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Not many could have seen this result coming. Kinnegad made it to the semi-final stage last year, and under Colm Coyle it was hoped they might push on and challenge for silverware this year.

Killucan and Mullingar Shamrocks were the big winners after the final round of group games of this year’s Shay Murtagh SFC. Both sides enjoyed easier than expected wins in their respective games against Athlone and Garrycastle to take the direct route to the last four.

With the final round of group games in this year’s Shay Murtagh SFC down for decision this weekend there are a host of intriguing contests on the cards. Come Sunday evening the line-up for this year’s knock-out stages will be sorted out.

A third attack this year on an agricultural contractor’s machine yard in the early hours of bank holiday Monday (August 2) resulted in the destruction of eight agricultural machines worth €350,000 in a suspicious fire.

Round four of the Shay Murtagh SFC threw up a number of surprises last weekend. The two biggest surprises were undoubtedly Coralstown/Kinnegad’s victory over Athlone and Killucan’s 10 point winning margin over Maryland.

After a break of seven weeks, round three of the Westmeath senior football championship takes place this weekend. On Saturday in Moate at 6pm Coralstown/Kinnegad will be hoping to get their first win of the campaign when they take on Tubberclare. Having disposed of the services of Colm Coyle as manager, Kinnegad will be out to prove a point and look capable of collecting both points on offer.

Pat Flanagan may have dominated the headlines last week after being appointed as interim Westmeath manager, but this week it’s a different Flanagan that will be on the minds of the football fraternity of Westmeath as the race for this year’s Flanagan Cup gets under way in earnest. Maryland and Kinnegad kicked off this year’s action in Moate last Sunday but the remaining five games are down for decision this weekend. The intermediate championship also kicks off this weekend.

Pat Flanagan has been appointed interim Westmeath manager following Brendan Hackett’s resignation last weekend. The Clara native will take charge until the end of this year when the position of manager will then be reviewed. The county board were quick to act to fill the void given that we are only weeks away from our opening championship game.

A speed limit of 100kmph is to be applied to the stretch of the Mullingar to Dublin M4 motorway at Coralstown junction, after councillors approved new bye-laws for the road this week.