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“Positive in words but not in marks” was how town clerk John Walsh described this year’s Athlone Tidy Towns adjudication report, which saw the town gain just one point over the previous year’s score, despite a more encouraging report.

Amid stormy scenes in the council chamber this week, councillors rejected rezoning plans that would allow a 10-storey office building be constructed on Athlone’s Station Road.

The stand-off between the HSE and residents of Loughloe House and their families continues this week, with the news that two months have passed since the HSE first announced it would be closing the facility.

A third protest march against the closure of Loughloe House is to take place this Saturday, following a second HIQA report showing significant improvements at the facility.

The report of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) on Athlone’s Loughloe House care facility is due to be published in the coming days.

Public pressure is mounting against the closure of the Loughloe House care facility, with a protest march planned for this Saturday and a facebook campaign attracting almost 500 members.

A collision between two cars on the Garrycastle interchange, in which one person was injured, has led to renewed calls for the dangerous junction to be upgraded.

Some of the worst affected areas in last November’s floods will have an indefinite wait for flood defences, Athlone Town Council learned this week, after the Office of Public Works (OPW) found the €1.8m price tag presently prohibitive.

Some of the worst affected areas in last November’s floods will have an indefinite wait for flood defences, Athlone Town Council learned this week, after the Office of Public Works (OPW) found the €1.8m price tag presently prohibitive.

Sinn Fein councillor Paul Hogan has commended the residents of Sarsfield Square after a massive clean-up of the estate over the weekend. He has said that he is “delighted to play an initial role in securing skips for the clean-up”.