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A Westmeath councillor has expressed concern about future development in some of the county’s smaller towns. Cllr Denis Leonard said he was worried that towns and villages like Kinnegad, Rochfortbridge, and Ballynacargy may be deprived of vital services in the future purely because their populations aren’t large enough.

Sixteen teams remain in contention in the Leinster senior A colleges championship ahead of round 2 which is due to take place next Wednesday January 23.

Jean Farrell’s play The Six Marys, full of memories and melodies played to a full house in Dun Laoghaire recently after a group of people heard about the success of the play in Athlone and invited the group to present the play in Dun Laoghaire.

Athlone audiences are in a for a treat when Athlone Film Club presents the poignant and charming French comedy, Delicacy on Tuesday January 15 at 8pm in the Dean Crowe Theatre.

The Leinster colleges championship gets underway today (Friday) with a number of local schools in action. Athlone Community College take on Ardscoil na Trionoide in AIT at 1pm. While the Community College were victorious in the north Leinster League, championship provides an even greater challenge and this opening game is very much a banana skin for the league champions.

Smartphone app publishing company, Townapps Ltd, recently launched the Athlone App.

Members of the Joyce family in Mullingar, Athlone, and Moate have been warned to “stop pilfering” or face the wrath of the court.

Athlone Community Radio 88.4fm will celebrate its second birthday this Saturday January 12.

Athlone’s ‘clean’ status according to the latest IBAL report was welcomed by councillors this week, who attributed the improvement in ranking in recent years to the efforts of Athlone Tidy Towns.

A draft County Development Plan for Westmeath is to go on public display from Friday February 1 for 10 weeks, during which time it will be open to submissions from members of the public.