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A deficit of €3.8 million in roads grants for 2009 has left Westmeath County Council with no choice but to postpone certain projects and cut costs in other areas.

 Liam Heavin, CEO of Waterways Ireland triAthlone, launched both the triathlon and this year’s triFest in Athlone on Sunday last in the Sheraton Athlone Hotel.

Athlone and Mullingar Town Councils could be consigned to the history books if the recommendations of ‘An Bord Snip Nua’ are taken on board.

Athlone and Mullingar Town Councils could be consigned to the history books if the recommendations of ‘An Bord Snip Nua’ are taken on board.

The future of Athlone’s one-way system will be known in just a few days, when councillors hold a special meeting this Monday October 20 to decide on the fate of the town’s streets.

The future of a burger van in the Market Square is to be severely restricted after the town council voted to proceed with a number of bylaws governing casual trading at its monthly meeting this week (November 2).

The clean-up operation following the flooding of several hundred homes in Athlone and the surrounding area will cost hundreds of thousands of euros and will be “difficult, traumatic, messy and will take some time”, according to county manager Dan McLoughlin.

In a week in which Athlone just managed to scrape into the top 30 in the Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL) survey, the town council was serendipitously proactive at its first monthly meeting this week by adopting the latest draft litter management plan.