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Nothing has changed regarding Westmeath County Council’s support of Belvedere House and Gardens, according to a statement by the council reacting to rumours that the attraction’s future was under threat.

Civic apathy continues to be an obstacle to proposed improvements in estate safety after it was revealed that nobody turned up to a meeting on the issue.

The Fianna Fáil party in the Mullingar West area have an opening for a new councillor after the shock resignation of Cllr Niamh Kiernan this week, after a year as a councillor.

Dog littering is “the bane of Tidy Towns groups” across the county, according to councillors who discussed the county’s Litter Management Plan this week.

Mullingar councillors are calling on the NRA to allow such local attractions as the Bloomfield House Hotel and Mullingar Golf Club be signposted off the N52.

The offices of Westmeath County Council will be open this Saturday March 31 to facilitate payment of the household charge.

“Another downgrading of the role of the council” was the predominant reaction from councillors to the news that the role of managing third level student grants is being transferred from county councils to a new centralised system.

Starting young is the most effective way to improve safety on our county’s roads, according to Westmeath’s road safety officer.

A debate on traffic in O’Growney Drive proved inconclusive at Tuesday’s meeting of Mullingar Town Council, with members and council executive divided on the best solution for the area.

Former Minister Mary O’Rourke has offered to lead a cross-party delegation to the county manager’s office in protest at the proposed Gaybrook windfarm, a development her parliamentary colleague Deputy James Bannon referred to as: “A serious blight on a tourism honeypot... in a densely populated area”.