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New Minister of State at the Office of Public Works, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, is planning on visiting the United Kingdom and the Netherlands to get a broader perspective of flood relief schemes in operation there.

Minister of State at the Office of Public Works, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, has vowed to prioritise Athlone’s flood relief plan and to do his utmost to announce a programme of works inside the next 10 weeks.

Under fire Transport, Tourism and Sport Minister, Shane Ross, travelled to Athlone last Friday to mark the opening of the 2.2km cycleway from Garrycastle to the White Gates.

This time last year Irish politics was in a state of paralysis; the most inconclusive general election result in the State’s history was followed by 10 weeks of protracted negotiations to form a government. One year on, and with a sense the next electoral test may not be far away, Insider has been considering the shape the various parties find themselves in and their battle plans both locally and nationally.

The air in political circles is dense with anxiety these days. Having been pulled back from the brink of a cliff edge which was heading straight into the depths of an election nobody wanted, TDs remain cautiously hopeful that more time can be had before facing the electorate.

Longford-Westmeath Independent Alliance Deputy, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, has received the backing of his Independent Alliance colleagues in his bid to see Athlone designated a regional city.

Longford-Westmeath Independent Deputy, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, has secured more than €6.8m for County Westmeath’s regional and local roads under the 2017 funding allocation announced this week by Transport Minister, Shane Ross.