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WITH THE yuletide season in full swing it is time once again to relish the annual theatrical treat of the pantomime.

Check out these special offers from McGorisks Pharmacy, Athlone. GHD hairstylers are now available at an amazing €129.99 (RRP €160), while you can save 20 per cent on salon prices when you buy gift sets from the Tigi Bed Head range.

Businesses around Westmeath are waiting with bated breath for the first indication of the commercial health of the county on Monday (December 21), when the county council meets to agree on a budget for 2010 at the annual estimates meeting.

Traders and businesses in Westmeath can unwrap their first Christmas present with the news that rates for next year will remain the same as for 2009, after the county council agreed the budget for 2010 at its last meeting of the decade on Monday (December 21).

More than €6,000 in funding has been allocated to four County Galway groups under the Government’s Community Support for Older People Scheme, according to local Fianna Fáil Dáil Deputy Noel Treacy.

While disposable incomes in Westmeath remain in the mid-range, they have dropped slightly when compared with our national counterparts, according to the latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Poor old Batt. He was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t, so he did and took all the damnation that was thrown at him and then changed his mind in case there wasn’t enough damning.

There will be some new year’s cheer for the 777 ratepayers of Athlone with the news this week that there will be no increase in rates for 2010.

During 2009 the occupancy in hotels in Westport town remained the same as the previous year — a statistic which was praised by Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council, Councillor Myles Staunton, during a presentation given to town councillors by Westport Chamber of Commerce, where the chamber outlined their preference for a reduction in town rates.

Westport Town Council has struck a rate of 64.84, which makes it the lowest rate multiplier in the county. This rate was agreed at a budget meeting on Thursday night where councillors proposed a 2.5 per cent reduction on rates in the town. This, according to the Cathaoirleach of the town, Councillor Myles Staunton, sends out the message that “Westport is open for business”.