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Local councillor Mick Dollard has said he believes Columb Barracks in Mullingar would be a more appropriate home for the 4th Western Brigade than its current headquarters in Athlone’s Custume Barracks.

It could be 2015 before Athlone sees any long-term solution to the flooding problems that plagued the town in winter 2009.

Greater innovation is urgently needed to attract more overseas visitors to the west of Ireland, if the trend of fewer holidaymakers going west is to be reversed. From Donegal to Cork, the hospitality industry needs to create more distinctive reasons to visit. This is a key finding of a new report - New Directions for Tourism in the West - from the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation (ITIC).

It could be 2015 before the Midlands see any long-term solution to the flooding problems that plagued the region in winter 2009.

Galway’s strategy of developing a nearly all-year-round programme of events and festivals has been credited with establishing the city and surrounding county as a “happening place”, that is according to a new report launched this week by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC).

Organiser of this week’s canal restoration public meeting, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke, has called for a committed community effort in order to make the project a success.

The first Irish Geological Association (IGA) branch west of the Shannon was launched yesterday evening at 8pm in the geology museum (Quad building), at NUI Galway. Activities of the new IGA branch will include the recording and collecting of data on field trips to places of local geological interest, trips further afield with like-minded groups, and involving itself with the conservation and protection of local sites of scientific, educational and heritage interest. On meeting nights lectures will be provided for members by visiting speakers. Annual membership will be €20 per individual, €30 per family, or €5 per student.

Neither of last Sunday's hurling quarter finals was anything to write home about in terms of quality, however the victors, Dublin and Waterford, will not be too worried about that. Both teams have suffered heavy defeats in their provincial finals but they will be quickly forgotten now. The two winning managers Anthony Daly and David Fitzgerald will be heroes once again in their adopted counties. I take my hat off to both of them for different reasons.

The Westport to Dublin train line was disrupted this week by a protester campaigning against cuts to A&E services at Roscommon County Hospital.

With just three weeks to go before Westmeath County Council makes a preliminary decision on the plans for the €1.4bn Chinese exhibition suburb on the eastern edge of Athlone, only four critical submissions have been received by the planning department to date.