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Over the past seven years, small schools across County Galway, and in rural Ireland generally, have seen their teacher numbers "reduced significantly" under the two Fine Gael led Governments.

Crime prevention in Westmeath has received Government financial support with relevant funding being allocated to the community text alert scheme.

A multi-million euro building project for Moate Community School is moving to the next stage, following confirmation from the Department of Education this week that approval has been granted under the Department’s six year Capital Programme.

Minister of State, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran TD, has welcomed funding of €400k for housing grants for older persons.

Athlone based Senator, Gabrielle McFadden has dismissed as “fake news” a story in some national media outlets that the Christmas bonus for old age pensioners and social welfare recipients was to be axed.

All vacant places on the Community Employment Scheme, the Tús Scheme and the Rural Social Scheme must be “filled without delay”, while rules governing the schemes must be changed to allow participants to stay on longer if no other suitable applicants are available to fill them.

A new digital access and tourism hub in Eyre Square is to be funded as part of a new €250,000 Digital Innovation Programme, which has been launched by the Minister for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, Seán Kyne.

Westport was named Ireland’s Tidiest Large Town at announcement of the winners of the 60th annual national Tidy Towns competition earlier this week in The Helix in Dublin.

Projects in Athlone and its environs have been allocated funding under Measure 1 of the 2018 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme.

Minister Denis Naughten has encouraged some of the world’s biggest tech companies to consider locating investment in new jobs to the midlands region, in light of the fact that the area is rapidly becoming ‘the silicon heartlands of europe’.