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Labour TD for Westmeath/Longford, Deputy Willie Penrose, has raised the issue of the Government’s decision to close the District Veterinary Office (DVO) in Mullingar with the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Brendan Smith.

Fears for Élan jobs in Athlone were compounded this week with the news that the company is to shed 29 jobs over the next month.

Labour TD for Longford/Westmeath, Deputy Willie Penrose, has again raised in the Dail the proposed decentralisation of 300 Department of Education posts to Mullingar.

Thirty new jobs are to be created in Mullingar at the headquarters of Satellite Broadband, it was announced yesterday.

Unemployment among the country’s young people is again emerging as a major problem, Labour TD for Longford/Westmeath, Willie Penrose, said this week.

The Westmeath Carers Association is calling on the Government not to cut the Carers Allowance in the upcoming budget.

Deputy Willie Penrose has welcomed the publication of ‘Giving Rural Ireland a Lift’ by Deputy Tommy Broughan, Labour Party Spokesperson on Transport. This set of proposals outlines the Labour Party’s suggestions for maintaining and protecting rural public bus services.

The failure by the IDA to attract a blue-chip anchor tenant to the windswept and empty business park in Marlinstown Park in Mullingar was brought to the Government’s attention by local Labour Party TD, Willie Penrose, this week (December 3).

A flood of unsubstantiated claims made to the Labour Relations Commission and other dispute resolution bodies in recent months has prompted suspicions of an organised “claim culture”, according to local Fianna Fáil TD and former minister for labour affairs, Frank Fahey.

Longford/Westmeath TDs James Bannon and Mary O’Rourke have been named in the top 10 for Dail expenses, according to a report this week.