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Mechanical and electrical services firm EnerMech to create 170 jobs in its new facility
Mechanical and electrical services firm EnerMech to create 170 jobs in its new facility
Already operating in Ireland for a year, the firm is opening its first official facility in the IDA's Athlone Business and Technology Park

Thu, 08 Sep, 2022

Electric bill charges paper
Cafe's electricity bill up 400% to nearly €10,000 as business costs bite
Geraldine Dolan of the Poppyfields Cafe in Athlone said she would find it difficult to continue running her business if she continued to be charged such a high cost for electricity

Tue, 30 Aug, 2022

Rare opportunity to buy 77-acre farm near Athlone for €500,000
Rare opportunity to buy 77-acre farm near Athlone for €500,000
Between both sides of the roadway, there are over 1,200 metres of road frontage and 11 different access points to the land

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022

Gardaí urge public not to share images of incident which led to man's death in Athlone
Gardaí urge public not to share images of incident which led to man's death in Athlone
Two men arrested in connection with the incident remain in Garda custody

Sun, 14 Aug, 2022

Two arrests made after man dies following Co Westmeath assault
Two arrests made after man dies following Co Westmeath assault
No arrests have yet been made but gardaí say their investigations are ongoing

Sat, 13 Aug, 2022

Jadotville commander’s son to speak at event commemorating street that housed 13 veterans
Jadotville commander’s son to speak at event commemorating street that housed 13 veterans
Athlone locals are to unveil a memorial to the men at a little park at one end of Assumption Road on September 2

Tue, 02 Aug, 2022

Revenue officials uncover €450k worth of drugs in parcels destined for addresses across the country
Revenue officials uncover €450k worth of drugs in parcels destined for addresses across the country
A Revenue spokesperson said investigations into both seizures are currently ongoing

Wed, 22 Jun, 2022

An officer and her gentleman: Naval couple seal it with a kiss
An officer and her gentleman: Naval couple seal it with a kiss
Naval Service graduation: One couple had a double reason to celebrate as latest officers are commissioned

Sat, 17 Jul, 2021

CC outdoor dining
No decision yet on July 5 reopening as 'Delta plus' variant identified in India
Public health officials say the Delta variant has accounted for 20% of all new cases in the past seven days

Wed, 23 Jun, 2021

Revenue seize over €114k worth of drugs in Athlone and Dublin
Revenue seize over €114k worth of drugs in Athlone and Dublin
Two detector dogs, both of whom are named Bailey, helped sniff out the suspicious packages

Wed, 03 Mar, 2021

Revenue officers seize khat, cannabis and cocaine worth over €225,000
Revenue officers seize khat, cannabis and cocaine worth over €225,000
The narcotics were found inside over 50 separate parcels which originated from the UK, the USA, Canada, Spain and Kenya

Tue, 16 Feb, 2021

Youghal greenway to receive €10m under government funding package
Youghal greenway to receive €10m under government funding package
Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said the funding demonstrated Government commitment to developing sustainable transport networks nationwide.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2020

Love letters to the daddy of all relationships
Love letters to the daddy of all relationships
Ruth O’Connor asks some well-known people to write a love letter to their Dads in time for Father’s Day this Sunday.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Four times as many drugs seized at mail centre last year than in 2018
Four times as many drugs seized at mail centre last year than in 2018
Nearly four times as many drugs were seized in Ireland's mail centres last year as in 2018.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Sinn Féin fails to deliver on back of first preferences
Letter to the Editor: Sinn Féin fails to deliver on back of first preferences
Just three months ago I, like thousands more, gave my first preference vote to Sinn Fein. they got a good result, but now I ask myself "what have they done since"? and my response is nothing. they have reverted to type. They made a very feeble effort to try and form a government, preferring to sit back and every so often come out of their 'bunker' to snipe at what the current bunch are trying to

Wed, 10 Jun, 2020

Mediation fails to resolve pub's dispute with insurer FBD over Covid-19 cover
Mediation fails to resolve pub's dispute with insurer FBD over Covid-19 cover
The action by Dublin pub, Lemon & Duke, has implications for more than 1,000 pubs concerning insurance liability.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020

Michael Clifford: Time to put brakes on this roadshow
Michael Clifford: Time to put brakes on this roadshow
HOW fair is the lockdown? Who gets to gather and express their views and who is told to put a sock in it? Who is acting responsibly and who can act with impunity?

Sat, 06 Jun, 2020

Landlord Yew Grove says its tenants paying almost all rents due this quarter
Landlord Yew Grove says its tenants paying almost all rents due this quarter
Irish stock market-listed office landlord Yew Grove - which has offices and industrial buildings in Dublin, Cork Airport, and Waterford IDA Park -- said it performing well in the Covid-19 economic storm in having collected almost all of the rent due from its company tenants.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

Sanctuary Runners race together, but apart, for unity with Direct Provision residents
Sanctuary Runners race together, but apart, for unity with Direct Provision residents
They ran apart, but together in a special show of global solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees to mark what should have been Cork city marathon day.

Sun, 31 May, 2020

Studies still on Rhasidat Adeleke's mind after Leaving Cert cancellation
Studies still on Rhasidat Adeleke's mind after Leaving Cert cancellation
The 17-year-old has attracted serious interest from US universities thanks to performances such as the 100m and 200m gold double at last year’s European Youth Olympics in Baku but it isn’t a leap to suggest that she is leaning towards a course here at home.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Clubs want cash guarantees from FAI
Clubs want cash guarantees from FAI
League of Ireland clubs will demand specific information and financial guarantees from the FAI before agreeing to restart the 2020 season.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

'We are not the Bundesliga': Schoolboy leagues scrap seasons
'We are not the Bundesliga': Schoolboy leagues scrap seasons
Schoolboy players will not complete their season, while the Kennedy Cup and Gaynor Cup for 2020 have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Mon, 18 May, 2020

Tributes paid to Abbey McGeough, 12, who passed away after short life of 'courage and determination'
Tributes paid to Abbey McGeough, 12, who passed away after short life of 'courage and determination'
Tributes have been paid to a 12 year old girl with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy who has passed away at Cork University Hospital following a short life full of battles and courageously overcoming obstacles.

Sun, 10 May, 2020

Ireland's masters athletes jump from chasing gold medals to coping with cocooning
Ireland's masters athletes jump from chasing gold medals to coping with cocooning
“All those guys that were competitors with me, sorry to say, are not with us anymore, so all I had to beat was the record.”

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

Paul Rouse: Belief central to Fr Tom Scully’s sermon to the Faithful
Paul Rouse: Belief central to Fr Tom Scully’s sermon to the Faithful
My granddad and nana are playing, so it has to be before 1983. My father and mother are playing. Bridie Murphy is playing. Our next-door neighbour, Tom Ravenhill, a serious card-player, is playing. Fr Tom Scully is playing.

Mon, 13 Apr, 2020

Season over but cost of shutdown mounts for AIL clubs
Season over but cost of shutdown mounts for AIL clubs
When the IRFU pulled the shutters down on the AIL season last month it preserved a league pyramid with Cork Constitution at its tip and Midleton, half an hour’s drive and at the same time a world away, marooned at its base.

Tue, 07 Apr, 2020

Charleville and Tullamore the highest profile agricultural show cancellations
Charleville and Tullamore the highest profile agricultural show cancellations
A spokesperson for the Tullamore Show & FBD National Livestock Show said, “Having given much consideration to the very difficult circumstances that our sponsors, competitors, exhibitors, supporters, service providers and everyone involved have found themselves in, we felt we really had no option but to make this decision. The health and well being of our nation has to be the priority.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Covid-19: Defence forces returning from Syria and Golan heights to self-isolate
Covid-19: Defence forces returning from Syria and Golan heights to self-isolate
They had spent six months in Syria on peace-keeping missions.

Sun, 05 Apr, 2020

David Garland wins top honour as ten counties represented on Team of the Year
David Garland wins top honour as ten counties represented on Team of the Year
Trench Cup winners CIT receive a nod at full-forward.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2020

The Shape I'm In: Rugby player, Jack Carthy
The Shape I'm In: Rugby player, Jack Carthy
Connacht rugby player Jack Carty: "We’re trying to keep morale high."

Sat, 28 Mar, 2020

Coronavirus: HSE and IDA in talks with ventilator manufacturers
Coronavirus: HSE and IDA in talks with ventilator manufacturers

The HSE and the IDA are in discussions to procure more ventilators from manufacturers as global demand for the life-saving machines soars

Thu, 19 Mar, 2020

Surveyors highlight the risk posed by Covid-19
Surveyors highlight the risk posed by Covid-19

Chartered surveyors in Ireland have said coronavirus, Brexit and the makeup of the new government will have huge impacts on the commercial property market this year.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2020

Mother who lost full strength of voice after vocal-cord surgery settles case
Mother who lost full strength of voice after vocal-cord surgery settles case

Abigail Barnett Hunt broke down in tears this week as she told the High Court how she can’t shout out if there is a danger to her children and her voice cuts out when she attempts to read a bedtime story.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

Soldiers providing Shannon flood relief get €1.85 an hour in overtime payments
Soldiers providing Shannon flood relief get €1.85 an hour in overtime payments

Soldiers who have to come into barracks to provide support services get no extra allowance.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

Emotional Adams powers to sprint win
Emotional Adams powers to sprint win
AMID a tidal wave of emotion, Dean Adams tried to remain an oasis of calm. Shortly before the men’s 60m final at yesterday’s national indoor championships in Abbotstown, the 29-year-old Antrim sprinter stood behind his blocks during a tribute to Craig Lynch, a former rival and friend of his who died in a car accident last September.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Orange weather warning issued for the west coast
Orange weather warning issued for the west coast

The storm, which was named by the Spanish Met Office, will bring winds of up to 85km per hour, with gusts potentially reaching 130km per hour.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2020

Athlone horse trainer's stables hit for third time in 11 years as flooding impacts several areas across country
Athlone horse trainer's stables hit for third time in 11 years as flooding impacts several areas across country

Units from the local fire brigade on duty all night pumping water away from housing areas.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2020

Kevin Boxer Moran: Emergency scheme for farmers needed following Shannon flooding
Kevin Boxer Moran: Emergency scheme for farmers needed following Shannon flooding

The outgoing Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, Kevin Boxer Moran has said there needs to be an emergency scheme for farmers following recent flooding along the river Shannon.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2020

‘It’s hell again. Politicians don’t care’: Flooding nightmare on the Shannon, with more rain on the way
‘It’s hell again. Politicians don’t care’: Flooding nightmare on the Shannon, with more rain on the way

For the residents of Springfield, Clonlara, Co Clare, the nightmare of flooding has returned.

Sun, 23 Feb, 2020

Residents bracing for possible flooding as rainfall warning issued
Residents bracing for possible flooding as rainfall warning issued

More heavy rain is forecast for tomorrow along with Saturday and Sunday.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

Ciara Mageean: ‘I’m not gonna lie, I still get nervous’
Ciara Mageean: ‘I’m not gonna lie, I still get nervous’

Mageean, who’s season got off to a flier when she set a new Irish 1500m Indoor record at the World Athletics Indoor Grand Prix in Boston in January, will bid for another Irish record when she competes in the 3000m.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

Cork’s iNua hotels group in buy-out
Cork’s iNua hotels group in buy-out

It is a collection of eight Irish-owned and managed hotels, including the Radisson Blu hotels in Cork, Limerick, Athlone, and Sligo, and Muckross Park Hotel in Killarney.

Wed, 05 Feb, 2020

Mageean 'over the moon' after setting Irish record in Boston
Mageean 'over the moon' after setting Irish record in Boston

Ciara Mageean made the flying start to 2020 by setting an Irish indoor 1500m record in Boston on Saturday night.

Sun, 26 Jan, 2020

Watch: IT Carlow book Sigerson Cup final place in dramatic fashion
Watch: IT Carlow book Sigerson Cup final place in dramatic fashion

IT Carlow booked their place in the final of the Sigerson Cup in dramatic fashion when Adam Steed’s 62ndminute goal defeated Letterkenny IT the fog in Inniskeen.

Wed, 22 Jan, 2020

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