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After months of waiting, students in Mullingar finally got to see their hard work pay off last Wednesday, August 18, as they collected their Leaving Cert. Some 57,000 students received their results this week.

Seven Westmeath students were among the 161 winners from all over Ireland who travelled to Dublin recently to receive their prizes in this year’s 56th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.

Irish actress Amy Huberman was in Kilkenny last weekend where she not only celebrated her 31st birthday but she also enjoyed her hen night with some friends in the Marble City.

Some 63 students who sat the Junior Certificate exam in 2009 at secondary schools throughout Westmeath were recognised at a special award ceremony at AIT last week.

The Board of Management and science teachers of Loreto College, Mullingar, one of two local schools who had inspection reports posted on the Department of Education website recently, expressed their disappointment that the delayed building project has resulted in the failure to provide two new laboratories at the school.

Five Westmeath students were among the 224 scholarship recipients for 2008 announced by Dr Philip Nolan, deputy president of University College Dublin, recently.

A stark warning was delivered yesterday to Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe by Westmeath’s post-primary principals - the loss of 31 teaching positions and over €0.5 million of resourcing to Westmeath schools will have dire consequences for the future of the county’s children.

A stark warning was delivered yesterday to Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe by Westmeath’s post-primary principals - the loss of 31 teaching positions and over €0.5 million of resourcing to Westmeath schools will have dire consequences for the future of the county’s children.

Secondary school students from all over Westmeath are gearing up to compete in the Westmeath County Student Enterprise Awards, to take place on Friday March 6 in Golden Island Shopping Centre, Athlone. The winning team will represent Westmeath in the national finals in May.

There were scenes of jubilation around Mullingar earlier this week as the Leaving Cert class of 2009 returned to school for the final time to pick up their exam results.