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A delegation from Athlone headed by Mayor of Athlone Jim Henson travelled to the European Parliament in Brussels recently to formally accept the designation of Athlone as European Town of Sport for 2013.

With a new art gallery, newly refurbished castle, funding for an extension of the Regional Sports Centre, and a European Town of Sport designation, Athlone is “in an exceptional place” going into 2013, according to the mayor Jim Henson.

There were emotional scenes by the Shannon’s edge on Saturday last (December 15) as more than 200 people gathered for the opening of a memorial garden to recall those who lost their lives on Lough Ree and the river.

Charities within the three-court region under the direction of Judge Seamus Hughes are to benefit to the tune of €52,500 for the year 2012, it was revealed this week.

A protestor who blocked the main Dublin-Galway railway line in the summer of 2011 must now work on a railway in Sweden to raise the €3,000 compensation he was ordered to pay in the District Court this week (December 19).

Grovelands Childcare has been awarded the highest possible award from the Síolta Quality Assurance Programme, the national quality framework for Early Childhood Care and Education organisations. The multi-award winning Grovelands Childcare was awarded the highest ranking (Level 4) for its facility in Corran Riada, Monksland in Athlone. The award recognises excellence in quality of care and education across 16 standards set by Síolta which include the environment, play, curriculum, health and welfare, community involvement, and identity and belonging.

Make sure you are the bell of the ball this New Year’s Eve and start 2013 as you mean to go on by looking fabulous in an outfit chosen from the extensive selection at BORN Clothing in Athlone Towncentre.

Pot of Gold, Athlone and Mullingar would like to extend warm wishes to all of their members over the festive season and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Some 15 sporting clubs and organisations across the county are to benefit from over €450,000 of funding under the Government’s Sports Capital Programme.

Midlands Simon Community, in partnership with Athlone Institute of Technology and local Paralympic double gold medallist Mark Rohan, are delighted to announce that the second annual Santa Dash will take place on Wednesday December 19 at 7pm at AIT. This one-mile event is an excellent way for people across the Midlands to show solidarity with some of the most vulnerable in our society this Christmas.