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A new chapter is to open in the history of Moate Courthouse as it gets ready to become the new home of Moate Library.

There was a conflict of opinion between the executive and council members on the issue of casual trading at this week’s meeting of the Athlone Area committee.

Westmeath County Council has instigated proceedings against the Tullamore businessman responsible for the now derelict Texas shopping centre in Irishtown.

The Athlone-Mullingar railway is off the table until at least 2030. Councillors have been told “Don’t hold your breath”, as the reopening of the line will not be considered by Iarnród Éireann before 2030.

The annual Athlone elder persons party is on this Sunday afternoon in the Athlone Springs hotel at 4pm, with tickets priced at just a fiver.

By Tríona Doherty

Moate councillors are calling for the town’s playground to be moved from its Clara Road location to a more suitable location for children.

Westmeath County Council is urging people to get ready for possible chaos on winter roads, by planning ahead within communities and residents associations.

Local councillors have been accused of “gross misconduct” after a campaign to increase the number of speed ramps in a Moate housing estate where a toddler was killed two years ago was turned down on engineering grounds.

Dog littering is “the bane of Tidy Towns groups” across the county, according to councillors who discussed the county’s Litter Management Plan this week.