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“Let’s get working” was the message of newly elected mayor of Athlone, Alan Shaw, as he accepted his chain of office on Monday.

Councillor Peter Burke has become the latest cathaoirleach of the Mullingar Town Council, and assumed the position at a very speedy annual meeting in the Market House in Mullingar on Tuesday evening (June 28).

Castlebar native Alan Shaw is due to be elected Mayor of Athlone at the council’s July meeting to be held next Monday.

A planning application by Athlone Business Park Ltd was lodged last Friday in relation to the proposed development at Creggan, Athlone. Phase one of the project is expected to bring some 1,200 jobs during the construction phase with an investment of €175 million.

Fine Gael councillor Alan Shaw sought a major increase in the investment by Athlone Town Council in footpath repairs for housing estates throughout the town.

Fine Gael town councillor Alan Shaw has welcomed the latest IBAL (Irish Business Against Litter) report which highlights the continued need for targeted investment in litter control measures all year around.

After three hours of listening and debate, Athlone Town Council was still able to find an additional €40,000 from the town’s budget at the annual meeting on Tuesday for a number of worthy causes around the town.

The first pre-election spat of the year in the council chamber saw a pragmatic, if somewhat irked, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke accept the unlikelihood of Fianna Fail returning to power after the next, soon-to-be-called, general election in a row over the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014.

Fine Gael town councillor, Alan Shaw has expressed concern following a letter issued by the Department of Transport to Athlone Town Council in which the Transport Minister fails to commit funding for the re-alignment works at Garrycastle Bridge in 2011.

Commercial rates are set to be debated next Monday at the October meeting of Athlone Town Council following a motion put forward by Cllr Alan Shaw in September.