Graham Dockery

1 month ago | westmeathindependent.ie | Graham Dockery

by Graham Dockery A crowd of family, friends, and well-wishers joined Baylin farmers Seamus and Sean Fitzpatrick at Egan's Bar, Mount Temple, on Saturday night last to raise money for the Irish Kidney Association and commemorate an operation that saved Sean’s life and made history in the process. There was a time when Sean Fitzpatrick didn't know if he'd live to see his 18th birthday.

1 month ago | westmeathindependent.ie | Graham Dockery

by Graham Dockery A company run by two siblings from Ballykeeran found a lucrative niche recycling spent grain into healthy food and ingredients. Now their Tullamore-based Lurgan Foods company is looking for additional funding to expand internationally.

1 month ago | westmeathindependent.ie | Graham Dockery

by Graham Dockery Hoarding has been erected at the site of the planned Aldi supermarket in Moate, suggesting that construction work may start soon on the long-awaited development. Plans for the €6.8m store were approved in late 2023, although the site, on the Athlone Road approach to Moate, has lain dormant ever since. However, workers were seen putting up wooden hoarding around the perimeter of the site last week.

1 month ago | westmeathindependent.ie | Graham Dockery

by Graham Dockery A choir drawn from the staff of the Novo Nordisk pharmaceutical plant in Monksland, Athone, has taken first place for the second year in a row at an annual choral competition in Galway. 'NovoNotes', whose 15 members all work at the local plant, was declared the overall winner in the workplace section at the Choir Factor competition in a sold-out St Nicholas' Church on Saturday, March 8.

Aug 15, 2023 | qoshe.com | Graham Dockery

By sanctioning a leading Moldovan opposition figure, the EU is working hand-in-hand with the country’s unpopular government to stifle dissent. When Western interests are on the line, ‘European values’ becomes a flexible term. The EU imposed sanctions on Ilan Shor earlier the summer, accusing the Shor Party leader without evidence of working with the Kremlin to “destabilize the Republic of Moldova” by organizing protests against President Maia Sandu’s government.