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Objectives from the Athlone Canal Planning Study will now be part of the new Town Development Plan.

€30,000 will be spent on improvements which Athlone Town Council hopes will help the Athlone Marina lose its bad reputation for good.

Athlone will lose 13 car parking spaces but will gain bus parking spaces at the rear of the castle in an attempt to keep tourists in the town centre.

Athlone Town Council has been congratulated on its success in taking estates in charge, but there is more work to do.

Athlone is in a very unique position spanning two counties, and town councillors are to make a submission to Minister Phil Hogan regarding the proposed Local Government Reform which would do away with Athlone Town Council.

Mayor of Athlone Cllr Jim Henson is to travel to Brussels in the coming weeks to formally accept the designation of Athlone as European Town of Sport for 2013.

Athlone Town Council is hoping to install new underground bottle banks at the Fair Green within the next year, after launching proposals for the project this week.

The Midlands Simon Community were delighted to be one of the chosen charities to benefit from the first ever Athlone Mayor’s Charity Fund, set up by former mayor Cllr Alan Shaw who recently came to the end of his term as mayor.

Athlone’s ranking has improved in the latest litter report from Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL), maintaining its ‘clean to European norms’ status.

Former councillor John Dolan, a farmer from Ballinahown, is the only confirmed candidate to date to replace Cllr Joe Whelan, who this week (July 30) became the second councillor this year to resign from Westmeath County Council due to professional pressures.