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Midlands News
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Faster Upskilling Of Teachers Could Help Recruitment Crisis-TUI
Maths and Irish are the subjects with the biggest shortage of qualified teachers.
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Snow Could Fall In Midlands As Temperatures Set To Drop To -3 Degrees
The warning is in effect until 11 am tomorrow morning.
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EV Sales In Midlands Continued To Decrease In 2024
The biggest drop in sales was in Offaly at almost 30%.
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Gardaí Investigating Robbery And Assault In Laois
The incident happened yesterday evening.
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Assassinations And Celebrity Pregnancies Among Predictions For 2025
An almanac, started by an Offaly man over 200 years ago, is making the calls for the coming year.
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Westmeath Man Says Regaining Movement In Fist Possible In Medical Trial After Injury
David Digan from Moate lost his left arm following a motorcycle incident six years ago.
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Family Was Number One For Westmeath Woman Who's Body Was Discovered In The Midlands
Mirjana Pap's family has set up a Go Fund Me page to help with the costs of her funeral.
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New Credit Union Lending Rules A “Game Changer” - Mullooly
Rule changed allow for over 18,000 mortgages at competitive rates.
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"Someone Like Me" Art Competition Announces Midlands Winners
The winning projects varied from clay paralympics scenes to hand printed posters.
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Midlands House Prices Continue To Rise - Daft Report
The House Price Report is for the fourth quarter of 2024.
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Offaly Gardaí Stop Van Breaking Road Safety Laws
The vehicle breached a number of safety laws with four passengers involved.
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Gardaí Open Murder Investigation Into Death Of Westmeath Woman
Gardaí are interested in the movements of a silver 08G registered Peugeot 207 on December 28th.
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Sighting Of Northern Lights Possible Above Midlands Tonight
The aurora borealis may be seen from as early as 6 o'clock.
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Offaly Councillor Calls For Amendments In Renewable Energy Support Auctions
The point was made at a presentation of the draft Corporate Plan for Offaly County Council.
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Offaly Councillor Says ESB Street Outage System Not Fit For Purpose
Independent Ireland Councillor for Edenderry Fergus McDonnell has raised the issue.
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Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore Ends 2024 With No Patients On Trolleys
351 patients are waiting in emergency departments nationally today according to the INMO.
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Midlands LGBT+ Group To Receive 88k In State Funding
The funds are part of the LGBTI+ Youth Fund for 2024.
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Midlands Hospitals Experiencing High Numbers of Patients With Respiratory Illnesses
Visiting restrictions are currently in place.
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Four New Helicopters Bought For Irish Air Corps And Gardaí
The helicopters will replace older ones in the fleet.
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Laois Boy Raises Almost €10,000 For Irish Dogs For The Disabled
Funds raised will aid the training of the dogs in the charity.
Sports
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Wixted Return Announced As Athlone Recruitment Continues Apace
The midlanders will be hoping they can fight for promotion to the Premier Division this season.
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Panthers Perform Great Escape In Portlaoise To Maintain Flawless Record
The First Division side are still to drop points in this year's league.
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Laois Trainer Sees Winner At Fairyhouse Over the Holidays
The victory marked a maiden win for John Story.
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Kilcormac Killoughey Part Ways With Senior Hurling Manager
The side won back to back county titles in 2023 and 2024.
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Henshaw Welcomes "World Class" Challenge Barrett Brings To Leinster Centres
The Athlone man has penned a new two year deal.
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Midlands GOAL Mile Events Raising Money For Communities In Africa And The Middle East
There's GOAL fundraisers are taking place in Laois, Offaly, and Westmeath.
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Kilduff Signs Third Town Player For Dundalk
Leo Gaxha is the latest player to move to the North East to play under Ciaran Kilduff.
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Panthers Fall To Fifth Super League Loss After Waterford Thriller
The Laois team went blow for blow with the league leaders on Saturday.
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Perfect Panthers Continue Winning Run
It's 12 wins from 12 league and cup outings for the Portlaoise Panthers.
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Westmeath Leinster Semi-Final Victory My Greatest Sporting Memory - Gerry Buckley
The Midlands 103 GAA analyst has released a statistical account of Westmeath GAA's 140 year history.
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Robbie Henshaw Signs Two-Year Extension With Leinster
The Athlone man first played for Leinster in 2016.
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Cian Ready To Take On All Comers
The Mountmellick man will be back in the ring in February.
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Offaly's Milne Named In Leinster Matchday Squad For Interpro
The Blues are yet to lose in league or European action this season.
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Westmeath Schools Progress In Senior A Leinster Championship
Moate CS and Colaiste Mhuire have both booked their place the competition's last four.
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Panthers Travel To Take On Super League Table Toppers
SETU Waterford play host to the Laois club on Saturday.
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Athlone Sign Jamaican International From London Lionesses
The midlanders are under new management heading in to 2025.
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KK And SBK Hoping For Festive Cheer In Offaly U20 County Final
Some of the Offaly's best young hurlers will compete for county honours on Saturday.
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Westmeath Derby Headlines Br Bosco Cup Quarter-Finals
Marist College in Athlone take on Moate CS this morning.
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Offaly And Laois LGFA Struggling For Nominations
Both county boards are calling out for nominations.
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Nienaber Wary Of Connacht Threat
Leinster will attempt to continue their perfect start to the season on Saturday.
Business News
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EV Sales In Midlands Continued To Decrease In 2024
The biggest drop in sales was in Offaly at almost 30%.
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People In The Midlands Can Apply For Programme To Help Set Up A Business
The initiative is aimed at returning Irish immigrants.
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Mullingar Fire Safety Company Creating 10 New Jobs With Latest Investment
They specialise in all aspects of fire safety systems.
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Four Action Plan Being Called For By Hospitality Sector
Different organisations representing the sector are aiming to protect 270,000 jobs.
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Laois Service Station Reopens After Multi-Million Euro Redevelopment
The Applegreen in Portlaoise returns with new shopping and dining options.
Entertainment & Lifestyle
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Assassinations And Celebrity Pregnancies Among Predictions For 2025
An almanac, started by an Offaly man over 200 years ago, is making the calls for the coming year.
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Mullingar's Niamh Algar To Star In Psychological Drama
The four-part series will be available in January.
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Offaly's Shane Lowry And Christy Moore Have A Sing Song
The iconic duo performed a classic hit.
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"Someone Like Me" Art Competition Announces Midlands Winners
The winning projects varied from clay paralympics scenes to hand printed posters.
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Laois Boy Raises Almost €10,000 For Irish Dogs For The Disabled
Funds raised will aid the training of the dogs in the charity.
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Maura Higgins Spent Christmas In Midlands Lakehouse
The star who is originally from Longford is best known for her stint on reality TV show Love Island.
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Culture Shift Mean Sees Venues Adjusting To Fewer Young People Drinking Booze
That's according to some venues in the UK.
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Almost Half Of People Say They Lose Track Of Days During The Festive Period
Around 40% of people like to stay in their pyjamas all day.
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Offaly Among Unluckiest Counties For Lotto Wins
Only one person in the county won a lottery prize in 2024.
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People Would Rather Spend Time At Home This Christmas
A survey, by Sky and NOW found people's festive habits...
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Today Is The Last Day For Posting Cards To Be Delivered By Tomorrow
An Post is promising to deliver Christmas cards by Christmas Eve.
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Westmeath Matchmaker Reveals Rule Clients Should Follow
A recent study from datingscout.com outlines the most common relationship 'icks'.
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Mullingar's Codyy - Surprise Performance In London Train Station With Choir
The singer - songwriter moved to London to pursue his music career.
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Westmeath Woman's Move To LA To Pursue Music Career
Singer from Athlone Donna McCaul is living in LA with her band.
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People In The Midlands To Spend Over €500 On Christmas Gifts
That's according to a new study from PayPal.
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Tullamore's Jordan Conroy Teases New TV Appearance
He shared the good news of a TV appearance in early 2025.
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Mullingar Man Cast As Lead In London Gangster Drama
Comedian and father ted actor Joe Rooney encouraged Stephen to pursue this project.
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An Post Guaranteeing Delivery Of Parcels In Time For Christmas Despite Holyhead Delays
In the latest update the Junior Transport Minister is not confident Holyhead port will reopen this week.
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Tullamore Chamber Encourage People To Shop Local This Christmas
Chamber initiatives are available to local businesses to help in trading.
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Star With Midlands Roots To Appear In 'Doctor Who' Christmas Special
Nicola Coughlan will appear on our screens in the series this Christmas.