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Offaly man elected mayor of British borough

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Offaly man elected mayor of British borough

An Offaly man has been elected as the Mayor of Crawley, a Borough in West Sussex, England. Brian Quinn, who is originally from Durrow, Co. Offaly is a long-serving councillor of Crawley council having moved there as a twenty-year-old. Brian became a ...

04 Jul 2017 at 15:50

Rhode GAA Club Notes (June 26)

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Rhode GAA Club Notes (June 26)

Intermediate Football Championship Rhode Intermediates lost out to Ferbane in Tubber on Sunday afternoon on a score-line of 2-15 to 1-04. Team: Dean Morris, David Rigney, Jake Kavanagh, Emmett Mayon, Jack Murphy, James Coffey, Luke Doyle, David ...

26 Jun 2017 at 14:23

GALLERY: Guinness galore as Hopper's celebrate the best pint in Offaly

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GALLERY: Guinness galore as Hopper's celebrate the best pint in Offaly

Locals converged on the Hopper's Bar in Walsh Island on Saturday last, June 10, as pub owners Paul and Madeleine Flint threw a party to celebrate winning the Offaly Express poll for the best pint of Guinness in Offaly. It was a hotly contested ...

13 Jun 2017 at 14:05

Offaly student wins prestigious academic award

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Offaly student wins prestigious academic award

An Offaly teenager has picked up a prestigious academic award for his linguistic skills, honed at the recently rescued Cistercian College in Roscrea. The college close to the Offaly/Tipperary border regularly ranks among the Top 10 schools in ...

12 Jun 2017 at 13:28

Shock in Offaly as three horses shot dead

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Shock in Offaly as three horses shot dead

A horse owner in Offaly has been speaking and appealing for witnesses to come forward after three of her animals were shot dead over the weekend. The owners discovered the horses dead on their land at Kilcurley near Tubber on Saturday ...

12 Jun 2017 at 11:35

Offaly pub hosting party to celebrate Guinness poll victory

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Offaly pub hosting party to celebrate Guinness poll victory

Earlier this week, we crowned Hopper's Bar in Walsh Island as the winner in our search to find the best pint of Guinness in Offaly. It was a hotly contested competition with pubs from the length and breadth of the county battling it ...

08 Jun 2017 at 16:32

Offaly farmer to take part in unique grass technology initiative

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Offaly farmer to take part in unique grass technology initiative

An Offaly farmer will be partaking in a new grass utilisation scheme, which has been launched today by global seed breeders DLF. Their grass partner programme, “More Milk with DLF”, will aid participating farmers in expanding and ...

08 Jun 2017 at 12:31

Gardaí seek information after Offaly takeaway burglary

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Gardaí seek information after Offaly takeaway burglary

Offaly Gardaí are appealing for information after a burglary at a business premises on Friday last, June 2, Midlands 103 has reported.  A Chinese takeaway on Church Street in Ferbane was broken into between 10:45am and 2:30pm on ...

06 Jun 2017 at 16:53

Massive €38,000 funding boost for Offaly community group

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Massive €38,000 funding boost for Offaly community group

The Croghan Development Association has been boosted by the news that it will receive €38,000 in funding through the CLÁR programme Offaly/North Tipperary TD and Minister for Health Promotion, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy has ...

31 May 2017 at 15:32

Early stage funding approved for new houses in Offaly

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Early stage funding approved for new houses in Offaly

The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney TD has today announced that early stage approval has been granted to Offaly County Council to develop seven new houses on the Circular Road in ...

31 May 2017 at 12:15

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