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Students from Moate Communty School will have the honour of representing Westmeath at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme national finals to take place on May 18.

Westmeath County Council has welcomed the launch, by Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Deputy Robert Troy, of the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan.

A close to three year absence from local politics came to an end on Monday afternoon for Athlone native, Paul Hogan, as he was successfully co-opted to fill the casual vacancy in the Westmeath County Council chamber.

Westmeath County Council officially launched the new Visit Westmeath Tourism and Heritage App in recent times.

Westmeath County Council has received a significant financial boost in recent times with a Government contribution of €5.5m afforded to the local authority to address the income vacuum incurred following the introduction of the commercial rates waiver in April of this year.

Current use of the facilities within the Portlick Forest amenity is a source of much discontent for members of the local scout group management committee, the secretary of which, John Butler, informed the Athlone Advertiser this week.

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As local communities maintain and sustain their ongoing fight against COVID-19, the three principal response agencies that make up the Midlands Regional Steering Group (An Garda Síochána, the HSE and the Local Authorities, along with the ETBs and AIT) have thanked people for their work on stopping the spread of the virus.

Following on from a competitive tendering process, Westmeath County Council signed the Housing First Contract for the Midlands Region with Peter McVerry Trust.

Athlone Chamber of Commerce has expressed deep concern pertaining to the manner in which the mooted six percent increase in commercial rates has been promoted by both executive and elected members of the local authority.