Offaly Independent

12/07/2025

Clodagh Leahy celebrates Offaly's victory over Antrim in the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship semi-final in Newbridge today. Photo: INPHO/Leah Scholes Offaly Camogie Drumcullen Camogie

12/07/2025

Double-tracking and extra platforms are among the options being considered along part of the route through Offaly.

Iarnród Éireann has commissioned a new report on identifying ways to increase capacity, frequency and line speed on the Galway to Dublin rail corridor which serves Offaly.

12/07/2025

It was the 40th anniversary this week of the death that shocked the Midlands.

Forty years on from the killing of a Roscommon priest in the home of a prominent Clara businessman, his family has admitted they now hold out “no hope” of ever uncovering the truth of what happened.

12/07/2025

The film was shot in Banagher last November
Film Offaly

A film that was shot in Banagher last November on a budget of €12,000 premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh on today, Friday, July 11.

12/07/2025

The IDA's annual report showed that job numbers were down 0.45% on the previous year in the Midlands.

Offaly TD Tony McCormack has renewed his call for a new IDA business park in Tullamore, highlighting the town’s dramatic population growth and the fact that the existing IDA park is now full.

12/07/2025

Clara Town FC has received approval for a full size all-weather astro turf pitch...

One of the longest-established soccer clubs in Offaly has been given the green light to develop a full size all-weather astro turf pitch and a walking track.

12/07/2025

Some €20,000 in funding was awarded for the Offaly project which is designed to boost biodiversity on the River Barrow's tributaries.

A project seeking to encourage biodiversity on the River Barrow tributaries in Offaly has been awarded €20,000 in funding from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI).

12/07/2025

The local meeting next Wednesday comes shortly after the Irish Kidney Association launched its new digital Organ Donor Card.

A meeting of the Offaly branch of the Irish Kidney Association will be held in Mucklagh Community Centre (Eircode: R35 DN02) on Thursday next, July 17, at 8pm.

12/07/2025

Located at Offaly House, Offaly Street (R35 C985), the clinic offers same‑day appointments from 9am to 8 pm daily

A new walk-in medical clinic has opened right in the centre of Tullamore, aiming to make healthcare faster and more accessible for the local community.

12/07/2025

A local TD has demanded clarity on ambulance transfer policies after the woman was refused transport between her nursing home and a local hospital.

Offaly TD Tony McCormack has called for urgent changes to ambulance transfer policies after being contacted about a case highlighting serious gaps in service for frail, elderly patients in local nursing homes.

11/07/2025

The organisation has been involved in felting project, writing initiative and radio programme.

Offaly County Council

Molly Buckley, Chair of the Older People's Council, with other members of the Felting project at the civic reception. They were joined by Gillian Cunningham from LOETB (far left) Offaly’s Older People's Council honoured at civic reception Published: Fri 11 Jul 2025, 5:01 PM Cathaoirleach Cllr John...

11/07/2025

A temporary café has commenced operations in Clonmacnoise, filling a much-needed gap at the Offaly visitor attraction.

A new temporary café service has opened at Clonmacnoise heritage site.