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New car registrations in county Westmeath for July have experienced a decrease 7.21 percent on the same period last year. There were 1,622 new registrations compared to 1,748 in July 2017. This is according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) who issued the official 182 new vehicle registration figures for the month along with their second quarterly motor industry review of 2018.

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten TD, has launched the first ‘call for applications’ under the Government’s new €500million Climate Action Fund.

Members of the newly reformed Longford-Westmeath Green Party constituency group attended the Green Party convention held last weekend in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.

In order to make volunteering more accessible for volunteers and community organisations, Westmeath Volunteer Centre has announced the launch of a weekly drop-in clinic in Athlone.

Labour TD for Longford-Westmeath, Willie Penrose has welcomed the commitment from Minister for Communication, Climate Control and the Environment, Denis Naughten, to review the criteria for the connection of rural towns to the natural gas grid, having raised the issue in the Dáil.

People aged 50 and over in Westmeath are encouraged to participate in this year’s Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness campaign by availing of a free AMD test in late September.

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys, met with personnel from Westmeath County Council ahead of her visit to Moate last Thursday to launch the 2017 Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

An interesting Leinster Senior Hurling Championship round robin commences this weekend when Westmeath travel to O’Moore Park to do battle with Laois.

Moate community groups are coming together to tackle the problem of dog fouling that is destroying the streets of the town.

The price of the average three-bed semi in Westmeath has risen 5.3 per cent to €160,000 in the last three months, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance.