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A free talk on climate change is being held by change.ie, the Power of One and Kilkenny County Council during EU Waste Reduction Week on November 22, in the Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny City.

Mayo County Council and Ballina Town Council were both awarded at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, organised in partnership with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Entrepreneurs in Mayo interested in setting up in business using what someone else considers waste as raw materials, should attend at NUI Galway on Tuesday November 9 from 10am to 12.45pm when rx3, a Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government initiative to rethink, recycle and remake recyclable waste into new products, will identify opportunities for reprocessing waste materials here in Ireland, creating new businesses and new jobs.

Almost two thirds of the housing loans owed to Westmeath County Council are in arrears, giving it one of the highest rates of debt in the country when it comes to housing loan repayments.

Almost two thirds of the housing loans owed to Athlone Town Council are in arrears, giving it one of the highest rates of debt in the country when it comes to housing loan repayments.

Plans to double the size of Athlone over the next 15 years were advanced this week (September 27) after councillors voted to accept the manager’s plan for 302Ha (750 acres) at Creggan on the eastern edge of the town.

Kilkenny, has been awarded the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Large Urban Centre 2010 from the Tidy Towns competition.

Westmeath county councillors received average annual payments of more than €28,000 over the past two years, with four councillors earning in excess of €40,000 last year.

The Midlands Gateway Chamber has welcomed the publication of the report of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group, noting that if implemented quickly, many of the recommendations could deliver much needed savings to local authorities.

Westmeath County Council has been instructed to prepare emergency plans for flooding and severe cold weather, after a report this week found the overall response to the winter’s extreme weather conditions to be “inadequate”.