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There was a common refrain of dismay voiced this week with the news that private house grants issued by Westmeath County Council are to be cut by over a half.

Exactly one euro in 10 needed to run the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar is earned from its private patients, it was revealed this week (February 19).

The Mullingar-based MIDOC facility is to relocate three kilometres closer to town to a new premises on the hospital campus by September.

Westmeath County Council is urging people to get ready for possible chaos on winter roads, by planning ahead within communities and residents associations.

Entrepreneurs who want to set up business in rural Westmeath now have some hope of having their application considered.

Westmeath’s councillors have unanimously defied the wishes of the Local Government Minister and have refused to accept a variation to the County Development Plan to include a core strategy regarding zoning.

Mullingar is to formally say thank you to its “outstanding” Olympic ambassador John Joe Nevin this autumn after a unanimous vote at this week’s meeting of the town council.

“More of the same old rubbish” is how one councillor described a letter sent by the IDA to Mullingar councillors last week.

From Portlick and Coosan Point to Mullingar Town Park, the litter louts were out in force across the county over the recent stretch of good weather, to the disgust of councillors at Monday’s county council meeting.

A local councillor has hit out at the lack of transport available for Westmeath patients undergoing oncology treatment in Tullamore hospital.