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There was some good news for the county this week when Westmeath County Council formally revealed its three year capital programme.

It is anticipated that construction on the new Garrycastle Bridge will commence within the next three years, while the Abbey Road sewer should be completed within the same period.

Athlone Agricultural Show has announced an invention competition aimed at young entrepreneurs, and in particular enterprising farmers. Budding inventors are encouraged to submit their idea for an invention by March and have three months thereafter to produce a prototype for display at the Athlone Agricultural show.

A man who forced a Garda car to stop by breaking a Yield sign at 3am and was arrested for drink driving, had his conviction dismissed in the District Court this week (January 26) when the judge agreed the place of arrrest given by the garda in evidence differed from the address on the charge sheet.

If you did not get a chance to visit SBA Home Ideas over the holiday period, it’s not too late - Athlone’s largest furniture showroom has extended its sale to this weekend.

With all the changes and challenges that face today’s society, one thing that hasn’t changed in many lifetimes is the gift of the seventh son.

The N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone national road scheme which was officially opened this week, is great news for business in the midland and west regions, it was claimed at the opening.

Hundreds of people from every town in Ireland, including a group from Carlow, are heading to Athlone this weekend for a unique kind of reunion.

Transport 21 is supporting and boosting the tourism industry in Galway by providing better roads, trains, and regional airports, according to Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey.

Just days after the journey times on the Dublin-Galway road were sliced by the opening of the Moate and Kilbeggan bypasses, Galway Chamber has urged Government to stand by its commitments to the N6 Galway Outer Bypass as it feels that the new road will be worthless if traffic ends up being snarled in the city suburbs.