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Mullingar and Athlone will be at the centre of a new brand which aims to promote the Midlands for business, tourism, education, and culture.

The constituency of Longford-Westmeath celebrated its first seat in Cabinet in almost nine years this week when Deputy Willie Penrose received his seal of office from President Mary McAleese on Wednesday night (March 9) in Áras an Úchtaráin.

“I’m going to try bottling the water in Ballynacarrigy and drinking it.” Cllr Peter Burke summed up the mood in the council chamber at Monday’s meeting of Westmeath County Council as councillors one by one congratulated Ballynacarrigy’s new Deputy Robert Troy and paid tribute to all the General Election candidates.

With just days left until General Election 2011, the Advertiser would like to offer you the opportunity to put your questions to a panel of your local candidates in a public forum.

It’s official: the 15 General Election candidates for the Longford-Westmeath constituency have been confirmed, with a couple of latecomers adding their names to the ballot sheet at the eleventh hour.

It’s official: the 15 General Election candidates for the Longford-Westmeath constituency have been confirmed, with a couple of latecomers adding their names to the ballot sheet at the eleventh hour.

At lunchtime yesterday (Thursday) Brian Cowen settled bets the length and breadth of Ireland when he named Friday March 11 as the date the 31st Dáil would be decided upon.

According to Labour Party general election candidate Deputy Willie Penrose, the huge increase of more than 12,000 in the Live Register figures for December “is grim news indeed and shows that there is still a huge challenge facing the country to undo the huge economic damage done by Fianna Fail”.

As a year of potentially enormous political significance begins, Insider has decided to look at the prospects for each party, both on a national and local level. Insider cannot recall a time of more political uncertainty, and the predictions made today may seem very foolish in two or three months time. Insider firmly believes that the result of the election could also differ considerably depending on the date it is held. Is the 'Gilmore Gale' still blowing? Will Brian Cowen even lead FF into battle? Has Enda Kenny put the questions over his capacity for the job of Taoiseach to bed? Will disaffected members of the public support SF in unprecedented numbers? How many more sitting TD's will opt out? Are the Greens already a spent force? So much uncertainty, and so much anger. So much to lose, and so much to win. Insider has decided to sum up the reasons he would vote 'for' or 'against' each party. Today Insider will look at Longford-Westmeath, and look at Roscommon-South Leitrim and Galway East in the coming weeks.

Volunteers from the Midlands Branch of Samaritans were in Dublin last week for the launch of Samaritans’ first ever impact report for Ireland. The report highlights the work of Samaritans’ 12 branches in the Republic of Ireland, including the Midlands Branch, which is based in Athlone.