News from around the 32 counties of Ireland

Longford

City Bin Co employees, Parisch and Oisin Browne, are on their way to number one following the release of their first CD into the Irish Charts. The song, which is entitled 'That's What You Do', reached number 19 on its first week and aims to raise funds for CD's Helping Hands Children's Cancer Charity, of which Hector OhEochagain is a patron.
(Source: Longford Leader)

Louth

A man whose plans to climb Everest were temporarily scuppered after a volcano erupted last April has returned home after a successful trek. Denis McKeown from Rockmount, Blackrock told The Dundalk Democrat that the 25-day trek was much harder than he had thought it would be. The 63-year-old said his weight plummeted from 13st 12lbs to 12st 5lbs - almost a pound a day - during the arduous trek through the Himalayas.
(Source: Dundalk Democrat)

Mayo

The loss of 200 jobs in Baxter Castlebar is being blamed on the global recession with cross party agreement by local politicians placing the blame on a lack of infrastructure investment in the west. Baxter Healthcare, the largest employer in Mayo’s county town of Castlebar announced plans last Thursday evening to make a total of 200 staff at the plant redundant during 2011.
(Source: The Mayo News)

Meath

As frightening levels of antisocial behavior continue in the Maudlin Street area of Kells, it has emerged that a local town councilor was attacked in the area in recent weeks and passing motorists have also come under attack. Residents of a number of estates in the area say they are being terrorized by youths who attack passers-by, throw stones at passing cars, threaten local residents and light fires in local estates.
(Source: The Meath Chronicle)

Offaly

A spate of break-ins and the violent ransacking of a church sacristy while a ceremony was taking place have prompted clergy to warn church-goers to be 'extra vigilant'. Parishioners attending masses in Rahan were informed last weekend that on the previous Tuesday night, there were break-ins at St Patrick's Church, The Island, which forms part of the parish, as well as at Walshestown and Meedin, Co Westmeath, which are also in the Meath diocese.
(Source: Offaly Express)

Roscommon

The family of a Four Roads man who was kicked to death in the Netherlands has said that it is “satisfied” with the sentences handed down to his killers in a Dutch court last week. Niall Coyle a 33-year-old electrician suffered severe brain damage after he was attacked outside a bar in the town of Dordrecht, near Rotterdam last January and died three days later
(Source: The Roscommon Hearld)

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