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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.

Science is alive and well in primary education in the Westmeath with two local schools making it to the finals of the Midlands Science competition. The Midlands Science Competition was open to primary schools in Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, and Laois. The competition was organised by Tullamore-based development agency Atlantic Corridor and it is sponsored by Ericsson, the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators.

Seachtain na Gaeilge, which runs from March 5 to 17, is a celebration of Irish language, culture, and heritage. It offers the chance for people to practice their cúpla focail, to celebrate ‘leabhar power’ by reading books as Gaeilge, or even to try a language course. Westmeath Libraries are proud to support Seachtain na Gaeilge with a wide range of events.

Three Westmeath students were among 60 lucky students who travelled to Dublin’s Science Gallery to find out if their doodle had been selected by Google’s chief doodler as the overall winner of Google’s Irish Doodle 4 Google competition.

A fresh new band on the Irish traditional music scene, Triúr is made up of AIT graduate Ger Chambers on accordion; Úna Ní Fhlannagáin on harp and vocals; and Brewen Favrau on pipes, whistle, and vocals.

Why not explore what your local library can offer you? Here is a taste of the event coming up at your local library this March.

Due to ongoing road maintenance on the N6 Athlone Relief Road, the following traffic restrictions will be in place from Sunday March 6 to Tuesday March 22.

At just before 5am last Sunday morning (February 27), Nicky McFadden, the 48-year-old senator from Arcadia, became the latest Fine Gael candidate to be elected to Dáil Eireann for the constituency of Longford-Westmeath.