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Pat Flanagan has been re-appointed manager of our senior footballers for another year. Despite gaining promotion from division three there has been some unease at our championship performances leading to speculation that his re-appointment was not a foregone conclusion.

A man jailed for failing to give a sample after attempting to get away from a Garda checkpoint, received some leniency in the Circuit Court last week after the judge accepted his problematic personal circumstances.

O2 and Headstrong, the National Centre For Youth Mental Health, this week launched a social campaign that will see O2 donate €200,000 to support youth mental health. Entitled Share a Happy Thought and part of the wider Think Big programme, the campaign is calling on Westmeath to share a happy thought on o2thinkbig.ie, Twitter, or Facebook and O2 will donate €1 to Think Big for every happy thought shared.

The 2011 Bord Gais Energy Ladies Football National League kicks off on Sunday with Kilkenny hosting Westmeath in Urlingford. The sides last met in 2008 when the Cats had a one point win in the Leinster semi final but the girls from the Lake County reversed this result with a three point win a month later in the All-Ireland series. Westmeath struggled in the League last year to cope with the powerhouses of Cavan, Fermanagh and Waterford resulting in relegation to Division 4 where they will hope to be better matched with Kilkenny, Carlow, Offaly, Louth, Roscommon, Antrim and Derry.

It’s official, Westmeath has some of the worst sleepers in Ireland. Westmeath finds it extremely difficult to get a good night’s sleep, ranking 23rd in a new study by A.Vogel.

It’s the most glamorous competition in the beauty pageant calendar, with three local girls gearing up this week to take their shot at winning the prestigious ‘Miss Ireland’ title, the winner of which goes on to represent Ireland in the 2010 Miss World pageant in China.

A car salesman whose redundancy was blamed on the recession by his former employers, was awarded €7,800 after an employment tribunal deemed his dismissal unfair.

The chairman of Westmeath County Council says the council acted responsibly in rezoning large parts of the county for development.

A Westmeath man has received the support of MEP Mairead McGuinness in his quest to improve safety standards for horse riding helmets.

Inter-county management is a tough station. The facts speak for themselves this season.