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Science is alive and well in primary education in the Westmeath with two local schools making it to the finals of the Midlands Science competition. The Midlands Science Competition was open to primary schools in Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, and Laois. The competition was organised by Tullamore-based development agency Atlantic Corridor and it is sponsored by Ericsson, the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators.

Seachtain na Gaeilge, which runs from March 5 to 17, is a celebration of Irish language, culture, and heritage. It offers the chance for people to practice their cúpla focail, to celebrate ‘leabhar power’ by reading books as Gaeilge, or even to try a language course. Westmeath Libraries are proud to support Seachtain na Gaeilge with a wide range of events.

Three Westmeath students were among 60 lucky students who travelled to Dublin’s Science Gallery to find out if their doodle had been selected by Google’s chief doodler as the overall winner of Google’s Irish Doodle 4 Google competition.

Why not explore what your local library can offer you? Here is a taste of the event coming up at your local library this March.

Some spring growth seems to be slowly returning to Westmeath business, as evidenced from the planning lists at Westmeath County Council, with a new tyre service facility in Delvin and a new convenience store and deli in Kilbeggan the notable beneficiaries of the official green light.

Tuar Ard, Moate is showing an art exhibition by Dara Ennis from now until April 29. Dara’s work uses the figurative and landscapes to showcase her concepts. These concepts range from the need for tranquility to how our environment affects our mental and physical wellbeing.

Coyote Night will take place in Club S, Moate this Saturday February 26.

An illegally held firearm has been seized by Gardai in Athlone following the search of a number of houses in the area last weekend.

Permission to improve Lockes Distillery in Kilbeggan and Danny Byrnes in Mullingar are the two stand-out files in what looks like a reasonably active start to the planning year, with 21 domestic build applications at varying stages of the process in January.

Westmeath County Council is calling on local community groups to get their thinking caps on in a bid to prevent the courthouse in Moate from descending into dereliction.