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• Published: 12 Mar 2010 14:40

  Punjabi for Barry

  Drumree jockey Barry Geraghty will ride Punjabi in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham next Tuesday.

• Published: 12 Mar 2010 13:49

  Local foes set for battle

  Navan rivals O'Mahonys and Simonstown will meet in Simonstown next Tuesday, 16th March for the annual senior football Seamus Heaney Memorial Cup. Throw-in is scheduled for 8.0.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 17:00

  Rise of head shops demands comprehensive response

  When the first head shops opened in this country around a decade ago, they typically sold pipes, rolling papers and other paraphernalia associated with the cultivation and use of cannabis.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:59

  Neolithic discoveries likely on Slane route

  Dear sir - The discovery of a rare Neolithic ringfort has caused delays to the A26 Ballee Road East to M2 Ballymena bypass dualling scheme in Northern Ireland.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:58

  Lismullen School should not be knocked

  Dear sir - It has recently been announced that Lismullen is to get a new national school. With the ever increasing population in the area, it was obvious that something needed to be done.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:52

  Dublin-based Belfast cyclist best in Navan

  Adam Armstrong from Belfast who rides for the Dublin-based Eurocycles team was the deserving winner of the Navan Road Club-promoted Cycleways Cup held over 70 miles of the testing Kilberry-Slane-Woodtown circuit on Sunday.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:42

  McDonald's contributes €3.7m to north-east region, new report shows

  The McDonald's fast food restaurant chain, which employs 170 people in the north-east region, generates over €2.5 million in household incomes in the region, according to a new report from Indecon International Economic Consultants.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:41

  Jobs crisis 'as bad as ever' as the latest jobless figures are published

  ISME, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association, reacting to the latest live register figures, has warned of Government complacency, saying that the stabilisation of the numbers signing on was "off the mark" and not indicative of the real unemployment situation.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:40

  Recent deaths 13-03-10

  It is with deep regret that we record the death of Mr Paddy Ayres, Ballasport, Hill of Down, which occurred on 28th Decmber last at Tullamore Hospital, following a short illness, aged 54.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 16:40

  Regulator's figures understate households' real mortgage debt problems

  Putting it mildly, banks are not being very upfront about reporting the looming problems on their loan books. But when it is also in the interests of Government politicians to obscure the true picture, then there is little chance of anyone solving the problem.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 17:43

  Play support to Republic of Loose in Trim

  Meteor Music Award winners Republic Of Loose and Balcony TV Music Award nominee Sara Lou play live at the Trim GAA Complex, on Saturday 27th March, and there is an opportunity for a local band to play support.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 17:38

  Rith 2010 on way to Meath

  'Rith 2010', a 1,600 km relay-run which began in Belfast and will finish in Galway city on St Patrick's Day, will pass through Meath on Wednesday 10th March.

• Published: 7 Mar 2010 19:47

  GAA club results

  The majority of games this weekend featured the first round of the B FL competitions.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 17:00

  Port proposal represents major opportunity for county

  It is likely to be the autumn before a more firm indication is given as to whether a proposal to locate a new deepwater port in east Meath is a real possibility.

• Last updated: 3 Mar 2010 16:59

  Services for stroke victims needed

  Dear sir - The Irish Heart Foundation has launched a campaign to secure better services for the 10,000 people who have a stroke in this country each year.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:58

  Tribute to Meath River Rescue

  Dear Sir - During some sad incidents in the Navan area recently I witnessed the excellent work carried out by Meath River Rescue.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:57

  Big interest rate at Balreask Old!

  A spokesman for Navan Rugby Club confirmed to the Meath Chronicle last week that there has already been a sizeable number of high quality applications received for the position of head coach for next season.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:54

  Film File - Everybody's Fine

  As he heads further into middle age, Robert De Niro has been increasingly drawn to more thoughtful and reflective roles. Not that he's cast aside his gangster/action status entirely, mind; it's more testing the waters on the kind of roles that will increasingly be his orbit as age creeps up on him.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:52

  What's on the box this week?

  'The 82nd Annual Academy Awards' (RTE 2, Monday) - Highlights of Sunday's Oscars extravaganza presented by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:51

  Lobinstown company builds its own road

  A Meath company which employs 88 full-time staff, rising to over 100 in the busy harvesting season and a further 150 indirectly, is building its own new road leading to its plant at Lobinstown.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:50

  Farrell points boost Meath

  Brian Farrell returned to the Meath duty as Eamonn O'Brien's charges defeated Cork in a SF challenge at Stradbally, Laois on Saturday.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:47

  Hundreds honour retired Trim priest

  Parishioners in Trim turned out in force last Friday night to honour former local parish priest, Fr Andrew Farrell, as the town staged a special presentation to mark his retirement from active ministry.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:45

  Tractor goes up in flames in Kells

  A tractor driver escaped without injury last Thursday when the tractor he was driving burst into flames on the Moynalty Road in Kells.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:41

  26 companies in Meath held creditors' meetings last year

  A total of 26 Meath-based companies held creditors' meetings last year, new figures compiled by ICC Information reveal.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:40

  Time for Lenihan to tell taxpayers about banking clean-up bill

  Brussels, and presumably the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, took a long look and finally last week approved the setting up of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), the bad bank agency that, in the name of the taxpayer, will buy the good, bad and downright ugly commercial property loans from five of Ireland's banks.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:40

  Recent deaths 06-03-10

  The regretted death occurred on 3rd February last of Mr Peter Blake, Parnell Park, Navan, at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 16:39

  Welsh company sets up in Trim business park

  South Wales-based supplier of construction industry support, groundworks and landscape services, Spencer Environmental Care Associates, has recently opened its new Irish office in the Scurlockstown Business Park in Trim.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 11:08

  Trim theatre project revival

  A meeting is being held in Brogan's Hotel, Trim, on Thursday night, 4th March, with the aim of reviving the Cluain an Duchais theatre project.

• Last updated: 1 Mar 2010 11:25

  'My First Time' for Ratoath

  The Irish premiere of 'My First Time' comes to Ratoath this weekend, starring Leigh Arnold (The Clinic), Alan Devine (Louie in Fair City), Claire Tully (The Sun), and comedian Alan Shortt.

• Published: 1 Mar 2010 11:25

  'My First Time' for Ratoath

  The Irish premiere of 'My First Time' comes to Ratoath this weekend, starring Leigh Arnold (The Clinic), Alan Devine (Louie in Fair City), Claire Tully (The Sun), and Alan Shortt one of the funniest men in Ireland.