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Founded in 1882, the Westmeath Examiner is a regional newspaper operating in Mullingar, Ireland. Serving the community with the best news & sport in Westmeath.

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@WHExaminer
Westmeath Examiner
4 years
'I'm proud he has held his head and has respect for others,' says @NiallOfficial Niall Horan's dad, Bobby ten years after son's @TheXFactor and @onedirection success
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CONTINUING our series of articles marking the tenth anniversary of #NiallHoran 's @NiallOfficial ascent to stardom - True to his identity and roots -
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We look back on @NiallOfficial Niall Horan's start in music in a series of articles marking 1D's tenth anniversary. Here's one; check back over the weekend for more
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2 years
Oh WOW!!!!? Well done Rachel Duffy Rose of Tralee - a proud day for Westmeath Rosemount and Ballymore
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11 years
Bye bye Dublin, London here we come #ThisIsUs #OneDirection !!! See u all in #LeicesterSquare !!! #excited !!! http://t.co/wc2SwphNMn
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9 years
#LDWH - BREAKING - gap down to 1 vote now. ~ #unreal
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5 years
#WESport19 Pamela Greville, Westmeath Examiner Sports Star of the Year!
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5 years
Sorca Clarke SF and family awaiting count 1 result #ge2020 #LDWH
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8 years
The reader’s choice award goes to Jack O’ Leary this year. Hugely popular this year. A very well done!! #WEsport16
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Our overall winner for 2017 is non other that the Westmeath Ladies Junior Camogie team! Congrats to them 🙌🏼 #WESport17 watch the live video on our Facebook page!!
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9 years
Tweeting #GE16 #LDWH summed up in one GIF
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7 years
You voted in droves and we have the results. The winner of our Reader’s Choice Award for 2017 is..... Mighty Mighty Multy! #WESport17
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9 years
#ldwh At 10.30pm, the count centre in Keenagh will have been been open for 27 hours and 15 minutes and we have one TD elected.
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#ldwh And now we have snow... I knew Christmas was coming before the count result
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6 years
BREAKING: Multi-million whiskey storage vault for #Moyvore #Westmeath gets green light from An Bord Pleanála
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4 months
Kinnegad change very dramatic. Leonard 1355, Lab; Jones SF 992; Gaffney FF 959; Wallace FG 990; Devine FG 820. Five boxes to go
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5 years
#kit for the #localelection #europeanelections and #referendum #counts for #Westmeath . in #1985 had pen, #notebook and count sheets. Now need laptop, tablet, camera, lenses, flash, powerpack, batteries, cables, #wifi , voice recorders, headphones and an #iPhone . #journalismmatters
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9 years
#ldwh Gracious in defeat - Gabriellle McFadden says she has been through bigger losses than today and respects the decision of the people.
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3 years
Lovely shot of magnificent Mullingar
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The beautiful #Mullingar Town. #Westmeath
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Your 2015 Sportsperson of the Year is..... Damien Shaw! Massive Congrats Damien #WESportsAwards
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9 years
#ldwh Another round of adjudication of questionable votes begins.... #youspinmerightroundbaby
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9 years
Voting for the 2015 Readers Choice Award is now OPEN! Here's the full list of nominees
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9 years
#ldwh Some big name #SinnF éin support for #PaulHogan - @PearseDoherty left and MEP @mattcarthy right
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9 years
#ldwh Votes crisis could hit elected candidates
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4 months
Phenomenal rate of transfers to Cowen from all parties; one would almost think there was a voting pact between FF and FG. Mullooly n the running. Carberry doing better here than Walsh.
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9 years
#ldwh Unconfirmed but we hear new quota coming; and new figures for first count, to be followed by recounts of all rest. #healthwarning 4now
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9 years
#ldwh why isn't #ldwh #trending on twitter? We can talk about nothing but ldwh here!
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Only a handful of votes between Heery FG and McCourt, SF in Mullingar-possibly as few as two
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9 years
#ldwh summation of where we're at -
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5 years
A delighted #Sorca Clarke #sf who looks set to top the poll at the #ldwh #ge2020 count Centre in #Athlone with canvassers Paul Dowd Martin McDonagh and Jimmy Curtin
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Beautiful photo by @johncreedon
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Foxglove in the walled gardens at Belvedere House, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
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Moate LEA poll topper Tom Farrell is hoisted shoulder-high n jubilant supporters.
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#ldwh Churchill said: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. #justsayin haha
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4 months
Eight boxes still awaited Mullingar . dollard on top on 1119, then Glynn 1112, Davitt 762, Duncan 740, Collentine 706, Heery 596, McCourt 468, Bennett 418, Smyth 335, Maguire 312, Morris 250, Rooney 148, Hussey 146 #
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First Westmeath result/ Tom Farrell FG elects first count for Moate LEA with 2185
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Kinnegad 1st count
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9 years
All excited about count:laptops ipads phones ready for #LDWH #GE16 . Fingers crossed broadband good enough in #Keenagh to get word out fast
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Peter Burke celebrates with family and supporters. #GE2020 #LDWH
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9 years
#ldwh Awkward moment as James Bannon and Paul Hogan almost walk into each other. #tension #papergate .
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9 years
There's just 1 day left to vote for your 2015/16 Readers Choice Award winner!
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#ldwh 'Boxer' Moran on @ShannonsideFM criticises treatment of candidates on social media... "Put your number on the ballot paper instead"
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5 years
Elected for #Mullingar without reaching quota: Collentine, Duncan Davitt and Smyth - surprise success for #Greenparty #le19
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10 years
Looking well @nbrez in this pic from our 2001 archive from a MRFC function. #awkwardpose #throwbacktuesday http://t.co/i7rfHb7Lsm
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4 months
Kinnegad 5open 24 to go: Devine 216, Leonard 189, wallace 165 Fanning 165 McDermott 147216, Coyne 106, piggott 47, Crum 37, jones 30, O’Neill, 27, Gaffney 24, izekor, 21, herraty, 19, okeke 14, Monaghan 8, mcgauley 6 #lea #westmeath
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9 years
#ldwh It's changing by the minute here - Labour people believe Penrose is 2 votes ahead now. James Bannon consulting with Imelda Brannigan.
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9 years
#ldwh Time for a pink snack, the energy levels are beginning to dwindle....
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9 years
#ldwh we have our four - Robert Troy, Boxer Moran, Peter Burke and Willie Penrose
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7 years
Our joint winners for November are soccer Aidan Keena and the mighty mighty Multyfarnham GAA! November saw Aidan make his senior debut for SPL team Heart of Midlothian. Multy won their first County Junior Football in 61 years! Deserving winners #WESport17
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9 years
#ldwh Labour sources also say there is no question of conceding as a 7th TD is significant for speaking rights in the Dail and funding.
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4 months
Athlone 37.5 per cent open , Boxer Moran flying with 42.5%. Moate 25.9% open, Penrose current poll toppe with 40.3%; Mullingar 22.6% open, Davitt on top with 19.8%: Kinbegad, 30% open, Leonard on top with 32.4%
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5 years
@ProfJohnCrown @HIVTox Extremely informative. Well worth viewing.
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#ldwh Tears of joy in the Boxer camp as he pays tribute to his mother who was unable to come to the count due to illness.
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5 years
#ge2020 #ldwh shock as sitting TDs #Troy #FF slips into 5th place and Burke FG into 6th in this 4-seater. #Clarke #SF has 4506 votes; Flaherty FF has 4053 votes; Carrigy FG has 3341; Moran Ind 3239; Troy FF 3041; Burke FG 2170
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9 years
Our Young SportsStar(s) of the Year for 2015 are St Ernans u14 Hurlers!! We've got a house full of proud mammies & daddies here tonight
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#ldwh This week, in 1981, the song at the top of the charts was Abba's #Thewinnertakesitall
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5 years
Fine Gael's Gabrielle McFadden is eliminated on the seventh count, with Kevin Boxer Moran now 632 votes ahead of Peter Burke in the battle for the last seat in #LDWH #GE2020
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5 years
Eighth count in #ldwh : Gap between Burke and Boxer narrows to 440; Burke got 575 from McFadden, Boxer got 383. Mangan (LAB) and Heavin (GP) eliminated; votes now being distributed. Next count will be the penultimate one, and a crucial one.
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9 years
#Westmeathladies also seeing off #Meathladies on their way to #Leinsterfinal ; Half time at #cusackpark #Mullingar is 2-8 to 0-1.
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6 years
Immense gathering #mullingar #cathdral for consecration of Canon Thomas Deenihan as new #bishopofmeath #dioceseofmeath #cathooicchurch
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Westmeath are through to the Leinster minor ladies football 'A' final on May 5, after they earned a magnificent... http://t.co/J3Tr1IEsYQ
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Tension building in Athlone as the final tallies are added. Athlone tally now complete: Boxer Moran has a surplus of 2,200 for distribution
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Penrose and McDaniel in in Moate LEA; all four seats now filled and unchanged
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7 years
Best of luck to all at @MultyGAA from everyone at the Westmeath Examiner... the big day has arrived! #fanwall
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Our October winner is non other than Westmeath and Lomans star - John Heslin. Putting 2-6 past Tyrrellspass in the County Final he made winning that final look easy! Congrats to John #WESport17
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Kinnegad could be a surprise: definitely Leonard, then Jones, Divine; and Gaffney Wallace and McDermott for last 2 seats
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9 years
We might need some extra room for sport this week! #history #80yearsofhurtnomore
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Wow: check @ZackBooneMusic out - another musical whiz from #TheGar
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. @WHExaminer Mullingar man, ZACK BOONE's quirky New Single
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It all started in Mullingar! Congratulations Joe #Ireland http://t.co/2fWGS5uP5M
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9 years
#ldwh #BrendanHowlin here. Said #penrose is 'one of the most competent and able politicians in Dáil Éireann'
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10 years
ARCHIVE 1996: @westmeath_gaa Browse 1996 Westmeath club & county action shots & team line-outs http://t.co/nTk6TEJ8rC http://t.co/MYgTwzB4Mj
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5 years
49 out of 190 boxes counted, showing Sinn Fein's Sorca Clarke on 19.1%, Kevin Boxer Moran on 18%, Troy FF on 14.7%, Flaherty FF on 14.2%, Carrigy on 9.9%, Burke FG on 9.5%, Greens on 4.7%, Labour's Alan Mangan 2.2% #LDWH #GE2020
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20 seats left to fill and three are in Longford Westmeath 🤔 #GE2020 #LDWH
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FG worried that #Green candidate Hazel Smyth may do well enough on transfers to get elected in Mullingar LEA - but first count for all #Westmeath LEAs still awaited #LE19
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A glorious shot
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10 years
@mullingarshams Mullingar Shamrocks U21 team from 1991. Visit our photostore for more images http://t.co/gx1AKZ7mLn http://t.co/VHbW4Lcg79
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4 years
RTÉ's @MichealLehane reporting that both Fianna Fáil's Robert Troy and Fine Gael's Peter Burke are to be appointed as Ministers of State – grapevine in Mullingar suggests that this is likely to be the case.
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4 months
Mullingar: tight at the top with 38.7% open. Glynn on 583, Davitt 501, Duncan 460, Dollard 454, Collentine 391, Heery 348, Bennett 218. SF not likely to take a seat. greens also unlikely to hold seat. #LEA #westmeath
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9 years
#ldwh who'll step in and who'll step out again at #brannigansball
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#ldwh frustrating wait for FG's #PeterBurke , set to take 3rd with Tom Kellaghan #Multy .
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#ldwh people getting really fed up awaiting count 1 in kenagh
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#lea #westmeath Kinnegad 3 boxes open, 27 to go Wallace 122, Devine 103, Leonard 71, McDermott 55, Coyne 53
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#ldwh Looks like the next count is imminent... #ihopeimnoteatingmywords
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9 years
Inspiring words from Ruth Geerah "Even if you have a disability, you can do it, don't let it stop you" #WESportsAwards @SOIreland
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Westmeath Examiner
9 years
To VOTE for Peter Malynn & Ruth Geerah of @soireland Text EXAM 9 to 57199
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10 years
The winners of the October, Ciaran & Killian Doyle from Raharney, collecting award #WEsportsStars @mullingarpark http://t.co/2yCbTY0j0S
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Our Young Sports Stars of the Year for 2016 are the Westmeath U21 Hurlers!! #WEsport16
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#ldwh Gap plus the surplus Boxer is said to have will leave Bannon and Penrose extremely close, according to sources.
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10 years
Back from #filmpremiere for #nightingalefalling partly shot in #Tyrrellspass - Great film; in #IMC #Tullamore and #Athlone from Sept 12
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9 years
#ldwh Two former Labour TDs have arrived to lend support to the #Labour camp - Robert O'Dowd and Jack Wall.
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#ldwh - can you believe there are MORE questionable votes? Now being examined. If recount is complete by midnite she'll go on wit rest
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#ldwh - count staff in the canteen are saying the count is going to go through the night..Wey heyyyyyyyyy!
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9 years
#ldwh Willie Penrose says he thought he was dead but he's now back in the race. All down to the vagaries of PR, he says.
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