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During Lent 160 Athlone people showed incredible willpower by using the six weeks to lose weight, give up bad habits, and get fit while at the same time raise much-needed funds for very worthy causes in Athlone.

A home-based intervention developed by St James’s Hospital and the Regional Oncology Programme Office, Dublin to help cancer survivors manage fatigue, one of the most common, distressing, and disabling difficulties people face after cancer treatment, has now been made available to patients by Roche Products (Ireland) Ltd in UHG, the Galway Clinic, and Portiuncula.

Some 160 people have signed up to participate in the Lenten Slimathon 2012 which aims to raise thousands of euros for local charities and initiatives in Athlone this Lent. The event is sponsored by Sheraton Fitness and Leisure Centre.

ARTHUR MILLER’S classic parable of mass hysteria, The Crucible, will be presented by the Keegan Theatre Company from Washington DC at the Town Hall Theatre this month.

In recent years Semple Stadium has become the spiritual home for the National Hurling League Final. Geographically it probably suited all participating counties. However with the Dubs reaching the final for the first time since 1946 the authorities in HQ have in one way made a constructive effort to attract a big crowd by holding it in Croke Park only to shoot themselves in the foot with the admission fee of €25.

From zapping hair away, minimising those dreaded wrinkles and crows feet, to giving expert advice on proper skin health management Lisa Callaghan and the staff at Laserderm in Claregalway work tirelessly to provide their customers with top-notch service, putting them at ease, so that they leave the clinic feeling wonderful.

The Galway District Court heard this week how a 26-year-old Galway man “broke down” when he saw CCTV footage of himself punching a woman in a city centre restaurant and breaking her nose.

Over 100 people from Athlone and the surrounding area show up to be weighed in for the Slimathon challenge for the period of Lent. Organised by local business people, they hope to raise lots of money for the restoration work that is currently underway at Ss Peter and Paul’s Church in Athlone.

The Irish Wheelchair Association will celebrate a half century in the county with the unveiling of two plaques in its Mullingar and Athlone resource centres this week.

A row has erupted among Athlone’s taxi drivers, resulting in the resignation of the chairman of the Athlone Taxi Federation earlier this week. Chairman Paddy O’Callaghan, stepped down at a meeting on Tuesday evening after a vote of no confidence was passed in his leadership.