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The beauty of the National Football League is that you can dust yourself down after a particularly bad performance and within a week or two you are presented with another opportunity to redeem yourself. I know the Mayo lads were hurting after their defeat against Derry in Ballina two weeks ago, so there shouldn’t be too much energy expended in getting their heads right for this one. I was speaking to a few of the players after the Derry game and they were understandably annoyed that they didn’t get off to a winning start.

Three Irish backpackers, including one Westmeath girl, who were travelling in Australia were viciously assaulted last week during an unprovoked attack which started over a cigarette.

Three Irish backpackers, including one Westmeath girl, who were travelling in Australia were viciously assaulted last week during an unprovoked attack which started over a cigarette.

All three Kilkenny county champions negotiated their first round Leinster Championship matches last weekend, junior champion's Tullogher Rosbercon got the ball rolling in the best possible way by beating St Peregrines/Trinity Gael's of Dublin by 6 points in O'Toole Park on Saturday. Sunday saw Nowlan Park play host to a double header, intermediate champion’s Erin’s Own of Castlecomer pitted themselves against Carlow senior winners, Naomh Bríd of Old Leighlin. This game went down to the wire. The Comer men eventually came out on top by 2 points in what was described as a cracking game. The Old Leighlin men are very passionate about their hurling, they went to war last Sunday without their veteran centre back and former county and Leinster star, Johnny Nevin, who was away in Australia on over 40s duty. Nevin may be getting on, but by all accounts he still has the drive and passion to compete at the highest level. Comer's cause was helped in the first half by goals from Davy Buggy and Jimmy Byrne, they had to withstand a lot of pressure in the second half before coming out on top. Their next hurdle is Blackwater of Wexford.

Almost one third of children born in Westmeath are to unmarried parents, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office.

Aficionados of the pre-CD medium are in for a bit of a treat tomorrow when the Records Fairs Ireland Group will be setting out their comprehensive array of vinyl wares at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Church Street on Saturday, May 2, from 9am to 6pm.

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A new innovative and exciting company has been launched in the Midlands which aims to help cut costs for the hospitality sector.

Danny Byrnes is to become a Mecca for music lovers this Saturday, July 18, when Record Fairs Ireland hosts its second major fair of the year in Mullingar. The group was originally established in the Westmeath town, and since the first fair of the year there in April they have been touring the country, hosting record fairs in most of Ireland’s major towns and cities.

The four Family Resource Centres based in Westmeath and Longford have welcomed the high level of political and public support they have received for the campaign to prevent their closure in the forthcoming budget. However, they have said that – ultimately – the countdown to December 9 will be critical in determining the future of Family Resource Centres around the country, and they have called for continued support for their campaign over the coming weeks.