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National: Gardaí ended speeding driver chase after they drove against oncoming traffic

Gardaí stopped pursuing a driver due the speed they were doing in the interest of public safety, gardaí have confirmed. The driver was clocked doing 184 kilometres per hour in a 100 kph zone on the N4 road on Sunday morning. Westmeath gardaí ...

26 Feb 2024 at 18:49

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National: Family home listed as hotel on popular website has to turn away guests

A home in Westmeath has been the subject of confusion and frustration this month as it was wrongly listed as a hotel on Booking.com. The property, listed as "Kinnegad Corner Hotel" was listed on the popular accommodation website claiming to ...

24 Oct 2023 at 11:30

National News

ALERT: Gardaí issue urgent appeal for missing 13-year-old boy

Gardaí have issued an urgent appeal to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of missing 13-year-old Fergus Harty. Fergus has been reported missing from his home in Ballymore, County Westmeath since Tuesday, 19 November. The ...

28 Nov 2024 at 10:01

National News

Hosepipe ban extended in three counties as Uisce Éireann urges people to conserve water

Uisce Éireann has confirmed that Water Conservations Orders (WCOs), commonly known as hosepipe bans have been extended in three counties around the country. The three public water supplies will be extended for a further four weeks until ...

12 Sept 2025 at 11:12

National News

Gardaí launch investigation following discovery of a woman's body on farmland

Gardaí in Athlone are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in her 50s following the discovery of a body on lands at Curraghaleen, Co. Roscommon (near Athlone) on Monday afternoon, December 30, 2024. ...

31 Dec 2024 at 09:53

National News

National: Gardaí seize car with 'dangerous defects' including 'complete lack of power steering'

Gardaí have taken a car with several “dangerous defects” off the road. A roads policing unit in Delvin, Co Westmeath, were on patrol when they observed the car with only one working headlight. When gardaí stopped the vehicle they ...

19 Jan 2024 at 10:27

National News

Man killed and two others injured in two-car Westmeath crash

A man aged in his 60s was killed and two others were injured in a two-car crash in Co Westmeath. An appeal has been issued for witnesses to the collision which took place on the N55 at The Pigeons at around 11am on Thursday. The ...

27 Mar 2025 at 20:49

National News

Man in his 50s dead as car hits ditch in Westmeath road crash

Gardaí are currently at scene of a single-vehicle fatal road traffic collision involving a car that occurred on the R395 at Teevrevagh, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath. At approximately 6.40pm this evening, 2nd July 2024 Gardaí ...

02 Jul 2024 at 22:57

National News

National Lottery reveals stores which sold winning Lotto tickets worth more than €12m

THE National Lottery has revealed the stores which sold two winning Lotto tickets which were worth more than €12million. A player in County Westmeath winner scooped their life-changing share of the mega jackpot after ...

20 Jun 2023 at 09:05

National News

ALERT: Gardaí issue urgent appeal for 17-year-old girl missing for number of days

Gardaí have appealed for the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of missing 17-year-old Dominika Kreft from Mullingar, Westmeath. Dominika was last seen in Mullingar at approximately 1pm on Thursday, 10 ...

13 Jul 2025 at 10:48

Arts & Entertainment

National: Have you got what it takes to become Ireland's most eligible Bachelor?

Calling all single men! Anne Doyle and Louis Walsh are on the hunt for Ireland’s most eligible bachelor. The Westmeath Bachelor Competition 2024 takes place in Mullingar on Friday August 2 and applications to ...

22 Feb 2024 at 10:06

Fatalities feared after helicopter crashes into farm building

National News

‘Several casualties’ after helicopter crash in Co Westmeath

A number of people are feared dead after a helicopter crashed into a farm building in Co Westmeath in Ireland. The incident happened near the village of Killucan at approximately 3.30pm on Tuesday. Two ...

30 Jul 2024 at 19:49

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