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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 17:00
Racing families celebrate Carberry-Walsh wedding
Two of the country's most famous racing families became in-laws yesterday (Tuesday) when jockey Nina Carberry and Ted Walsh junior were married in the bride's local parish church in Ratoath.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:59
Fears that exodus will hit local health services
A stark warning that community services like public health nursing and home help services in Meath will be severely affected by the early retirement incentive scheme has been issued by a nursing union this week.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:58
Medic posts unfilled at Navan Hospital
Our Lady's Hospital in Navan is among eight hospital where 50 per cent or more of middle grade (registrar) doctor positions remain unfilled.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:57
Navan loses out on €23m Smarter Travel funding
Navan's failure to secure a share of €23 million Smarter Travel sustainable transport initiative funding has caused bitter disappointment in the town, which spent €80,000 on its bid for the competition.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:56
10,000 sign parking petition in Trim over loss of grace period
Some 10,000 people have signed a petition in Trim protesting against the changes in paid parking introduced by the town council in its recent budget.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:55
What goes around, comes back around...
In 1966, Meath man Frank Loughran sold his trumpet when he moved to England for work. He had learned to play the instrument at school, but didn't think he would play again and sold it for £20 before he left.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:54
Politics and Galway Races inextricably linked for county council chairman
Politics is often regarded as entertainment by many, but Meath County Council chairman, Cllr Eoin Holmes, has experience of both arts.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:53
FG 'cannot reveal' investors behind plan to build regional hospital
A row has erupted over the proposed new regional hospital for Navan, following recent comments by the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, that he had not had contact with private funding groups regarding the facility.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:52
Kingscourt celebrates refurbishment of church
Hundreds of parishoners turned out in Kingscourt on Sunday for the rededication and blessing of the 140-year-old Church of the Immaculate Conception in Kingscourt which has undergone a programme of refurbishment.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:51
Carlanstown group seeks support for village plans
The Carlanstown Renaissance Working Group (RWG) will hold a public meeting in St Michael's GFC on Monday 13th February at 7.30pm to consult with the local community on the proposed plans for a village enhancement scheme for Carlanstown.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:50
Kells welcome for school broadband roll-out
Proposals to roll out high-speed broadband to all second-level schools has been welcomed by kells councillor, Sarah Reilly.
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Updated: 8 Feb 2012 16:40
Mr Joe Lynch, the former director of the Artane Boys' Band, who died in November, was a native of Kells.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 17:00
Residents in plea to make safe their 'deathtrap' development
Angry residents of the Maudlin Vale housing estate in Trim have voiceed their anger at the dangers of living on their unfinished "deathtrap" estate.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:59
Varadkar confirms funds available as Slane bypass decision awaited
With a crucial Bord Pleanala decision on the Slane bypass due on 14th February, there has been a warm welcome in Slane for the confirmation by Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar, that funds will be made available for the purchase of land for the road if the project is approved by the planning board.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:58
Body of missing man is recovered from river
The body of missing Navan resident Tony McLoughlin was recovered from the Boyne River last Sunday, 29th January.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:57
Parents of Asperger's boy (10) say 'system won't help'
The parents of a 10-year-old Kells boy with Asperger's Syndrome who have been refused a domicillary care allowance (DCA) for their son at a social welfare appeal hearing are to take a complaint about their treatment to the Ombudsman.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:56
Kells tourism brochure to be unveiled in February
The Kells Tourism Forum plans to launch its Kells and District Tourism Brochure on 7th February next.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:55
Rath Chairn dancer makes Sky final
Rath Chairn dancer, Dane McKiernan, and his dance troupe, Prodijig, have qualified for the live final of Sky 1HD's television show 'Got To Dance' which takes place on 4th March, moving one step closer to winning the £250,000 cash prize.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:54
Conservation plan to protect Hill of Tara in the future
A conservation plan has been commissioned for the State-owned lands on the Hill of Tara by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:53
Comedians lend support to Ratoath youth project
Some of Ireland's top comedians performed in Ratoath's Venue Theatre last Thursday in a fundraising comedy showcase in aid of the Ratoath Pulse youth project.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:52
Ratoath students prepare to tell a West Side Story
The students of Ratoath College are in countdown mode for their version of the Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein-penned musical 'West Side Story' which will take to the stage in the school next week.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:51
Town's vintners celebrate 40 years of fundraising
Forty years ago, the publicans of Navan came together for the first time for a formal annual ball, as a social event where they could relax and take a break from the stress of running a busy pub around the clock.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:50
Local businesses to be honoured at Chamber ball
Which local business is succeeding in putting Kells firmly on the map? And what company is the most supportive of other local businesses?
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:49
Hundreds sign petition to reverse Trim's 10-minute parking rule
Angry traders in Trim have circulated a petition to shops around the town to urge Trim Town Counil to reverse its recent parking rules.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:48
School principal 'hopeful' of deal after pupils' free milk is withdrawn
The principal of a Trim primary school has said he is hopeful of a compromise on the recent paring back of the milk and bun scheme, which had been running in the school for over 50 years.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:40
Mrs Norrie Kavanagh, Barrack Street, Oldcastle, who died peacefully at the home of her eldest daughter, Leonora, and son-in-law, Tom Lee, on Thursday 5th January, was a member of a well-known local family in the town.
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Updated: 1 Feb 2012 16:39
Two local firms among Leinster winners in Ulster Bank Awards
Two Meath-based companies, Hogan's Farm in Cortown, Kells, and Millmount Healthcare in Stamullen have been presented with business achievement awards at the Leinster provincial final of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards.
