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Seven lucky Westmeath primary schools have been presented with a prize fund totalling €4,500 by Kilbeggan Preservation and Development Association Ltd.

Fine Gael Deputy, Peter Burke, has called for the Hill of Uisneach to be promoted and protected.

As he enters his 50th year in local politics, it was fitting that the role of cathaoirleach for the coming year should go to Westmeath’s longest serving councillor, Fine Gael’s Frank McDermott.

Westmeath County Council is inviting Minister for the Environment Simon Coveney to meet with a deputation from the council, after confusion arose over an apparent mistake in a Ministerial direction to the council regarding windfarm development in the county.

Westmeath County Council has revealed plans to build a social housing development of 20 units on an area of land at Arcadia, Athlone.

A public meeting is to take place in Mullingar this week in reaction to news that the Government is considering putting Columb Barracks in Mullingar up for sale by public auction.

Fianna Fáil Councillor, Aengus O’Rourke, has called on Westmeath County Council to put in place a dedicated Westmeath County Tourism Officer before the end of this year.

The 32nd Goldsmith International Literary Festival, the third longest-running festival of its type, will take place as usual over the June bank holiday. Founded 32 years ago to celebrate the literary genius of Oliver Goldsmith and to promote Goldsmith Country as a tourist attraction, it has over the years explored many aspects of Goldsmith’s life and work. A huge variety of renowned critics, politicians, poets, commentators, and academics have by turns stimulated, informed, and amused audiences over the past three decades