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Rumours in Mullingar that the Labour constituency office on Bishopgate Street was going to close were quickly snuffed out this week by one of its oldest professional residents.

A councillor has called for a HGV ban on a rural Westmeath road after suggesting there were stretches of it so bad “you could get car sick”.

The resolution of the casual trading bay conundrum for the square in Kilbeggan was finalised this week, despite the debate descending into a party-political spat about whether or not to scrap flower beds for additional parking.

The discussions concerning a playground for Tyrrellspass got a little closer to a conclusion recently with the news that the county council will recommend a particular site by March at the latest.

Westmeath County Council has been left with a shortfall of €8,000 after demolishing three houses in a ghost estate in the village of Ballinagore.

Plans by the largest employer in Kilbeggan to increase its workforce with up to 70 new jobs were put on indefinite hold this week after the county council failed to vote a re-zoning measure to accommodate the expansion plans of the Dunbia meat-packing plant at the July meeting in Mullingar on Monday afternoon.

There was welcome news for Rochfortbridge residents at last week’s Kilbeggan area meeting, with the news that a playground and other amenities are to be up and running in the village in the coming months.

Kilbeggan area councillors are to hold a special meeting to discuss the Local Area Plan for Ballinagore, after they expressed concern about aspects of the plan.

A dangerous abandoned site in the village of Ballinagore, on the Mullingar to Tullamore Road is to be investigated by the Westmeath County Council under the Derelict Sites Act it was revealed this week.

Following a turbulent week of discussion with residents and several meetings, the four councillors from the Kilbeggan area agreed this week to adopt the draft Local Area Plan for Tyrrellspass village, subject to a series of variations.