The ticket was sold to a lucky winner in Eason's on Pearse Street in Mullingar on Wednesday.

The ex-Royal Navy officer, from England but living in Ireland for several years, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998, at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court.

The woman told the court, "he is not a bad person when sober".

Aoife, whose maiden name was Oates, was a popular teacher at Ashbourne Community School in Milltown, Ashbourne in Co Meath.

Dublin man Niall Ganley (33) was caught as a result of a sting operation by a UK-based vigilante group set up to stop sexual grooming of children online.

The Central Criminal Court was previously told that the families involved have since engaged with the Traveller Mediation Service to reconcile their differences.

Fabian Skey of Farran, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, was charged with assault causing harm to the officer, obstructing a search and possessing street tablets for sale or supply in Dublin 1 on Thursday.

A number of shots were discharged in the Ardleigh Park area of Mullingar at about 1.40pm on Monday.

Oliver Berry of Newtown Lawns, Mullingar, had pleaded not guilty to 25 counts of indecent assault relating to Sharon Berry, but was convicted following a trial in June 2023.

The incident took place in an estate in Mullingar on Monday evening.

The judge remarked on the irony that McDonagh has begun repaying the money using funds from his current social welfare payments

At Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Keenan Johnson praised the victims in court for their generosity and magnanimity for reconciling with the accused.

Judge Keenan Johnson described it as a tragic case that has left Thomas Maher "a prisoner in his own body" after the unprovoked, vicious assault.

Judge Keenan Johnson heard how gardaí were dispatched to the woman's home in Mullingar shortly after midnight and saw the victim in an emotional state and "bleeding heavily from the back of her head".

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Shane Flynn (35), who owned and ran a popular gym in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, begged not to be imprisoned

Liam Moran had sued the HSE claiming that there was a failure to diagnose that he was suffering from or likely to be suffering from renal cancer in a proper and timely manner.

Temperatures are expected to climb from the low of minus 7 degrees recorded in the early hours of Thursday

The incident occurred on Grove Street, Mullingar, on Saturday December 14th.

The injured man remains in a critical condition in Beaumont Hospital

It is understood the man was the victim of an assault in the town at around 1am on Saturday.

A scene is currently held for technical examination and an incident room has been established at Mullingar Garda Station.

Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court heard on Friday that 18 hours of video footage on Flynn's laptop showed him making suggestive remarks to women and massaging their breasts.

A man in his 30s was taken to Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar after he was seriously assaulted on Oliver Plunkett St on August 5th.

An ongoing dispute in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, has led to 15 incidents within the past five weeks

Officers recovered a concealed shotgun and cartridges during a search of wasteground in Mullingar

David Hughes (31) was hit by a car on the N4 Mullingar to Longford road in February 2019

Cannabis worth €20,000 was recovered along with quantities of suspected cocaine and magic mushrooms

Inquest hears staff at Mullingar hospital felt woman who suffered fatal kick to head was "not bad enough" to need specialist care in Beaumont

A number of properties in Mullingar were searched as part of the operation targetting the activities of an Eastern European organised crime group

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