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Sun, sea, and the odd football game
The four provincial winners have eventually been decided with Dublin and Donegal winning their respective finals in Leinster, and Ulster joining Kerry and of course Mayo. I was in a very precarious position last Sunday at 1.30pm, sitting in 30 degrees of heat by a gorgeous pool in the Algarve, do I stay or do I go to watch potential opponents for Mayo. There was only one winner, I left the swimming pool as I would have been uneasy sitting, wondering what was going on. I happened to meet former Breaffy player Robert Fahy and two of his kids who were there for the same reason as myself, we wanted to see if the Dubs were beatable as most people felt Meath were the team to do it.
Mullingar man chosen to advertise bank ad campaign
A Mullingar businessman has just been chosen as poster boy for the latest Bank of Ireland business support campaign known as Enterprise Week.
Drunk man who headbutted patrol car window gets five months suspended
A Meath man who travelled to Galway to get treatment for his alcohol problems only to walk off the bus, go on the drink and end up arrested before headbutting the rear window of a patrol car and causing €425 worth of damage.
Footballers exit championship again in early July
The Galway footballers were knocked out of the championship on Saturday in Navan after being beaten by a point, 0-11 to 0-10, by a limited home side.
Drive over Joe - Republic’s longest bridge opens to traffic
After nearly 13 years of planning, design, and construction, the final stage of the €40 million Mullingar ring road, the unromantically titled western relief road, was opened to traffic on Tuesday afternoon.
Two die in Aughrim horror road crash
A sightseeing trip ended in tragedy for a group of Polish nationals when two men were killed in a crash close to Aughrim on Monday evening.
Two months for man who defended himself to save the State money
A man who defended himself because he felt he had “cost the State enough already”, was sentenced to two months in prison, in the court this week (June 17).
More security needed to handle crowds at fast-food outlets, says judge
A district court judge has called for more security staff to be on hand to handle large and potentially volatile crowds at fast-food restaurants late at night.