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Leading Westmeath home care provider, Home Instead Senior Care, is asking adult children to take a closer look at senior parent’s homes this new year.

An application to build 30 houses at a site in north Westmeath may not be the green shoot of recovery it seems, after it was revealed that the applicant company had receivers appointed in October.

A Westmeath-based community group has been shortlisted to be in with a chance of winning the overall EBS National Community Fund prize of €10,000 in funding. SWEETS was shortlisted by a panel of independent representatives as an organisation which makes an important contribution to the local community. The overall winner of the EBS Community Fund will be selected by the general public through an online vote at www.ebs.ie. Votes will be accepted up until January 31.

Temple Villa AFC and South Westmeath Employment Education and Training Services (SWEETS) Ltd, both from Westmeath, celebrated this week after they became the lucky recipients of €500 in funding from the EBS Community Fund. In addition to this one of the winners will be selected to go forward to represent their county and be in with a chance of receiving €10,000 in funding from EBS Building Society.

In a year that saw the largest ever number of individual and corporate debt judgements registered in the Irish courts, Westmeath fared relatively unscathed, with its 72,000 residents attracting 139 judgements totalling just over €5.2m; however much worse is predicted.

Members of the public are being advised to report all leaks to Westmeath County Council, as council workers continue to battle to restore full water service to the Mullingar area.

Salt shortages in Westmeath may be a thing of the past next year, if an appeal to the National Roads Authority (NRA) for an extra storage facility in Athlone is successful, it was revealed at the first Athlone Town Council meeting of the year, held earlier this week.

A - Athlone GAA Club celebrated their 125th year in existence. It was an honour for me to be captain 50 years on from the first of the famous six-in-a-row wins. Unfortunately we added no silverware at senior level. Making the knockout stages was progress and hopes are high that we can build on that in 2011. Our u14s won the Feile and u16s won the county title indicating a bright future for the club.

Westmeath County Council have issued a Christmas road safety message encouraging all road users to stay safe on the county’s roads over the festive period, as it was revealed that over 200 people have been killed on Irish roads this year.