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The people of Moate will have a say on the location of the new Gráinne Óg statue which is to be placed in the town.

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.

Westmeath County Council is calling on local community groups to get their thinking caps on in a bid to prevent the courthouse in Moate from descending into dereliction.

New libraries for Moate, Kinnegad, and the Delvin/ Clonmellon area are among the objectives of the new Library Development Plan for Westmeath.

Moate councillors have joined forces in an effort to get the council to clean up the back road between the old railway station in Moate and the Ballymore road, which they are describing as a “dumping ground”.

Flood prevention works are due to be completed at Iona Villas within the coming month, while several areas which have not been approved for flood relief funding will be discussed at a special meeting on Monday.

There are 28 sites currently listed as derelict in Westmeath, with 156 more under investigation, it emerged this week.

Westmeath county councillors received average annual payments of more than €28,000 over the past two years, with four councillors earning in excess of €40,000 last year.

The number of publicly accessible playgrounds in Westmeath has risen from three in 2004 to 23 at the moment, with another five to follow before the end of 2011, members of the county council were told at its monthly meeting this week.

With a focus on the visual enhancement of Moate’s Main Street, a draft local area plan for Moate was set in motion this week. Members of the public now have six weeks to make submissions on the plan.