18+ hour, 19+ min ago   (170+ words) A woman in her 50s has died in a crash in Co Cavan and a young girl is in a critical condition. The collision, involving a car and a truck, happened on the R162 at Corclare, Shercock just after 5pm on Friday evening....

14+ hour, 45+ min ago   (512+ words) Shania Twain said making her seventh album was “very painful at times” but explained that the process was “incredibly healing”. The Canadian singer-songwriter, 60, released Little Miss Twain on Friday and has shared a lengthy post to Instagram detailing the “emotional…...

18+ hour, 3+ min ago   (197+ words) Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the R162 at Corclare, Shercock, yesterday evening, Friday, July 24. The collision involved a car and a truck and occurred just after 5pm. The driver of the car, a woman aged…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (147+ words) An Post's Athlone Mail Centre is set to receive a new trace chemical detection system as part of a €400,000 Revenue procurement aimed at strengthening customs screening across Ireland. The systems are designed to screen legitimate cargo, postal and parcel consignments,…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (662+ words) Athlone Triathlon Club was proudly represented on the international stage when 15 of its members represented Ireland at the 2026 European Multisport Championships in Banyoles, Spain. Set on the shores of the famous Lake Banyoles, athletes faced challenging conditions with temperatures reaching…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (307+ words) Athlone scout leader Conor O'Regan recently completed a challenging trek through parts of Austria and Czechia. Conor took on the Rover Scout Explorer Belt Challenge, which sees 18 to 26 year-olds travel a distance of 200km on foot, and 100km via public transport, while…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (260+ words) A delegation from Athlone Chamber of Commerce last week met senior officials in the European Commission and the European Parliament and to directly address some of the most pressing challenges facing businesses across the Midlands region. From the Chamber’s side,…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (517+ words) A local woman has been refused planning permission for a proposed three-pod glamping development near Lecarrow, in south Roscommon. Martina Conway, of Glasson, Athlone, had applied to Roscommon County Council for the construction of three one-bedroom, self-catering glamping pods at…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (364+ words) Athlone-born poet Desmond Egan is to be conferred with a civic honour by Kildare County Council in recognition of his exceptional and enduring contribution to the arts, literature and cultural life of Kildare. The decision was taken at the June…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1317+ words) A Galway-based doctor has been spared a prison sentence for a careless driving incident which caused the death of his six-year-old daughter two years ago, after a judge noted all evidence pointed to the negative camber of the tyres on…...