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The first of the public sector cutbacks was made evident at this week’s meeting of Westmeath County Council when Kilbeggan councillor and secondary school teacher, Gerard Corcoran, revealed he would have to pay for his own substitute in order to attend.

Students from Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan were locked in intense negotiations at the mock European Council this week.

Express parcel delivery company DPD Ireland, formerly Interlink, was on the move recently in Westmeath. The Westmeath depot moved from the Clara Road, Moate to the Midlands Gateway Business Park in Kilbeggan. The depot has been operated by Carol Claffey and Joe Christal for the past three years.

A unique event is scheduled to take place in Kilbeggan Library on the morning of Wednesday May 13 to celebrate this year’s Bealtaine Festival. The intergenerational event will involve members of Kilbeggan’s ‘Young at Heart’ club and the sixth class pupils from Kilbeggan Primary School.

A new Mullingar Library is to open in June this year, while initiatives whereby young people deliver library books to elderly people are set to spring up around the county.

A 47-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of well-known Kilbeggan horse trader Christy Hanley.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering Kilbeggan horse trader Christy Hanley has heard how the pensioner was found dead in his home having been tied up and beaten.

Ireland’s premier party band, The LOLS, have just been added to the Kilbeggan race card in a bank holiday special this Sunday May 31.

A 47-year-old man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Kilbeggan pensioner Christy Hanley in May last year.

Kilbeggan Racecourse is calling on the ladies of the Midlands to get their hats on and race cards ready for the Kilbeggan Races on Gigginstown Midlands National day, which takes place on Friday July 17.