Midlands News from Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
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Over 1,800 People Affected By Power Outage in Laois
The power outage has happened in Mountrath.
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Offaly TD Reassures Solar Panel Homeowners Payment Scheme Not Set To Be Scrapped
It comes as the unit rate customers get for selling excess energy is set to decrease.
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Sinn Fein Setting Back Irish Unity - Taoiseach
The party is collaborating with the heads of Wales and Scotland on the issue.
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Development Project For Offaly Town Enters Next Stage
The Rectory Fields development in Birr is set to go to the Plan 8 stage.
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Tanaiste Pays Tribute To Midlands Sisters Recovering After M9 Crash
Simon Harris says he welcomes the news the sisters are slowly recovering from their injuries.
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Taoiseach Pays Tribute To Ploughing Organisers On 95th Anniversary
Micheal Martin says it's an event "of great significance."
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Garda Commissioner Confirms New Trans-National Crime Targets
Commissioner Justin Kelly says Gardaí are still working on a number of other targets.
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HSE Warning People Over Busy Midlands Emergency Department
The ED at the Regional Hospital in Mullingar is seeing a high number of admissions at the moment.
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Murdered Westmeath Faithful Opens Up On Exhausting Game
Donal is the latest faithful to be banished from the Castle.
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Garda Management To Answer Questions Over Pursuit Training
Five teenagers were killed after a wrongway collission on the M9 near Athy.
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Midlands TDs Named Among Largest Farmland Owners In Leinster House
Government TDs Peter Burke and Willie Aird are the top 10 when it comes to landholdings.
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Ploughing Live 2026 Day One: As It Happened
The National Ploughing Championships saw 77,000 people attend on Day One.