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It is one of the most enduring and endearing images of Irishness: children standing beside a donkey laden with creels of turf on a bog in Connemara. The Irish donkey, that great symbol of Irishness, is fast disappearing from the Irish countryside.

Charlie Browns, Athlone (located across from AIT) has recently reopened its doors under the new leadership of manager Stephen Fitzpatrick.

Two local companies, Athlone-based Georgia Tech Ireland and System Label, based in Roscommon, are working together to develop smart packaging for the food industry.

A start date of July 8 for the commencement of the watermains rehabilitation project in Mullingar was confirmed this week in a report given to the environment and water services strategic policy committee.

As part of a national plan to consolidate fire services from 30 to 21 units, the brigades of Mullingar, Athlone, and Longford are to amalgamate by 2015, it was revealed this week.

Athlone Castle Visitor Centre would like to invite you to come and visit this June bank holiday weekend, Saturday and Sunday June 1 and 2, with extended opening on Monday June 3. To celebrate the June bank holiday they are running a special offer for the weekend through www.athlone.ie, which grants a 25 per cent discount on admission prices upon presentation of the voucher at reception.

An Athlone councillor is calling for common sense in how the OPW will manage flooding around the town, saying that human beings, not wildlife and trees, must be central to any solutions.

Thirteen tourism businesses from Co Westmeath are being promoted to international visitors on a brand new app for iPhones and android devices. The app, called ‘Gathering Gestures’, has been created by Tourism Ireland specifically for The Gathering Ireland 2013 and offers a wide variety of ‘gestures’ to ensure our international visitors get more from their holiday here and an extra special welcome in this year of The Gathering.

The Six Marys, written and performed by Athlone native Jean Farrell, is a comical yet poignant look at life, from childhood in the 1950s, to the present day.

Military memorabilia previously housed in Columb Barracks will not be making a return to Mullingar, but will be housed instead in Custume Barracks, Athlone.