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Athlone Town Council has been congratulated on its success in taking estates in charge, but there is more work to do.

Athlone is in a very unique position spanning two counties, and town councillors are to make a submission to Minister Phil Hogan regarding the proposed Local Government Reform which would do away with Athlone Town Council.

Improvements which have taken place in Willow Park show what can be done when different groups in the community work together.

Local councillors are to receive a report on the town’s derelict sites at their next council meeting, after it emerged that the council is to reduce both its spend and its estimated income in that area for the coming year.

In spite of a major campaign by Athlone Chamber of Commerce to persuade the council to reduce commercial rates by 5 per cent, and a late call from Cllr Sheila Buckley Byrne to consider a 2 per cent rate reduction, councillors voted against a change in rates at Wednesday’s Athlone Town Council budget meeting.

An Athlone councillor is suggesting the introduction of a small grants scheme for the renewal of unoccupied shop fronts in the town centre.

A one-way system for Athlone is firmly back on the agenda after councillors expressed dismay about the worsening condition of the town’s main streets.

The owners of historically and architecturally significant buildings in Athlone are to be offered an opportunity to have their say on whether they want their property added to the Record of Protected Structures.

As locals in Roscommon fought this week to retain their hospital services, there was good news in Athlone over the future of St Vincent’s Hospital.

The disused Athlone to Mullingar railway could be re-opened sooner than expected - but to bicycles rather than trains.