Quotes of the Week

“I didn’t listen to it myself,”

Staff working for Minister Robert Troy have reported to the gardaí an abusive voicemail left on the politician’s office phone after he published a video announcing that he had spoken with Westmeath County Council about opening up Ballyglass Cemetery in Mullingar to Muslim burials.

'Is no one listening? I’m dying here'

That is the heartbreaking plea of Westmeath woman Elizabeth Brady, who has been waiting on a vital kidney biopsy for months.

‘This is the future and it’s all about the welfare of the dog’

Westmeath County Council dog warden Emma Briggs has “an unlimited number” of vouchers for spaying and neutering bitches and dogs, she told a public meeting in Mullingar last week.