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Westmeath County Council wishes to notify that an Archaeological Investigative Contract will commence from Tuesday March 20 until Friday May 11 during working hours from Monday to Saturday, pending archaeological findings.

Customers and traders in the Left Bank area of Athlone will be without 12 parking spaces for the next seven months.

The RNLI is to trial an inshore lifeboat on one of the biggest loughs on the River Shannon. At a recent meeting of the RNLI Board of Trustees the decision was taken to place an inshore lifeboat on Lough Ree for at least 12 months to assess whether a permanent lifeboat station should be established.

The Lakeside hotel and Leisure Centre is the ideal base for your autumn or winter getaway. The twin towns of Killaloe and Ballina span the River Shannon at the southern point of Lough Derg. With a vast array of activities on land and water, historic sites and a bustling nightlife, Killaloe has long been Ireland's secret vacation destination. And being only one and a half hours drive from Galway city it is closer than you think

Sherry FitzGerald Kavanagh is currently offering a charming, well maintained, bungalow on a private, well cared for, mature site of approximately 0.5 acre in Eyrecourt.

To celebrate Heritage Week, barges will arrive at the Creamery Quay in Piltown on the banks of the Pill River to join with the Piltown Community at the Iverk Show.

New Irish Sprint champions crowned at triAthlone 2011

The tourism drive in the US continues, as top American travel writers came to Ireland last week, to take part in the renowned Travel Classics writers’ conference. As part of the conference, hosted by Tourism Ireland, the journalists enjoyed a fact-finding visit around Ireland, which included some of the wonderful sights and attractions of counties Westmeath, Offaly, and Laois. During their visit, the group enjoyed a cruise on the River Shannon from Athlone, stopping off at Clonmacnoise in Offaly. They also visited the Celtic Roots Studio at Ballinahown and spent the night at the newly-opened Ballyfin hotel in Laois.

This week a bunch of beautiful Irish Roses including the Westmeath Rose gathered together to explain “It’s as easy as one, two, three” to take part in the 2011 Waterways Ireland triAthlone. The eight Roses from all over Ireland bunched together to kick off the official countdown to Ireland’s biggest annual triathlon event which takes place next Saturday July 2 in Athlone.

A large crowd turned out at Galway City Museum on Tuesday for the launch of this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature which runs until Sunday.