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With just days left until General Election 2011, the Advertiser would like to offer you the opportunity to put your questions to a panel of your local candidates in a public forum.

The third annual AIT/South Westmeath Hospice 5k Fun Run/Walk will take place on Sunday April 3 2011 from Athlone Institute of Technology. Over the last two years the event has gone from strength to strength, attracting over 400 people from all over Ireland to participate.

Some 91 people have contacted the Cancer Society’s Cancer Information Service and over €13,500 in financial aid was provided to people in Westmeath in 2010.

Westmeath hotels and guesthouses today called on local candidates in the General Election to stand firmly behind Irish tourism as one of the county’s largest indigenous employers. Speaking at the launch of the Irish Hotels Federation’s (IHF) four-point plan, Joe O’Brien, chairman of the IHF’s midlands branch said that tourism can be a major engine for job creation and sustainable growth in the local economy provided decisive actions are taken by the next government.

With 15 candidates running in the Longford-Westmeath constituency, the Athlone Advertiser and Mullingar Advertiser in association with Plus EV Media will hold a candidate debate on Monday February 21 in the Longford Arms Hotel, Longford.

With 15 candidates running in the Longford-Westmeath constituency, the Athlone Advertiser and Mullingar Advertiser in association with Plus EV Media will hold a candidate debate on Monday February 21 in the Longford Arms Hotel, Longford.

It’s official: the 15 General Election candidates for the Longford-Westmeath constituency have been confirmed, with a couple of latecomers adding their names to the ballot sheet at the eleventh hour.

Athlone councillors this week welcomed the establishment of Athlone Art & Heritage Ltd, a private limited company set up to manage the council’s artistic and heritage facilities including Athlone Castle and the new art gallery and artist studios.

Do you have skills that you feel you are not using to their full potential? Do you want to gain valuable experience to add to your CV? Do you want to enrich your social circle by meeting new people, and to have a busier social calendar? Do you have a little time to spare each week and want to help change your community for the better?

A Westmeath company, C&F Automotive, is to benefit from a new graduate programme developed by Enterprise Ireland. Graduate Ciara Cosgrove is to join C&F Automotive, based in Collinstown, as part of Graduates 4 International Growth (G4IG), developed and delivered by Enterprise Ireland in partnership with UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.