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This weekend at the Auld Shebeen, Moate there is something for everyone as they celebrate the Flower Festival in conjunction with St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Moate which takes place from Friday July 9 to Sunday July 11.

Moate welcomes its first Festival of Flowers next weekend from Friday July 9 to Sunday July 11 in St Mary’s Church. The festival will consist of 35 stunning floral designs reflecting life in Moate, past and present. All proceeds will be divided between St Vincent de Paul and the Hall Restoration Fund.

The 2010 Best Dressed Lady competition kicks off on Saturday June 19 in a blaze of glory with Ireland’s top ballad group Legacy performing live in the main bar of the Auld Shebeen from 10.30pm.

Moate junior and senior foróige club have been chosen to participate in a TV programme to showcase the amazing work of young people who make a positive difference to the lives of others by choosing to work in their local community. The decision was announced at the permanent tsb Foróige Youth Citizenship Awards held in Tullamore recently.

With a focus on the visual enhancement of Moate’s Main Street, a draft local area plan for Moate was set in motion this week. Members of the public now have six weeks to make submissions on the plan.

Council representatives are to meet with Iarnrod Eireann to address works to be carried out at Moate railway station and at the railway gates on the Mount Temple road.

Athlone v Tubberclare (Tang, Saturday May 15, 7pm)

Westmeath Rural Arts are launching a film club in Sonna Hall on Friday May 7 at 8pm with the showing of a selection of films with Westmeath connections. The feature film for this first Film Friday will be The First Great Train Robbery (1979), directed by Michael Crichton and starring Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland, a significant part of which was filmed in Westmeath.

The Stars of our Bars Westmeath county final was held in the Annebrook House Hotel, Mullingar last Thursday, April 22. The event saw 10 acts from six different venues across Westmeath perform their best to win the judges over for their chance to get to the regional final, as well as compete for cash prizes of €1,000 for first place, €500 for second, and €250 for third.

Pat Flanagan may have dominated the headlines last week after being appointed as interim Westmeath manager, but this week it’s a different Flanagan that will be on the minds of the football fraternity of Westmeath as the race for this year’s Flanagan Cup gets under way in earnest. Maryland and Kinnegad kicked off this year’s action in Moate last Sunday but the remaining five games are down for decision this weekend. The intermediate championship also kicks off this weekend.