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The Joint Policing Committee for Westmeath is to be launched on Friday February 20, with a workshop for members of the new committee.

Cllr Fintan Cooney received the unanimous support of councillors this week when he called for the re-establishment of the County Council Committee of Agriculture, with the result that his notice of motion is to be circulated to other county councils around the country.

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.

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.

“Eminently suitable for the role” was how Fine Gael’s Mark Cooney described Fintan Cooney as he nominated him for chairmanship of the county council at last Friday’s meeting.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) came under fire at the first meeting of the new Westmeath County Council, as councillors vented their anger at the body’s unwillingness to meet with them to discuss unfinished road projects in the county.

Following months of discussion, culminating in an intense two-hour debate at Monday’s meeting, local councillors voted this week to discontinue Westmeath County Council’s involvement in waste collection services in the county.