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Westmeath County Council officially opened its new housing developments in Farrenshock, Mullingar and St Josephs Gardens, Rathwire last Friday May 8. The schemes were officially opened by Cllr Joe Whelan, cathaoirleach of Westmeath County Council.

Mayo County Council has granted an application by Shell E&P Ireland Limited (SEPIL) for an extension to the planning permission for the construction of a gas terminal at Bellanaboy and for works at the Shramore peat deposition site.

Two candidates in the forthcoming County Council election have roundly condemned the vandalism and destruction of public property occasioned by persons involved in defacing election posters and road signs outside Westport over the weekend. The graffiti, which appeared to have been designed to pit two of Westport’s popular town councillors against each other, has had the opposite effect with both Peter Flynn and Keith Martin coming together to remove the posters early Sunday morning and condemn the cowardly act which they believe to have been politically motivated.

One of the finest examples of “Saints and Scholars” Ireland – the Clonmacnoise ruins just outside Ballinahown – could soon be viewed in the same light as Stonehenge, Macchu Pichu or the Pyramids of Giza, it was revealed in a presentation to Westmeath County Council this week (May 25).

It may have the smallest number of voters of the three town councils in the county, but that makes the Westport Town Council race one of the most interesting.

The intriguing idea of digging our way out of the recession was mooted at the final meeting of the Mullingar Town Council last week (May 28) when Cllr Pat Whelan once again raised the possibility of the County Council providing suitable lands for allotments in the Mullingar area.

Westmeath County Council plans to issue a litter fine to a promoter advertising an event at one of its own sites.

Anyone for the Pigshaving Committeee. Any takers there? Johnny, You’re grand for that. You spend most of your life up to your oxters in sh, sh, shurpluses anyway. I’ll put ya down for that. Yeah, there’ll be a few trips. To Borris on Ossory and the like. Good mileage, not just down the road, like.

Westmeath County Council has moved to reassure the people of Mullingar that their water is safe to drink, following public concern about a ‘musty’ taste and odour coming from the local supply.

Dicksboro GAA Club celebrated their Centenary Year in style when they launched their history Up the Boro in the Ormonde Hotel recently. Written by Gerry O’Neill who was ably assisted by archivists and historians Ned Buggy, Noel Deevey and Tom Beirne, the superbly produced book covers the clubs History at a rate of a chapter per decade.