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Councillors were effusive in their praise of county librarian Mary Farrell, who is to take early retirement from the council after 17 years at the helm of the county’s library services.

“You must be a brave man to be stepping into politics, but it’s brave men we need,” was the dubious welcome extended to Westmeath’s newest councillor Peter Keaney at his first county council meeting on Monday.

In spite of a major campaign by Athlone Chamber of Commerce to persuade the council to reduce commercial rates by 5 per cent, and a late call from Cllr Sheila Buckley Byrne to consider a 2 per cent rate reduction, councillors voted against a change in rates at Wednesday’s Athlone Town Council budget meeting.

A man who was covered in his own excrement when he spat at a garda in courthouse, has been jailed for 10 months.

A student with a heroin habit, who was previously thanked by the court for aiding in translation duties, was told this week (January 4) “he can hand in his P45 to his education director” if he comes to Garda notice in the next three months.

The environment special policy committee of Westmeath County Council will next year look into charging insured homeowners for chimney fire call-outs, it was revealed at this month’s meeting.

There will be no reduction in rates for Westmeath businesses in 2012, but a 5 per cent reduction in water costs has been welcomed by councillors at this week’s annual Westmeath County Council budget meeting.

Attitudes towards the recent resignation of Deputy Willie Penrose varied along party lines at the monthly meeting of Westmeath County Council held in Mullingar this week (November 28).

The Destination Sport-Mullingar project has scooped a top national award in this year’s Local Government Awards.

An Athlone councillor is suggesting the introduction of a small grants scheme for the renewal of unoccupied shop fronts in the town centre.