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UPDATE: Air quality in Offaly town declines further as EPA rating changes Reporter: );  ); The air quality in an Offaly town has declined further as the Environmental Protection Agency rating has once again been lowered. The EPA air quality scale works from 1 to 10 with one being the best. The rating for Banagher moved to five yesterday afternoon and now stands at six which is one step below poor. This graph shows how the particulate and gas readings collected a the Banagher station in the...

Residents and motorists in Offaly have expressed concern and anger over the condition of the R401, the main Edenderry to Clonbullogue road. With the recent onse...

Residents fume over death trap potholes on Offaly road The road was the scene of a fatal accident last year Reporter: justin.kelly@iconicnews.ie );  ); Residents and motorists in North Offaly have expressed concern and anger over the condition of the R401, the main Edenderry to Clonbullogue road. With the recent onset of severely cold weather, the road surface has disintegrated with large potholes opening up across the entire stretch of road, most notably at a number of sharp bends, causing ...

Offaly TD Carol Nolan confirmed she has signed the online petition backing local pharmacists to deliver the Covid-19 vaccines to our communities. This week, the...

GPs and pharmacies will play a leading role in Covid-19 vaccine delivery says Offaly TD Reporter: );  ); OFFALY Dail Deputy Barry Cowen has confirmed that GPs and pharmacies will play “a leading role” in the delivery of the Covid vaccine. Deputy Cowen has added his support to the online petition backing local pharmacists to deliver the Covid-19 vaccines for our communities. This week the Tullamore Tribune, Midland Tribune and Offaly Express launched a petition backing local pharmacies to ...

The Offaly Express, the Midland Tribune and the Tullamore Tribune are backing local pharmacies to deliver the Covid 19 vaccines to our communities - and we need...

Offaly pharmacist backs #bestshot campaign to administer Covid vaccines Reporter:  ); A LEADING Offaly pharmacist has lent his support to the campaign, by the Midland/ Tullamore Tribune and Offaly Express, for Covid-19 vaccines to be delivered straight into our communities through local pharmacies. With soaring cases and hospital admissions, the need for an effective vaccine roll out to see our community open up once again is vital. To that end, we have started a petition to the  Minister ...

Offaly unites in prayer as little boy fights for his life Reporter: );  ); The town of Edenderry, as well as people from all over the world, have been praying over the last few days after a heartbreaking update on the health of little Daire McDonnell. The Edenderry one-year-old who was flown to the UK for specialist treatment for a rare bowel disease in October is now in a critical condition, according to his family. Daire was flown to Newcastle by the Irish Air Corps after being deemed a ma...

We lost a good Offaly man in 2020 - Pat Smullen made us proud in life and death Reporter:  ); As we reach the end of the very strange year that has been 2020, the Offaly Express remembers Pat Smullen. The nine-time champion jockey passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer in September. His loss was felt across the racing world, but most keenly in his beloved community of Rhode. Covid-19 restrictions limited numbers at his funeral but the outpouring of grief was immense. Pat Smullen s...

Management denies wrong site surgeries took place at Tullamore Hospital Reporter:  ); Management at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore have moved to deny categorically that any so-called wrong site surgeries took place at the hospital between 2017 and 2020. It was previously reported by a number of media outlets (not the Offaly Express) that six such surgeries had taken place in Tullamore over the four-year period.  That information was made available nationally through Freedom of Info...