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Extensive water mains rehabilitation works in Ballygar, Claregalway, and Woodford have been given the green light by the Department of the Environment.

A total of 17 Westmeath schoolchildren have won an ecology workshop for their schools after entering a poster competition held during February.

SuperValu retailers in Mayo are calling on the county to get behind this year’s SuperValu TidyTowns competition. Last year there were 37 entries from Mayo with Westport winning the overall county award, in addition Bridie Moran of Westport TidyTowns was recognised as a SuperValu TidyT owns Hero for 2012.

Almost 70 instances of housing adaptations and aid for the disabled and the elderly cannot be carried out this year in Galway city due to Government slashing of funding for such services.

If your surname begins with A, B, or C, you are more likely to get elected than anyone else, so new methods which eliminate this subliminal bias are called for.

Council tenants on the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) will find themselves out on the street when landlords decide to sell their houses, a Mullingar councillor has warned.

Westmeath County Council has launched an art competition for primary and secondary schools in the county. The winning entries will be printed in a schools academic calendar September 2013 - June 2014. The lucky students who win, will receive a €25 shopping voucher and a workshop for their school.

A resolution has been achieved and the reinstatement of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in northeast Mayo will come on stream in the near future, it has been revealed. Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony told the Mayo Advertiser yesterday afternoon that Minister Phil Hogan has given the go ahead following the conclusion of an investigation into governance issues in the Mayo North East LEADER Partnership (MNELP) last year.

Green and white bollards are needed on regional roads around County Galway to act as “a very visible warning to drivers of side roads ahead”.

The role of Westmeath County Council in the inspection of septic tanks “has yet to be clarified”, according to a council official; however he is satisfied the rules as laid down by the Department of the Environment on this are sufficient.