Former Westmeath minor footballer Conor O’Brien might this week be preparing for a Leinster SFC semi-final showdown with Kildare in Croke Park, but instead it’s the World Rugby U20 Championship final.

Shane McEntee was a politician, a husband and father, and a Meath GAA man who rose to the higher ranks of Fine Gael after a crucial by election seat victory for the party.

WHEN Steven Colvert, a relative newcomer to the sport of athletics, develops the strength to see the race out, he is going to be a formidable force in 200m running.

THE provincial capital of Westmeath was the focal point last night for a another nail-biting episode in the on-going national TCH schools’ quiz.

HE invented the world’s fastest internet browser - now he looks set to become one of the country’s youngest millionaires.