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After 35 years in the army, 15 charities, six overseas tours in four countries, three promotions, two children, and one wonderful wife, local dynamo and social benefactor Noel O’Callaghan managed to find the time to shoot the breeze with the Advertiser this week about his colourful career and his involvement with so many great causes around the Midlands.

Despite the massive reductions in the HSE’s building budget in the last four years, all bar one of the nine projects in Mullingar and Westmeath are finished or on schedule.

After adopting a Government plan to offer long-term tenants up to 45 per cent off the purchase price of their local authotiry home, Westmeath County Council is to write to its 1,700 residential tenants before the end of the month to inform them of this.

The challenge has been firmly set for Westmeath tourism, as a survey revealed that Westmeath is the least likely county to be targeted by Irish American tourists.

Mullingar and Athlone will be at the centre of a new brand which aims to promote the Midlands for business, tourism, education, and culture.

Nearly €4,000 raised by AIT staff has been presented to three charities in the Midlands and North-west.

The mystery of the whereabouts of the 23 ft bronze sculpture stolen from the Moate interchange along the M6 motorway is no closer to being solved this week.

Deja vu. Another year, another highly rated Westmeath u21 team, another glorious opportunity gone a-begging. Not to take from Longford who well deserved their place in the provincial decider but this was a game Westmeath could have and should have won.

Inspired by the Year of Craft 2011, a year-long celebration of craft in Ireland (http://www.craftinireland.com), a group of about 20 Westmeath-based crafters has come together under the ‘Made in Westmeath’ banner.

This year’s Organ Donor Awareness Week campaign will take place from April 2 to 9, with several fundraising events to take place in Westmeath. The life saving awareness campaign is organised by the Irish Kidney Association and supported by the Irish Donor Network.