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The Irish Government should recognize that agriculture is stepping up to the mark on climate change and respond itself, according to independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice.

Athlone Deputy Mayor, Cllr Aengus O'Rourke, has welcomed a decision taken by government to introduce new streamlined arrangements for large scale residential developments (LSRDs) to replace strategic housing developments (SHDs) which restores decision making to local authorities.

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What was said at the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District meeting this week?

A sum totalling €276,433 has been allocated for repairs and improvement works on non-public roads in rural communities in Westmeath, as part of the Government’s ‘Our Rural Future’ project, local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke has confirmed.

Mayor of Athlone Aengus O'Rourke has send a message of solidarity to Mayor of Galway Mike Cubbard, who has been subjected to abuse and threats, including a threat to burn his family home. Mayor O'Rourke revealed this week that he has also received threats as a result of his public role.

The past two weeks have given me a chance to meet with the Gardaí a number of times, assess my home and personal security and just make sure my family were okay. I needed the time and break away to find the head space to do this as it has been a very stressful period for our family.

The increase in anti-social behaviour within certain residential estates in Athlone is becoming a prevalent concern, Town Mayor, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke, asserted to the Athlone Advertiser this week.

A transformational development for education within the Midlands region, the opening of a new Technological University (TU) on the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) campus in September 2021, was afforded strong support from Town Mayor, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke, in recent times as he addressed an International Panel charged with virtually assessing the AIT-LIT Consortium application for TU status.