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The grim reality of human trafficking and prostitution was brought close to home this week as Gardai raided a suspected brothel in Athlone in an effort to crush an international human trafficking gang.

The construction of the new school building for Athlone Community College could provide much needed employment in the Athlone area, according to Deputy Mary O’Rourke.

Denis Naughten, TD, has requested that the Minister for Agriculture extend the deadline for submitting paperwork under the Farm Waste Management Scheme.

A meeting to discuss Clonmacnoise as a UNESCO World Heritage site held in Athlone this week descended into an IFA-inspired walkout and the intimidation of a Department official in a highly charged atmosphere.

There has been widespread welcome among local politicians to last Thursday’s announcement that pharmaceutical company PPD Inc is to establish a €14 million research facility in Athlone with the creation of 250 jobs.

Youth unemployment will be high on the agenda at this month’s Young Fine Gael National Conference, to to take place in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone from Friday February 20 to Sunday February 22.

Up to 90 workers at Athlone’s Elan plant are to lose their jobs in the coming weeks.

Some 250 jobs are to be created in Athlone with the establishment of a research and testing facility by an American pharmaceutical company.

Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed what he is calling the “climb-down” by the Minister for the Environment on the proposed ban on turf cutting on bogs until the end of the year.

The country’s sheep farmers will not be fooled by the Minister for Agriculture’s timely announcement regarding funding for the sector, local TD Denis Naughten has stated.