Athlone, Ireland News

Kildare's first wind farm may be in the pipeline, as Bord na Mona's plans for controversial turbines move a step closer.

Marian Finucane heads for the banks of the Shannon to air her show from Athlone, while Sunday Sport Championship Special launches with an invited audience.

Microsoft, the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce , DCU, UCC and Athlone IT today announced the National Cloud Computing Accelerator Programme to accelerate cloud business in Ireland.

The HSE Community Games today launched the May Festival with the help of Irish sporting hero Sonia O'Sullivan in the new arena at Athlone Institute of Technology .

Westmeath born Lisa O'Halloran was crowned as the Liverpool Rose at St. Michael's Irish Centre on Saturday May 4. Lisa told The Irish World of her delight: "It's been absolutely fantastic.

Over 600 jobs have been saved today, as the High Court approved the Examiner's recommendations for BQ Ireland Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc, Europe's largest home improvement retail group.

Here is the address given by Bishop-elect Browne regarding his appointment by Pope Francis as Bishop of Kerry in Ireland.

With the coalition still committed to shaving 300 million euro from the public pay bill this year, the Prison Officers' Association said it would ballot members for industrial action if it goes through with its plans.

The dolphins, a protected species, were washed up in Co Mayo over one week at the end of January, many of them with scarring and rips to fins consistent with being entangled in fishing gear.