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  Last updated: 10 Mar 2010 15:26

  "It's like coming home when I visit Mullingar," says comedian

  "I really enjoy performing in Mullingar. Obviously it's easier seeing half of your cousins in the audience, but even if you're winging it, the audience still gets...

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  Last updated: 5 Mar 2010 18:33 (1)

  Local man steeling himself for Sahara run

  An athlete from Ballymore is this week entering his final week of preparations before heading to Morocco to take part in the gruelling "Marathon Des Sables", a six day...

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  Published: 3 Mar 2010 17:00

  Multiple birth families twinning for support

  Most new mums require a 'period of adjustment' when their little bundles of joy finally arrive. But, what if instead of one little bundle, the stork dropped off two...

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  Published: 3 Mar 2010 17:00

  Telling Florida all about Westmeath

  Theatre-going audiences in Florida have been getting an insight into life in Westmeath - at first hand. And they're loving what they're hearing.

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  Last updated: 3 Mar 2010 17:00

  Well Holy God: it's Mary McEvoy!

  "What I absolutely love about living in Delvin is that if I got an Oscar on Thursday and I sold ten bullocks on Friday, they would be much more interested in the price of...

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  Last updated: 3 Mar 2010 17:00

  Castletown-Geoghegan breeder produces European champion

  A seven-year-old Connemara pony, by the name of Ballyowen Maybelle Molly, took gold at last year's European Championships in Belgium. Owned by Anthony McCormack of Ardmore...

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  Last updated: 24 Feb 2010 19:12

  German op only hope to save brave Tasha's hearing

  Time is of the essence for 16-year-old Mullingar girl Natasha Dyer who needs to raise €22,000 in just six weeks if she is to have a vital operation in Germany which will...

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  Last updated: 24 Feb 2010 19:09

  David Dunne set for debut solo art show

  Up and coming artist David Dunne from Mullingar opens his first solo exhibition titled "Icons" in The Bad Art Gallery on Dublin's Francis Street on March 4.

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  Last updated: 10th March, 2010 06:00pm

  Ancient books to go on show at Mullingar Library

  

  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...

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  Last updated: 10 Mar 2010 18:00

  Celebrating the Shamrocks in Kilbeggan

  Historic victories from 1954 and 1959 were celebrated by Kilbeggan Shamrocks, at an event held in Locke's Distillery on Sunday.

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  Last updated: 10 Mar 2010 18:00

  Berty's 'Stars of Our Bars' set for finale

  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.

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  Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:36

  Concerns over threat to elderly daycare at St. Mary's

  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...

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  Published: 10 Mar 2010 18:00

  Undertakers furious as HSE 'axes' embalming facilities

  Local funeral directors in Westmeath are "greatly upset" at plans to withdraw embalming services at the Mullingar's General Hospital Mortuary, the Minister for...

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  Last updated: 10 Mar 2010 18:00

  Rumours of Mullingar Fine Gael split strenuously denied

  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...

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  Published: 10 Mar 2010 18:00

  Palliative nurses fail in bid to get paid for out of hours duties

  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...