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A delegation of wives and supporters of soldiers at Columb Barracks in Mullingar will meet Minister Alan Shatter next week to discuss possible plans to shut the facility.

Minister for Housing and Planning, Willie Penrose has announced that funding of €14,272 is being allocated to Westmeath County Council for 2011 to support the work of the Community and Voluntary Forum in Westmeath.

The members of the Ballina Electoral Area are to write to the new Minister of State for Housing, Willie Penrose, to express their concerns about the new income threshold for applicants for social housing. Paul Benson, senior executive officer for Mayo County Council, told the meeting that since March 1 new legislation had been brought in that had tied the hands of the council when it came to the allocation of social housing.

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.

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.

Deputy Willie Penrose has described the removal of post mortem facilities from Mullingar Hospital as a “massive inconvenience to people in Westmeath and Longford”.

Despite a warning on the website that “these numbers do not measure quality”, Longford-Westmeath TD James Bannon has claimed to be the hardest working deputy in the constituency after Dail-activity figures were revealed by the non-partisan website KildareStreet.com.

Labour’s Deputy Willie Penrose has presented a petition containing the signatures of almost 5,000 supporters of Mulllingar Hospital to Health Minister Mary Harney.

Willie Penrose, spoke to Barry O’Leary, the CEO of the IDA this week, appealing for priority status to be given to Mullingar. Deputy Penrose wants to see the IDA working towards attracting industry to the well appointed and well located industrial parks, situated at Marlinstown, Mullingar.