failure of the NRA to provide slip roads, along the proposed route of the new N2 dual carriageway, for the residents of Ballinalack and Rathowen, was condemned by residents...

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00 (2)

  HSE issues warning on 'legal' highs

  Drugs being sold as "legal" highs in headshops are all psychoactive substances - which mean they act on the central nervous system, altering how users think, feel, and...

• Around the County

• Fun day lined up for Lough Lene Gaels' grounds
• Receiver appointed to New Forest
• New Blizzards album next year?
• Transitioning back from global to local
• Heart of St. Camillus set for Killucan this Sunday
• Irish Autism Action mobile phone appeal
• The Kilbeggan gambling coup
• Bannon hits out at lack of plans for Mercy, Kilbeggan
• A third of Westmeath births now outside marriage
• New look Ballinagore school officially launched

• Around the County

• Big plans for 'Little China' in Athlone
• St. Baoithin's NS bids sad farewell to retiring principal
• Killucan's tractor girls 2010
• Return of the Oak King
• Gardaí investigate a spate of break-ins
• New Kilbeggan whiskey well worth the half a century wait
• Paul O'Reilly is new President of Midlands Gateway Chamber
• New weir may affect homeowners generating power
• Dunbia gain 100% Irish award
• Joy in Rosemount as sun shines for Joe's ordination

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  Published: 14th July, 2010 05:00pm

  The trip to Tipp for marathon men

  

  At the time of going to press Gerry Duffy and Ken Whitelaw were in Tipperary, undertaking the 12th of the 32 marathons they are running in 32 counties in 32 days.

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  All for the hospital: from Mullingar to Carrauntoohil

  With all the recent "will they or won't they" talk over the Government's plans for the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar (MRHM), it's easy to forget...

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  Mullingar's One Night Stand shaping up to be a massive hit

  The countdown is on for Mullingar's One Night Stand, billed as the biggest indoor gig this summer, featuring Republic of Loose, The Coronas and Aslan plus the best of Westmeath...

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  Top class card for Gigginstown House Midlands National

  The highlight of the Kilbeggan racing season each year is the Gigginstown House Midlands National and next Friday 16th July should be no exception with a top class card and the...

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  Published: 14 Jul 2010 17:00

  Parish pilgrimage

  Parish Pilgrimage to Lough Derg July 22nd to 24th

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  Published: 29 Jul 2010 18:00

  Ennell residents want houses knocked

  Residents of Ennell Court are living in terror of a gang of young thugs who have been setting fires in derelict houses at the front of the estate.

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  Published: 28 Jul 2010 18:00

  Local veterans celebrate first ever Congo trip

  ‘We were short on weaponry’ claims vet