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The Athlone Town Development Plan for 2014-2020 is to be published within the next month, after councillors agreed to the final draft of the plan on Tuesday.

Judge Seamus Hughes was again exercised on his pet hate when a repeat shoplifter told him she only spent one day from her last sentence behind bars.

Athlone Town Council and Westmeath County Council will spend €1.2m to clean up after the county’s citizens this year.

A man who took €1,500 worth of scrap copper he found in a building site skip was ordered to come up with €500 in compensation before Christmas to avoid a conviction.

The process to nominate candidates for Fine Gael in Athlone for next year’s council elections descended into farce last week when it took nearly three and a half hours to deselect one candidate from five, despite his having reached the quota anyway.

Voices were raised during Monday’s October meeting of Athlone Town Council as fears over the future of the town and its funding were discussed.

Arcadia is not an appropriate location for a supermarket, Westmeath’s county manager, Barry Kehoe, told Athlone Town Council on Wednesday evening, September 18.

A judge criticised the prosecution policy of major retailers in shoplifting cases when he noted that the bus fare for the accused to get to court cost more than the value of the stolen item.

A man charged with dangerous driving after he crashed whilst texting was fined a total of €450 in court this week (September 11).

Despite its efficient work at collecting overdue rates, councillors at this week’s Athlone Town Council meeting were furious that an outside agency is being used to get in the funds.