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Eighty new jobs have been earmarked for Kinnegad this week after Tesco announced it is to open a new store in the Westmeath town.

Mick Dollard, poll-topping Labour councillor for the Mullingar East ward and 25-year veteran of local politics, was elected unopposed to the position of cathaoirleach of Westmeath County Council for the second time in his career at its AGM this week (June 21).

After 25 years of debate and negotiation, the improvement of the final stretch of the troublesome and dangerous Delvin road (N52) was given the green light by the county council this week; however, it is expected the €5m project could take another two years to complete.

A local councillor has criticised the reluctance of a housing estate developer in Mullingar to attend to a recently issued enforcement order to maintain the green areas in the Ardleigh and Ardilaun estates as agreed.

Councillors have called on the management of Belvedere House and Gardens not to increase admission prices, after it emerged the attraction needs to cut expenditure in order to meet targets this year.

Kinnegad will become the third town in Westmeath to introduce restricted parking after the first draft of bye-laws was presented to councillors at the Mullingar Area meeting this week.

A speed limit of 100kmph is to be applied to the stretch of the Mullingar to Dublin M4 motorway at Coralstown junction, after councillors approved new bye-laws for the road this week.

The Labour party’s local election candidates for the Mullingar area have been announced.

Two MEPs are supporting a move that could see huge improvements in transport for the people of East Mullingar.

It was an exhausting weekend for anyone with an interest in politics. In Westmeath the two count centres at Mullingar and Athlone played host to many candidates and party members, as they dashed from north to south to ensure everything was running smoothly in county and town.