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The eleventh Streete Parish Park Vintage Day committee are currently putting the final touches to this year’s rally which will take place on Sunday July 8

Longford-Westmeath Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy has called on the Minister for Social Protection to immediately move to fill key vacancies in local social welfare offices in Mullingar, Athlone, and Longford.

St Jarlath’s College take on Edenderry (Offaly) in Pearse Park in Longford this Saturday at 2pm in the All-Ireland Senior A Schools’ Championship semi-final.

GAA supporters from across Athlone and the extended areas of south Westmeath and south Roscommon will meet in Longford tomorrow as neighbouring clubs Garrycastle and St Brigid’s finally meet at the much anticipated All-Ireland club senior football championship semi-final.

Students and staff at Athlone Institute of Technology were deeply saddened on Tuesday morning to learn of the sudden and untimely death of PhD student Alison (Ali) Smyth.

Garrycastle sent out a firm warning last weekend that they are serious contenders for Leinster club glory with an eye-catching 14 point win over a disappointing Longford Slashers side. While manager Anthony Cunningham will be happy that his side bagged an impressive 4-11, he would probably have preferred a sterner test for his charges. Slashers looked like a side which had regressed since they collected their second Longford title in a row nine weeks ago and a long way off the side that ran Garrycastle to a point in the corresponding fixture last year.

Leinster club SFC quarter-final

When the radio version of John McDwyer’s play, United, was performed on RTE, it was so well received that it was repeated within a month and the stage version is proving to be just as popular. Beezneez opened this tour to three standing ovations in Longford and the production is ranking with the best ever produced by this consistently excellent company. United now plays in Roscommon Arts Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday November 8 and 9 at 8pm.

The Longford-Westmeath Parenting Partnership will welcome Professor Matt Sanders, the founder of the Triple P Positive Parenting Programme from June 8-10 including a seminar in Athlone on Thursday June 9. The programme is currently being piloted in Longford Westmeath having started up in September 2010.

The votes may have been cast today, but the journey has only begun for Longford-Westmeath’s 15 General Election 2011 candidates.