By Damian McCarney
damian.mccarney@meathpost.com
A 21-year-old student was left for dead having been savagely attacked
just yards from his home on Saturday night.
Saved by his two friends who found him unconscious, they pair didn’t
even recognize him so badly was he beaten.
In the early hours of Saturday morning (19th) Gerard Murray was set
upon as he entered Herbert Place, off [...]
By Maura Fay
maura.fay@meathpost.com
Our Lady’s Hospital will become “”band-aid, nurse led A&E” as a result
of repeated budget cuts by the HSE, Councillor Joe Reilly has said.
Our Lady’s hospital budget was cut last week for the second year in a
row. A total of €1,217,070 was swiped off the hospital’s budget for
alleged inefficiencies. Cllr Reilly said it was [...]
By Nicola Donnelly
nicola.donnelly@meathpost.com
A woman from Summerhill was ordered to repay AXA Insurance a total of
€2,201.22 as the cheque for an insurance claim was issued to her in
error.
AXA Insurance took the civil case against Lisa Farrelly of Castle
Lawns in Summerhill at last Friday’s (18th January) sitting of Trim
District Court.
Terry Dowling, a Claims Inspector explained to Judge [...]
By Damian McCarney
damian.mccarney@meathpost.com
Last week saw much tragedy for Meath with the death of two people on the roads.
Saturday night claimed the life of a 19 year old pedestrian who was
knocked down in Dunshaughlin. While a young man also lost his life
outside Tipperary last Thursday.
The identity of the young teenager has not yet been released though [...]
By Nicola Donnelly
nicola.donnelly@meathpost.com
Two men charged with the possession of €8,500 worth of drugs following
a raid on a premises in Navan on Wednesday, 16th January were released
on bail at Friday’s (18th) sitting of Trim Court.
Tadas Puloninkas (29) of Beechmount Grove in Navan was charged with
possession of amphetamines with the intention of selling and supplying
and Darius Beleskevicius [...]
By Nicola Donnelly
nicola.donnelly@meathpost.com
Construction of a new €70 million retail park for Navan is expected to
commence within weeks.
Blackrock International Land plc has this week announced that its
50:50 joint venture with Lagan Developments is about to begin work on
the 160,000 sq ft development which is located on a 28.2 acre site on
the Athboy Road.
The development will be [...]
By Damian McCarney
damian.mccarney@meathpost.com
A nasty video of Navan schoolchildren and teenagers locked in brutal
fights has been posted on the internet. The sickening video was posted
onto the popular website YouTube last week and shows 17 clips of
vicious brawls involving youths of different ages.
The footage was captured on mobile phones by spectators crowding round
the youths as they punched, [...]
Rail link is viable say Iarnród Éireann
By Evan Short
evan.short@meathpost.com
Iarnród Éireann has strongly rejected claims that they are not 100 per
cent behind the Navan rail link following accusations they put a
negative spin on last week’s Navan Dublin railway proposals.
Quotes in the national press attributed to a representative of the
rail company made out that that rail operator [...]
By Damian McCarney
damian.mccarney@meathpost.com
A Trade Union is lobbying government ministers in a last gasp bid to
keep Meath’s leading drugs counselling group open. Aisling Group
International has been surviving on borrowed time since funding ran
out in New Year’s and they are without a secure long-term source of
finance.
However in a surprise move, leading trade union SIPTU has intervened
by pleading [...]
By Nicola Donnelly
nicola.donnelly@meathpost.com
A Saturday night out ended in tragedy for a young man who died
following a road traffic collision at Kilmoon Cross.
The deceased and three other men who were all non-Irish nationals were
traveling in a car, which collided with a lorry at Kilmoon Cross on
the N2 at Ashbourne at around 9.15pm on Saturday (12th January).
The [...]
