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• Electric Picnic Line-Up To Be Revealed This Week

  The festival returns to Stradbally this August.

• Rock Legends 'The Cult' To Headline Forest Fest

  The UK band completes this year's list of headliners.

• Midlands Student Among Winners At Prestigious Trad Music Awards

  Fionn Connolly was among a group of eight winners at the Siansa Irish Championships.

• Midlands Students Win Top Prizes In Children's Art Competition

  The very first Texaco Children’s Art Competition was held in 1955.

• Century-Old Westmeath Business To Close

  It first started operating in 1911.

• Offaly Artist Creates Mural For Samaritans

  The portrait is of Darragh Fleming, a poet who struggled with his mental health.

• Folly Fest Announces Line-Up Ahead Of Return To Laois

  Last year's festival in Culohill Castle sold out.

• Volunteers Out In Force Selling Purple Roses In Westmeath Today

  Mullingar's Ciarán Kilmurray was among 35 children in Ireland who were excluded from access to cystic fibrosis medicine, Kaftrio.

• Westmeath Men Taking On Manchester Marathon For Children's Charity

  They've given themselves just 18 weeks to prepare for the race.

• Electric Picnic To Be Powered By Renewable Energy

  The grid power will ultimately reduce carbon emissions.

• New Series With Offaly Rugby Star

  Jordan Conroy will present the "Man Up?" series, which gets underway this weekend.

• Midlands 103 'Gift of Hope' Winners Due Next Month

  Mountmellick's Denise and Syl Sexton from won a full round of IVF treatment earlier this year after being nominated by 15 others around them.

• Bridgerton Season 3 Gets Release Date

  Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton will be returning to our screens for another season of Bridgerton this year.

• "This Is Your Life" To Return To Our Screens Soon

  Popular Show, "This Is Your Life" Coming Back 69 Years After First Broadcast.

• Laois School's Success At Credit Union Schools Quiz Final

  Following the finals in the Credit Union Schools Quiz at the RDS in Dublin, the winning teams have been revealed.

• "It's Still Going Ahead" - Electric Picnic

  There's been speculation the event may be called off due to no announcements.

• Director George Lucas Receiving Award

  Star Wars director George Lucas is set to be given an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival.

• We've Been Given A Glimpse Into The Sequel To "Joker"

  Excitement for sequel to Todd Phillips' Joker, which is due to be released later this year.

• "We Fear The Mind Instead Of Trying To Understand It"

  Bressie is speaking ahead of his live show in Athlone this weekend.

• IFTA Nominees Out Now

  Who are the favourites for this year's awards ceremony?