The Westmeath Examiner is a broadsheet newspaper in Westmeath, Ireland. It was founded in 1882. The Westmeath Examiner is a sister paper of the Westmeath Independent which circulates in the Athlone area of the county. The Westmeath Examiner circulates in the north of the county and is based in Mullingar, the capital town of Westmeath. In May 2004 both papers were sold by their owners Martin Nally and Ronald Carroll to Celtic News - a subsidiary of the Scottish owned Dunfermline Press - along with the third sister paper Offaly Independent for a sum believed to be in excess of €20m.
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper had an average weekly circulation of 9,687 during the first six months of 2006. For the same period in 2011, it had an average weekly circulation of 5,719.