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Willie Penrose, spoke to Barry O’Leary, the CEO of the IDA this week, appealing for priority status to be given to Mullingar. Deputy Penrose wants to see the IDA working towards attracting industry to the well appointed and well located industrial parks, situated at Marlinstown, Mullingar.

Kinnegad will become the third town in Westmeath to introduce restricted parking after the first draft of bye-laws was presented to councillors at the Mullingar Area meeting this week.

The St Patrick’s Festival committee would like to thank everyone who participated in and supported this year’s festival. It was a great day, with fantastic weather that brought the streets of Athlone to life.

As part of their heritage awareness programme, Athlone Architectural Heritage Group entered a float in the 2010 St Patrick’s Day Parade, commemorating the hardship endured by the citizens who had to reside in the town’s workhouse during the Great Famine.

At a recent meeting of Athlone Area Committee Cllr Frankie Keena raised a motion for the council to provide dedicated cycling routes in Athlone plus bicycles for the public to rent.

Voting for the 2009/2010 AIB Better Ireland Programme closed at midnight on March 15 with an overwhelming 602,172 votes received online and by text.

Passionfruit Theatre, 9 Northgate Street, Athlone invites those aged 15 to 18 to join in on the Lighting for Theatre workshop this Saturday March 27 at 11am. Experienced lighting expert Emma Lohan, will facilitate the workshop and set the lights for Passionfruit's upcoming play The Hooded Well, which will run in April. The play is funded by the HSE in association with the Midlands Drug Task Force and is written by Simon McGonnigle and directed by Annemarie Hynes, who are both natives of Athlone.

The countdown to the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival has begun. The event, which is now in its 58th year, will kick off at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone on Friday April 30 and will run for nine nights finishing on Saturday May 8.

As Gardai continue their investigations into last week’s discovery of pipe bombs outside two head shops in Athlone, local public figures have spoken out to condemn the attacks and renew calls for the town’s head shops to be closed down.

Belvedere House, Gardens and Park, Mullingar features in the 2010 top five family attractions in Leinster. This top-rated flagship Westmeath attraction was placed just behind Dublin Zoo and ahead of well known places such as the National Aquatic Centre and Newgrange in a recent survey.