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A convicted fraudster avoided a sentence extension in court this week (July 7) after his father paid €2,200 in restitution for limousines for which the defendant paid with bounced cheques.

In the early 1990s the Mayos in Galway were getting so uppity that it was decided that action would be taken. It is believed that Seamus Keating, the legendary Galway city and county manager, and a Tipperary man to boot, was never slow in taking the hard decision. Exasperated by the controls exerted by the Mayos, their prestigious positions in all walks of life in the city, their swagger about the place, and the whingeing by the few Galwegians left on his staff at the unfairness of it all, one day he pressed the red button on his desk.

Gardai in Athlone are questioning a local man in connection with pipe bomb attacks on two Athlone head shops which occurred in March.

Communication with local residents and business people will be crucial in order to ensure road closures for this year’s European Triathlon Championships are carried out with minimal disruption.

The man arrested last Sunday for allegedly stabbing his brother and threatening the ambulance staff who came for him, was jailed for two months for an outstanding and unrelated public order offence in the District Court this week (April 21).

Cllr Sheila Buckley-Byrne offered her apologies to the residents of St Patrick’s Terrace in Irishtown after acknowledging a mistake of hers with regards to local geography at a prevous meeting.

Property Partners Finlay, Athlone’s premier estate agents, are proud to offer, by public auction, the historic period residence known as Court Devenish House, Court Devenish, Athlone, Co Westmeath.

“It’s 12.30am Melbourne time and I have an insatiable desire for an Irishtown ‘two battered sausage, beans and chips!’ Only a few people will get this. God bless the old days!”

An apartment complex in Mullingar has been attracting national attention in recent days as homes in the development go on sale for less than €70,000 this weekend.

As Ireland’s fragile economy struggles to fight its way back from the brink of collapse, one local business is organising its birthday celebrations.