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Thursday 1 October 2020
180 people are to lose their jobs with the closure of the M&S stores in Mullingar, Tallaght, Dún Laoghaire and Naas in the coming weeks.
One man was arrested after a fight broke out between members of the Traveller community in the Westmeath town yesterday afteroon.
A Labour TD said he believed that around 1,500 people attended the event.
Clerys Department Store is closed today as a result of the flooding, while some DART services are still off after a lightning strike last night.
The man in his early 50s was found dead inside the car after it went on fire in the eastbound lane of the motorway.
You won’t believe your eyes.
He’s a Labour Party man. That, and all the rest of the day’s celebrity dirt.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
The man is his 20s is the fifth motorcyclist to be killed on Irish roads so far this year.
Billy Cleary, 73, wrote a strong-worded letter opposing the property tax that went viral on Facebook earlier this week and now he wants to escalate the protest.
The charges relate to incidents at St Mary’s CBS in Mullingar almost 30 years ago.
Oh me oh my…
The three men were due to appear at Mullingar District court this morning.
But have probably never been.
Two appliances from Mulligar fire Station had been in attendance.
Kilkenny has been named Ireland’s most litter-free town by Irish Business Against Litter. Did your town feature highly?
Gardaí seized 5,800 cannabis plants in co-ordinated raids around the country yesterday.
Ballymun Kickhams and Kilcormac-Killoughey were the major victors on an uproarious weekend of Gaelic games.
Thirty years after losing to the same opposition in the final, the north Dublin club win their first ever provincial crown after physically and tactically dominating the Laois side for three-quarters of the game. We had all the action and analysis right here.
The four were arrested outside Tullamore in Co Offally last night as part of an ongoing investigation into dissident republican activity.
Gardaí appealing for witnesses to two-vehicle crash at Ballagh this evening.
A single vehicle crash outside Mullingar on Saturday afternoon has claimed the life of a second person.
The single-vehicle accident, on the road between Mullingar and Killucan, occurred at about noon today.
A second man arrested in connection with the incident has been released without charge.
Nevin’s Olympic success commemorated by having his profile put on tourist notes.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
… go to the Mansion House on Wednesday instead.
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
Live music and a massive fireworks display will greet the golden girl.
Mullingar got a day in the Olympic sun and there were some low-blows in the taekwondo.
Will you be heading out with your Irish flag to welcome Katie and co home?
Need a break from the Olympic games this weekend? Here’s what else is going on…
There was a place in the All-Ireland senior football quarter-finals at stake in Mullingar today as Tipperary and Down went head to head. Here’s how it all unfolded.
There’s six teams left in the running for this year’s All-Ireland minor hurling title but that will be reduced to four after tomorrow afternoon’s games.
Tipperary are 70 minutes away from a first ever All-Ireland senior football quarter-final appearance but a Down side overturned in last week’s Ulster final stand in their way.
The Tipperary midfield has had to bide his time for a run of championship victories but is savouring every moment of the 2012 campaign.
The man in the middle for last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier in Mullingar is in the firing line.
The focus is on events in Cavan town but there are two other All-Ireland football round two qualifiers as well on tomorrow afternoon.
Midfielder Bryan Sheehan is one of four new faces to the Kerry team after their provincial championship loss to Cork with the injured Darran O’Sullivan amongst those to make way.
The government has given €4.5 million to nearly a dozen infrastructure projects which will aim to get more people cycling and walking in towns across the country.
Karl Mehlhorn says a dry patch in the south-west will spread nationwide – but the weekend will still be showery.
A MAJOR REPORT into the post office network, set to be published later today, will reveal that it’s close to collapse unless state support is provided.
The report, commissioned by the Irish Postmasters’ Union and carried out by business advisers Grant Thornton, paints a picture of a service that is at a “critical” juncture.
Postal workers were hailed at the start of the pandemic for keeping us connected with letters and delivering much-needed online orders to our homes.
But it’s also true that sending a letter to friends or family has become much less popular, following the rise of social media and email.
So today we want to know: When was the last time you sent a letter or card to friends or family?
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Professor Kathleen Lynch argues that a class divide is feeding injustice into our education system.
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