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Athlone’s new mayor has promised to lead a campaign to support local business in the town.

A councillor has branded the council’s rental scheme as a “disgrace” on account of the amount of intimidation and anti-social behaviour perpetrated by those within the system.

There was a conflict of opinion between the executive and council members on the issue of casual trading at this week’s meeting of the Athlone Area committee.

An Athlone councillor is calling for common sense in how the OPW will manage flooding around the town, saying that human beings, not wildlife and trees, must be central to any solutions.

Westmeath County Council has instigated proceedings against the Tullamore businessman responsible for the now derelict Texas shopping centre in Irishtown.

The vision, foresight, and commitment of outgoing county manager Dan McLoughlin were praised as he attended his last meeting of Westmeath County Council on Monday this week.

A man who was so drunk that his arresting gardaí couldn’t make out what he was trying to shout at them, was given 100 hours of community service in lieu of three months in prison this week (April 10).

by Finian Coghlan

By Tríona Doherty

A mother of two Down Syndrome children who pleaded guilty to the theft of €12 worth of clothes from a store had her charges struck out in the District Court this week (March 13) when the judge declared: “This is a scandalous waste of money...this case should never have been brought”.