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Gardaí name four-year-old in Kinnegad accident

           
 
Gardaí have released the name of the four-year-old boy who died in an accident in County Westmeath Saturday afternoon.
Paul Carroll from Ballinabrackey in Kinnegad was knocked down and killed by a car in Kinnegad.
Our sincerest condolences to the parents and family of the little boy.

Want to know who your local councillors are?

 
Now you can check that the stranger calling at your door promising to fix all your problems, solve all issues and make your lifes worries disappear is actually an elected councilor.  
Cllr. Seamus Murray FF  
Longwood Co. Meath 
046-9555189 (h)  086-2443499 (m) smurray@members.meathcoco.ie 
 
Cllr. William Carey FG  
Enfield Co. Meath 
046-9541824 (h)  085-7135073(m)  
 
To name two that live nearby, have a look […]

Carraigdun Estates appeals planning decision

Carraigdun Estates appeals planning decisions for phase three of Abbeyfields.

Listed at An Bord Pleanala for week ending 06/01/2006, Carraigdun Estates have lodged an appeal. Rumour has it that Carraigdun Estates are unhappy with the “onerous and unfair” directives contained within Meath County Councils planning permission for phase three, but there is no official comment […]

The Clonard Salient

Struck across an interesting point of view about GAA funding and what was to be the national sports complex using Clonard GAA pitch as an example of what’s wrong. 
“An Fear Nua” writes of his experience visiting Clonard to watch a GAA match and comments on the facilities available to both home and away players. 
Not […]

Local business layoff staff as turnover drops up to 70%

In an article in the Meath Chronicle, businesses such as Mother Hubbard’s, the Blueberry Restaurant and the Monastery Inn, in Clonard and Moyvalley, have admitted that turnover has dropped up to 70% since the new motorway has opened. In most cases this has resulted in layoffs. In the case of Mother Hubbard’s 9 full […]

Sometimes it pays to complain.

Sarah Carey wrote a piece describing her problems in Enfield with potholes and in particular negotiating them with a double buggy and what happens when opposite wheels go into two potholes at once.
Two days later, Lorries, Jeeps, workers and foremen are running around filling in potholes as fast as possible.
Just goes to show what […]

Monastery Inn may take legal action against NRA

Traders along the former main route are claiming that car drivers travelling between Dublin and the west were using the new motorway mainly because of a lack of signs giving them little information on where to divert to traditional food and refreshment stops.
The expression “the worst of all worlds” is being used to describe […]

M4 causes increased pedestrian fatalities?

Has the likelihood of a pedestrian fatality in Clonard increased?
Below are some guesstimates on the traffic speed increase through the village since the opening of the new M4 motorway. The fact that a pedestrian and truck involved in a traffic collision is nearly always fatal at most speeds has been ignored for the purposes […]