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The National Roads Authority came in for some heavy criticism this week from Mullingar councillors after it removed the picture of a caravan from a roadsign outside Tyrrellspass.

In the lee of the Penrose resignation storm, his nine elected colleagues in Westmeath have chosen to stay within the party fold after an emergency meeting in Mullingar on Wednesday night (November 16).

Plans by the largest employer in Kilbeggan to increase its workforce with up to 70 new jobs were put on indefinite hold this week after the county council failed to vote a re-zoning measure to accommodate the expansion plans of the Dunbia meat-packing plant at the July meeting in Mullingar on Monday afternoon.

A full review of parking in Mullingar, both paid and in estates, is to be carried out by the council “hopefully within the next few weeks”, it was revealed this week (May 26) in reply to queries on the vexed issue from at least four councillors.

Council tenants are being informed of the ending of the tenant purchase scheme currently in place and the introduction of two new schemes which allow longstanding council tenants and housing applicants to purchase their own homes at a reduced rate.

Almost two thirds of Mullingar’s housing estates are not yet controlled by the council, and a number of developers are being taken to court on account of not finishing estates around the town.

New libraries for Moate, Kinnegad, and the Delvin/ Clonmellon area are among the objectives of the new Library Development Plan for Westmeath.

With an increased emphasis on ease of use for customers, Westmeath County Council’s new website www.westmeathcoco.ie was launched this week to great welcome from local councillors.

“A great week for Kinnegad” is how local councillor Denis Leonard described the opening of the new primary care unit and the creation of 80 jobs in the brand new Tesco store, within days of each other, in Kinnegad this week.

The number of publicly accessible playgrounds in Westmeath has risen from three in 2004 to 23 at the moment, with another five to follow before the end of 2011, members of the county council were told at its monthly meeting this week.