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Nearly 60 houses in Athlone town have been rendered uninhabitable by floodwaters as the Shannon rose by over two feet (64cm) in the last seven days and has now surpassed the previous highest ever water mark set in 1954 by more than 30cms (1ft).

Fine Gael general secretary, Tom Curran, has announced that Cllr Mark Cooney and Cllr John Dolan are to join the party’s local election team for Westmeath County Council in the Athlone Local Electoral Area.

The woman who made a drunken protest to Deputy Mary O'Rourke on the St Patrick's Day reviewing stand with an inflatable hammer was told “prison was on the line for you” as her sentencing was adjourned for a number of weeks to await a probation report.

Despite calls for a reduction in the council’s refuse collection rates, it looks likely there will be no change to the price of bin tags for the foreseeable future.

Councillors gave a cautious welcome to what one of them termed a “watered down” plan for the regeneration of Battery Heights, at Monday’s meeting of Athlone Town Council.

Cllr Mark Cooney (FG) has condemned the possibility of closures of rural Garda stations believed to be part of a new national review of bases set up by Commissioner Fachtna Murphy.

After almost two years in planning, Athlone Town Council has finally given the green light for a new €3.5 million art gallery.

One of the finest examples of “Saints and Scholars” Ireland – the Clonmacnoise ruins just outside Ballinahown – could soon be viewed in the same light as Stonehenge, Macchu Pichu or the Pyramids of Giza, it was revealed in a presentation to Westmeath County Council this week (May 25).

An uncle and nephew facing a number of car theft charges were unsuccessful when they tried to use a mother's anniversary mass and a girlfriend as excuses to avoid being banned from both Athlone and Roscommon as conditions of bail at the District Court this week (June 3).

It was an exhausting weekend for anyone with an interest in politics. In Westmeath the two count centres at Mullingar and Athlone played host to many candidates and party members, as they dashed from north to south to ensure everything was running smoothly in county and town.