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Moate councillors are calling for the town’s playground to be moved from its Clara Road location to a more suitable location for children.

For the second time in his political career John Dolan from Castledaly will sit on Westmeath County Council without being directly elected, after the 43-year-old farmer was co-opted onto the council by Fine Gael on Friday night (September 21).

Athlone could soon have a World Heritage Site right on its doorstep, if the historic site of Clonmacnoise is successful in its bid for the prestigious award.

Local Fine Gael councillor John Dolan last week welcomed the improvements which have been carried out on the roads in the Castledaly area over the past number of weeks; however he says a “more permanent job” needs to be done.

According to Westmeath County Council councillor John Dolan, some 70 per cent of all fatal accidents occur on local roads. Yet Noel Dempsey has abandoned plans, announced just two months ago, to upgrade roads around the country in a move which will inevitably cost jobs and could cost lives as a result of further blackspot accidents, Cllr Dolan warns.

One of the finest examples of “Saints and Scholars” Ireland – the Clonmacnoise ruins just outside Ballinahown – could soon be viewed in the same light as Stonehenge, Macchu Pichu or the Pyramids of Giza, it was revealed in a presentation to Westmeath County Council this week (May 25).