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Lesley Wingfield’s Uisce exhibition was launched this week and will run in Athlone Regional Sports Centre until the end of May.

The launch of the 2009 National Irish Bank FAI Summer Soccer School programme for Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon, Offaly, and Laois kicked off in Athlone Town FC recently. This year will see up to 25,000 children from all over Ireland participating at over 290 camps nationwide – up from 270 last year with 21 camps taking place in Westmeath, Longford, Offaly, and Laois.

Westmeath’s minor footballers face a major battle this weekend as they face Meath in the Leinster minor football quarter-final. Ger Heavin’s young charges face the added difficulty of having to travel to the lions’ den to take on the reigning provincial champions. Having easily accounted for Carlow in the opening round this will be a much sterner test.

The Midlands Simon Community is delighted to announce it has been successful in its application to the Dormant Accounts Fund and has been awarded €91,200 toward a new, innovative project to support people to move out of homelessness.

One year since Offaly Good Vibrations One Love Concert brought unity and great music to the people the organisers are proud to announce that the second One Love Concert will take place in the Faithful County once again on Saturday June 27 at Fergie's Bar, Tullamore.

At least 165 Westmeath artists have managed to stay and work in the county over the last six years, thanks to the support of the county council, the Arts Officer revealed in her presentation to the chamber this week.

The number of planning permissions granted in the Midlands region has almost halved in the past year, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office last week.

Businesses from all over Offaly and Westmeath came together on Monday this week to participate in the second annual Midlands Business-to-Business Speed Networking event in the Tullamore Court Hotel.

Three men have been arrested and are being held in connection with a spate of burglaries across the Midlands.

Three men who were arrested last week in connection with a spate of burglaries across the Midlands have been released without charge.