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Westmeath County Council hosted a civic reception on Monday to mark the recent sporting achievements of four Westmeath athletes.

With an increased emphasis on ease of use for customers, Westmeath County Council’s new website www.westmeathcoco.ie was launched this week to great welcome from local councillors.

Almost two thirds of the housing loans owed to Athlone Town Council are in arrears, giving it one of the highest rates of debt in the country when it comes to housing loan repayments.

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Monday night saw the first meeting of the Kinnegad Meet and Train group, and an amazing 50 people turned out. A mixture of both men and women of all ages showed up for the hour-long meet and train. Included in the group were runners, walkers, joggers, and everything in between.

Deputy Willie Penrose has described the removal of post mortem facilities from Mullingar Hospital as a “massive inconvenience to people in Westmeath and Longford”.

Westmeath has recorded an 18 per cent decrease in the incidence of burglary, according to the 2010 eircom PhoneWatch Burglary Report. The report, which tracked burglaries between June 2009 and June 2010, also revealed that April and May were the most targeted months for burglaries in Westmeath.

Plans are under way for what is hoped will be another successful Services and Information Open Day to support people with disabilities, which will take place this year at the Mullingar Park Hotel on Friday October 22. This event is going from strength to strength each year and this is the third time an event of its kind has been organised.

The latest Live Register figures, which show that over the past two years the number of people signing on at the Westmeath Social Welfare offices has almost doubled, increasing by a massive 4,446 from 5,817 to 10,263, does not convey the full extent of the jobs crisis in the constituency according to Fine Gael Senator Nicky McFadden.

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