Ciaran Mullooly

Midlands Correspondent

Tom Hill's local community rallied to help out and together a house restoration committee was set up a fund to help repair the damage

Locals help Roscommon man return to home after fire

A Co Roscommon man has been able to return to his home, which was destroyed in a fire, thanks to his local community who came to his aid.

Ireland • 27 Dec 20

Judge Keenan Johnson described the three men as neither professional hit-men or seasoned criminals

Three Brazilian men jailed over Co Offaly gun charges

Three Brazilian men, who were arrested by gardaí in Co Offaly last May while on their way to threaten an individual with a machine gun and a sawn-off shotgun, have been given prison sentences totaling 12 years.

Courts • 21 Dec 20

Staff at Lough Ree power plant will take voluntary redundancies or be relocated to other ESB work

Last peat power station ceasing production

The ESB's last peat burning power station in the country will be taken down from the national grid today after 62 years of operations.

Regional • 18 Dec 20

The arrival of power stations and Bord na Móna brought wealth to the midlands region

Shannonbridge helped change socio-economic landscape

The building of the original Shannonbridge Power Station in Co Offaly in the early 1960s was the third major development undertaken in the midlands as part of the then government's vision for not only creating employment in the region but dealing with an international oil crisis.

Ireland • 11 Dec 20

Production to cease at West Offaly Power Station

Shannonbridge turbines to turn for final time

The turbines at the West Offaly Power Station in Shannonbridge will turn for the final time as the ESB prepares to shut down production.

Leinster • 11 Dec 20

2010 record demand for electricity has been broken twice this week (file image)

Risk of power outages as demand rises, Eirgrid warns

The company which operates the flow of electricity on the national grid has said the all-time record peak demand for supply, dating back to 2010, has been broken twice in the last seven days.

Economy • 11 Dec 20

The radio link set up at Athlone Community College

Athlone students make contact with Space Station

Students from a secondary school in the midlands are hooking up with an astronaut on the International Space Station this afternoon to try and find out how space travel is affecting life on earth.

Regional • 07 Dec 20

Frank Chambers was released on bail to appear at the district court in Castlerea on 4 December

Man faces false accounting charges in school meals case

A 56-year-old Galway man has appeared in court in Co Roscommon charged in connection with allegations of false accounting surrounding a school meals scheme at a secondary school, and over 20 charges of theft from the Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board.

Courts • 02 Dec 20

Over 80 Syrian refugees set be transferred to Ballaghaderreen centre next week

Call for liaison with HSE ahead of refugees' arrival

Community leaders in Co Roscommon have called on the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to set up immediate discussions with medical practitioners and the HSE after plans were put in place for the transfer of 86 Syrian refugees to an old hotel in Ballaghadereen.

Connacht • 02 Dec 20

Mountmellick locals celebrate the tree-lighting ceremony

Laois Christmas lights event saved by local fundraising

A Christmas tree tradition in a Midlands town - at risk of cancellation for the first time in 64 years due to the pandemic - has been rescued by a huge local community effort.

Regional • 29 Nov 20