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Claires is closing down in Harbour Place Shopping Centre Mullingar. Mullingar is one of the 14 stores closing permanen...
06/11/2025

Claires is closing down in Harbour Place Shopping Centre Mullingar. Mullingar is one of the 14 stores closing permanently in Ireland.

Grab a bargain while you can ! !

But don't worry the Athlone store is unaffected .
Claires store in Mullingar had been very popular for children's parties in recent years .

Here is the following list of stores closing.

Killarney – The Outlet Centre Fair Hill

Cork – 52 St Patrick Street

Limerick – 4 Cruises Street

Dublin – Nutgrove Shopping Centre

Dublin – Central Mall, Ilac Shopping Centre

Dublin – Omni Park Centre

Mullingar – Harbour Place

Drogheda – Scotch Hall

Bray – 98 Main Street

Arklow – Bridgewater Shopping Centre

Sligo – 3 Johnston Court

Kilkenny – McDonagh Junction

Wexford – 4 North Main Street

Tralee – Manor West Retail Park

Once again Athlone is favoured over Mullingar
Oh well we'll just have to hop on the train to Athlone.
Oh wait ! we can't ! Well just have to take the slow 190 bus so , and it doesn't run as frequent as you would like .

Anybody else putting up their Christmas 🎄 at home yet . All joking aside fair play to the Westmeath County Council and ...
06/11/2025

Anybody else putting up their Christmas 🎄 at home yet . All joking aside fair play to the Westmeath County Council and the Mullingar(Christmas lights )Enhancement Group

A Christmas Car Boot sale will he taking place on November 29th 2025 at Mullingar Town Band Band Hall.Sellers : Book yo...
06/11/2025

A Christmas Car Boot sale will he taking place on November 29th 2025 at Mullingar Town Band Band Hall.
Sellers : Book your space, see poster for details.

One for the table quizes in the future .D. J. Carey officially opened Harbour Place Shopping Centre on 17th June 1997 ...
05/11/2025

One for the table quizes in the future .
D. J. Carey officially opened Harbour Place Shopping Centre on 17th June 1997 .
Little would anybody know that some 28 years later that a sporting legend , a five-time All-Ireland winner and multiple All-Star, and one of the most decorated and acclaimed hurlers to ever play the sport and idol to many would be jailed for 5 and half years for inducing 22 people to give him about €400,000 to fund treatment for cancer that he did not have.

Judge Martin Nolan said he “could not imagine a more reprehensible fraud than to tell people you have cancer and extort money on that basis”.

04/11/2025

The Presentation Convent School is 200 years in Mullingar. Historian Ruth ILLingworth gives a brief overview of the history of the Presentation Sisters in Mullingar.

While the Presentation Sisters arrived in Mullingar on 29th October 1825 . They didn't officially move into their new Convent until November 7th 1825. Hope you enjoy the video .

𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽Is there a connection ? Bus eireann buses lately have had the unfortunate ability ...
03/11/2025

𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽
Is there a connection ? Bus eireann buses lately have had the unfortunate ability to break down at Austin Friars Street in Mullingar. On at least 3 to 4 separate occasions tbis year we have noticed the express bus or the 115 has broken down ,much to huge inconvenience to commuters.

On Saturday 25th October the express bus broke down
And on Sunday 26th October we noticed that the bus stop at Petitswood was vandalised.

However it got us thinking .Was the advertisement the target , that the coverage wasn't reliable or was it the bus that wasn't reliable.

𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿Waterways Ireland have made a stretch of towpath along the Royal canal under the G...
02/11/2025

𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿
Waterways Ireland have made a stretch of towpath along the Royal canal under the Green Bridge safer following representations by District engineer Pat Kavanagh from Westmeath County Council .

The area of concern was initially raised last July in the council chambers by Cllr Andrew Duncan . He pointed out that many school goers use this route going to and from school .
“If you fall in there, you're in a bit of a bother if you can't swim because there's no getting out,” he added

The motion had cross party support on the matter .
With District engineer Pat Kavanagh pledging to raise the matter again with Waterways Ireland having previously been raised many years ago .

𝗥𝗲-𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝘀 In Mullingar, rubbish bins have been fitted with surrounds where hurried pass...
01/11/2025

𝗥𝗲-𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝘀
In Mullingar, rubbish bins have been fitted with surrounds where hurried passers-by can leave their drinks container for others to use for the Deposit Return Scheme .

Westmeath County Council and Re-Turn have team up with a pilot program called 'Give Take Return.'
Similar programs by Dublin City council have proven a success .

People are often in a hurry to bring their containers home or don't have a bag to do so .

Shoppers in Mullingar , commuters and School kids with drinks cans or bottles to dispose of , will be able to leave them at new street bins for someone else to bring to a deposit return point.

The move is designed to stop recyclable cans and bottles being lost to general waste which goes to landfill or incineration while allowing other people to make money from them by reclaiming the deposit.

The deposit return scheme was having the unintended consequence of people rummaging through bins for returnable containers.

As well as being a risk to public health, such searches often left litter scattered over the footpaths and other public areas.
It appears that most of the bins have this attachment
Fitted in Mullingar town .
It will be interesting to see will it actually stop people from rummaging in bins .

30/10/2025

Time travel in Mullingar?

29/10/2025

We look forward to welcoming you, your family, and friends for Christmas celebrations. Join us for Christmas Party Nights and festive stay packages. Find out more.

27/10/2025

No fewer than 4 tokens went walkabout this week. We suspect that tokens 73, 74, & 75 hatched the plan, but token 139 must have overheard & made its own bid for freedom.
Please search your pockets, bags etc & contact us if you have unwittingly aided these escapees. They’ll be welcomed back into the fold with open arms. No questions asked

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