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The Western Writers’ Centre must be included in the Galway City Council’s Galway Arts Plan 2009 as it is working to “preserve and encourage the unique literary heritage of the west”.

With the local and European elections on the horizon teenagers in Ireland will be watching proceedings from the outside, wondering why their voices can't be heard. A campaign is mounting to allow 16 and 17-year-olds vote, and it’s one which the Mayo Advertiser supports. At the ages of 16 and 17 you can pay taxes, get married, work full-time, leave school, or be detained at a detention centre, so why not have the right to vote?

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny commented on the demise of local business due the financial crisis as he officially launched a Build A Bank project in St Gerald’s College, Castlebar last Friday.

The impending refusal of planning permission for a development at Cloonkeen, Islandeady, caused frustration to elected members of the Castlebar electoral area committee this week. The single dwelling house was turned down because it was located on a national primary route, and the NRA objected to it. Cllr Johnny Mee asked senior executive planner for Mayo County Council John McMyler if there was anything that could be done in relation to this plan. Mr McMyler responded it was not likely as the council had received a submission from the NRA on the application.

Labour candidate Harry Barrett has said a jobs stimulus plan for Mayo is imperative to avoid sleepwalking into a serious jobs crisis. He has said job creation through a stimulus plan should be put to the top of the political agenda.

Residents of the Longford-Westmeath constituency are more likely to have left education earlier and with fewer qualifications than the national average, and are more likely to get married or to own a house or a car.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has received confirmation from the Central Statistics Office that the Live Register in Co Mayo has more than doubled for those aged under 25 from January 2008 to January 2009. The increase was recorded at being 106.7 per cent representing an annual increase of 1,089 for those under 25.

Drugs with an estimated street value of €25,000 have been seized by Athlone Gardai and three people arrested this week, following a series of planned searches in the town.

Forty-five men and one woman have appeared before a special court sitting in Mullingar charged with violent disorder.

The launch takes place today (Friday) of the Joint Policing Committees for Westmeath, Mullingar, and Athlone.