Offaly Independent

Phone calls made by the public to switchboards at Tullamore hospital and to all direct line emergency services will still be answered today (Friday) despite the intensification of industrial action...

Bord na Móna has signalled its intention to open a materials recycling and waste transfer facility in a location at Derrygreenagh in North Offaly. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/05/3995368-major-waste-facility-planned-for-north-offaly/

The Oblates of Mary Immaculate, which previously-operated Daingean Reformatory, has informed the Government that it will contribute a further €20m in redress for its failings at Daingean. ...

A Nigerian king living in Edenderry has been awarded €10,000 by the Employment Appeals Tribunal after taking an unfair dismissal case against Tesco Ireland. ...

Two Offaly schools hoping to be included on the new school construction list were disappointed this week after simply being included in the programme for extension and refurbishment works...

The names of all Offaly's 652 World War One dead http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/3994807-offalys-world-war-one-war-dead/

Offaly is facing an education crises if Government cutbacks and refusals to address overcrowding issues continue, according to Fine Gael. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/3994794-the-schools-are-full-but-government-too-slow-with-longterm-solutions--fg/

A woman has this week pleaded not guilty to 87 counts of indecently assaulting a number of girls at an Offaly school in the seventies. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/3994793-woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-87-counts-of-indecent-assault/

Schools across county Offaly could see their water charges double this year as metered water charges were introduced from January 1. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/3994792-schools-could-see-water-charges-double/

There are six housing estates with 50% or more unoccupied houses in Offaly - with the majority having between 21 and 50 houses empty. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/29/3994448-building-bust-1900-vacant-houses-in-offaly-/

The homicide rate in the Laois/Offaly Garda Division dropped by 80% in the last year, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have revealed. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/29/3994447-homicide-rate-dropped-by-80-last-year/

More than two-thirds of babies born in Offaly in the second quarter of 2009 were to married parents. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/29/3994446-300-babies-born-in-offaly-from-april-to-june-2009/

The Health Service Executive has disputed claims by the nurses' union that 77 beds have closed in the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/22/3994256-hse-disputes-union-claim-of--77-tullamore-bed-closures/

A decision on a planning application for a new gas-fired electricity generating station in Ferbane is due to be made in March after a public hearing was held this week. http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/22/3994260-decision-on-ferbane-power-plant-due-in-march/