Sinéad Hussey

Midlands Correspondent

Mags O'Donnell said the service is vital for elderly people

Service gaps in Meals on Wheels leave some without food

The National Meals on Wheels Network has highlighted gaps in the service across the country, which are leaving some elderly and vulnerable people without a hot meal.

Ireland • 22 Dec 24

The victim was brought to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, where he remains in intensive care

Teenager appears in court charged with Mullingar assault

A teenager has appeared in court charged with assault causing harm to a man in Mullingar last weekend.

Courts • 19 Dec 24

A man was found with serious injuries on Grove Street in the early hours of Saturday morning

Two teens arrested over suspected assault in Mullingar

Two teenagers have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected assault in Mullingar last weekend, which has left a man in a critical condition.

Ireland • 18 Dec 24

Ms Aoife Carroll SC, for the State, said that the case was due to be heard on Thursday of this week but that now the matter could be put in for mention on the same date

State concedes case over Athlone asylum accommodation

The High Court has been told that the State has conceded a legal challenge brought by a local councillor against a plan to house around 1,000 international protection applicants in Athlone.

Ireland • 17 Dec 24

Man in critical condition after being found in Mullingar

A man in his 30s remains in a critical condition in hospital after he was found with serious injuries in Mullingar in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Leinster • 15 Dec 24

The man was found on Grove Street in the town at around 1.10am

Witness appeal after man found injured in Mullingar

A man in his 30s is being treated in hospital after being found with serious injuries in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, in the early hours of this morning.

Leinster • 14 Dec 24

The collaboration is being rolled out by EnergyCloud and supported by Amazon Web Services and Offaly County Council

Offaly scheme to heat domestic water cylinders for free

Hundreds of homes in Co Offaly are set to benefit from surplus renewable electricity to heat their water cylinders for free.

Leinster • 10 Dec 24

Peter Keaney was charged with assault causing harm

Man jailed for assault of elderly woman in nursing home

A man has been jailed for three and a half years for attacking and trying to suffocate his partner's elderly mother at a nursing home in the midlands earlier this year.

Courts • 06 Dec 24