Westmeath Topic

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| name = Westmeath Topic

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| logo = Westmeath Topic logo.png

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| type = Weekly newspaper

| format = Tabloid (Wednesday)

| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1971|11|11}}{{cite web|url = https://topic.ie/half-a-century-of-headlines-topic-celebrates-fifty-years-of-respected-journalism/ | website = topic.ie | publisher = Topic Newspapers | title = Half a century of headlines: "Topic" celebrates fifty years of respected journalism | date = 11 November 2021 | accessdate = 3 January 2024 }}

| owners = Topic Newspapers{{cite web|url = https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/CCAEOwnershipControlReport210119_114925.pdf | publisher = Broadcasting Authority of Ireland | title = BAI Report on Ownership and Control of Media Businesses in Ireland 2015-2017 | via = oireachtas.ie | date = 2018 | accessdate = 3 January 2024 }}

| headquarters = 6 Dominick Street
Mullingar
County Westmeath
Ireland
N91 VHW7

| website = {{URL|topic.ie}}

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The Westmeath Topic is a weekly newspaper founded in Mullingar, Ireland in November 1971.{{cite web|url = https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/will-irelands-local-newspapers-be-fit-to-print-in-2030-n3ck8xn2n | title = Will Ireland's local newspapers be fit to print in 2030? | publisher = The Times (UK) | website = The Times | date = 16 April 2023 | access-date = 3 January 2024 }} It was established by Dick Hogan, Albert Morris and Tommy Kiernan, each of whom had previously worked with the Westmeath Examiner.

Beginning as a small A4-size magazine under the name "TOPIC", the publication subsequently became a weekly newspaper circulated primarily in the Midlands Region.

It is one of a small number of Irish titles which are still printed, published and owned locally. The newspaper is owned by the Topic Newspapers group, which also publishes the Athlone Topic, Meath Topic and Offaly Topic titles.{{cite web|website = medialive.ie | url = https://www.medialive.ie/index.php?option=com_sobipro&pid=1373&sid=259:westmeath-topic&Itemid=0 | title= Regional Press - Westmeath Topic | accessdate = 3 January 2024 }}