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Westmeath make the long and difficult trip to Celtic Park, Derry this Sunday safe in the knowledge that losing their unbeaten tag is about all that is at stake. With promotion secured and given that it is very likely the same teams that will be contesting the division 2 final on April 28 it is not surprising that Pat Flanagan has opted to rest many of his regulars.

Council tenants on the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) will find themselves out on the street when landlords decide to sell their houses, a Mullingar councillor has warned.

The brightest and the best of Westmeath’s young entrepreneurs will display their business ideas in Golden Island Shopping Centre, Athlone today, Friday February 22, when judges will select three representatives from Westmeath to attend the national Student Enterprise Awards final in Croke Park in April.

Put the Midlands at the top of your list for development, is the message being sent from the new president of the Midlands Gateway Chamber to the Irish Government.

Westmeath footballers got their 2013 season off on the right note with a comfortable win over Athlone IT in Hogan Park, Moate last Sunday. While the O’Byrne Cup is far from the Holy Grail, it is still a worthwhile competition for blooding new talent and an opportunity for more established players to shed the winter cobwebs.

Not again. That is surely the feeling expressed by both sets of players and indeed supporters when Louth and Westmeath were drawn against each other, yet again, for the first round of the qualifiers. This will be the seventh time in the past two years that the sides have met with the score standing 6-0 to the men from the Wee County. Even though Louth have made a habit of coming out on top there has never been very much between the sides.

Although Budget 2012 may not have provided much in the way of future reliefs for taxpayers the good news is that people still have an opportunity to claim the tax refund due to them for prvious years. This is according to leading tax specialists www.taxback.com who say that there is still a long list of tax reliefs available to people that could result in savings of hundreds of euro but many of these go unclaimed every year either due to a lack of awareness or unfortunately the apathetic nature of some people.

Some of the hidden treasures of Westmeath are to feature in the new series of TG4’s Cé a Chónaigh i mo Theachsa?/ Who Lived in My House? next week.

Made in Westmeath, the umbrella group promoting craft workers and the industry within the county, has opened its own shop for the festive season on Mount Street, Mullingar.

Festival of the Fires promises to ignite the summer festival season in the most spectacular fashion. With fires in all 32 counties lit in solidarity to the main event on the historic Hill of Uisneach in Westmeath, the May Bank Holiday weekend event is possibly going to be the only festival in Ireland that will be visible from space!