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The body which replaced the VEC in the summer has announced a plan to provide €25,000 in funding for the youth clubs of Westmeath.

Mahatma Gandhi once said that “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people” and this is very true of Westmeath, as for this year’s Culture Night on Friday September 20 over 45 free events will take place across the county.

It might not be on until September, but Westmeath Arts Office are already looking for volunteers for this year’s Culture Night.

Time’s ticking, there is less than a week left to donate to Heaven Cent, a joint fundraising campaign run by Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

July has heralded a new era for the further education and training sector in Westmeath.

Heroin addicts in Westmeath can now look forward to massages and, ironically, acupuncture as part of a series of alternative therapies now available within the county.

Westmeath’s citizens are beng encouraged to have their say on the way in which TDs are elected to Dáil Éireann.

Coffee containers, banana, copper wire, and electrical wire were some of the materials Westmeath students made use of to impress the judges at the national Junk Kouture final last Friday. Two stylish projects by Athlone students and one from Moate scooped awards at the grand final of the Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion Competition 2013 at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin.

Five Westmeath students have won top prizes in this year’s 59th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.

A total of 10 Westmeath projects are to take part in the sold-out grand finale of the Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion Competition 2013 at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin today, Friday April 19.