Local
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Double triumph for Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir at major Choral Festivals
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Tullamore hospital included in Dublin Midlands Hospital Group
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Bridge won’t be named for Fiona Pender as Tullamore Town Council holds line
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Emma Dooley Foundation Run launched
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Grand Canal Challenge for Peter McVerry Trust sets off from Offaly
Edenderry girl raises €400 for autism with parachute jump
18 year old Kim Murphy from Edenderry Co. Offaly raised €400 for Irish Autism Action following her parachute tandem skydive in Clonbullogue on Saturday April 27th.
Community Arts Centre Fundraising being shaken not stirred
The recent James Bond night in the Nissan Garage in Burlington Business Park, the brain child of Sheila McDermott and Mary Roche, shook the pockets of the ‘ladies’ of the town to support the Arts.
Co Offaly CIS helps over 13,000 people in 2012
Managers Susan Ryan (Citizens Information Service) and Nuala Crowe Taft (National Advocacy Service) jointly reported at the AGM of Co Offaly Citizens Information Limited that in 2012 Co Offaly CIS answered over 19000 questions and helped 12863 callers.
Judges revealed for Tullamore ‘Stars in Their Eyes’
Tullamore Parish Centre fundraising committee have revealed names of the three judges who will critique the acts on Friday, May 17.
The trio are Father Sean Heaney, Regina McCarthy, Tullamore Stage School and Lorraine Wynne, Midland Drama School.
Double triumph for Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir at major Choral Festivals
The last two weeks have brought unprecedented success to The Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir.
National
Potato famine blight strain named
Scientists have named a unique strain of blight which they believe triggered the Irish potato famine as HERB-1.
Man dies in traffic island crash
A 24-year-old motorist has died after his car crashed into a traffic island.
Two held in ex-Garda murder probe
Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a former garda.
Shatter defends use of Garda data
Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said he discovered during a Garda briefing that Independent TD Mick Wallace was stopped for using a mobile phone while driving.
900 looted artefacts recovered
Almost 900 artefacts illegally looted in Ireland by a treasure hunter with a metal detector have been recovered.
Business
Lakeland raises milk price to 37 cents per litre
Recognising the very difficult conditions currently faced by dairy farmers, Lakeland Dairies has increased its milk price by 1.72 cents per litre to 37 cents per litre, including lactose bonus and the IDB hardship payment.
Jobs promised for the midlands by wind turbine firms
Windfarms in the midlands could lead to major job creation , according to several speakers at a wind energy conference in Tullamore last week.
IFA backs economic benefits of windfarms at Tullamore Conference
THE IFA looks on windfarms as an economic benefit and is focussed on securing the best possible deal for farmers, the Energy Bridge Conference in Tullamore was told last week.
First consignments of hay arrive from France
IFA President John Bryan has confirmed that consignments of hay sourced in France will be distributed to farmers through their co-ops, marts and merchants in western counties today and over the weekend.
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Tuesday 21 May 2013
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