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Rates in Athlone will only increase by 1 per cent this year, after the figures were set at Friday’s (December 19) budget meeting at the Council chambers.

At the March monthly meeting of Athlone Town Council, Cllr John Butler put forward a motion to ban all election posters from the town.

Independent councillor Austin Berry has assured his fellow councillors that he will not be reversing his decision, and that he is definitely bowing out of local politics for good come June.

Councillors gave a cautious welcome to what one of them termed a “watered down” plan for the regeneration of Battery Heights, at Monday’s meeting of Athlone Town Council.

A deficit of €3.8 million in roads grants for 2009 has left Westmeath County Council with no choice but to postpone certain projects and cut costs in other areas.

Cllr Joe Whelan used the occasion of his last address as cathaoirleach of Westmeath County Council to pay tribute to the former councillors who lost their seats in the local elections earlier this month.

Municipal waste services in Athlone will cease before the end of the year after the Town Council followed the county’s lead at this month’s meeting (November 2), and conceded its inability to commercially compete with the eight private companies operating in the county.

The old saying that the only thing a Fianna Failer hates more than a non-Fianna Failer is an ex-Fianna Failer was proven again this week (January 4), when three sitting members of Athlone Town Council turned on a former associate for daring to suggest savings in the forthcoming budget.