Top cops use Dublin Marathon as a dry run for Garda commissioner job
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Westmeath County Council
Westmeath County Council: Athlone, Kinnegad, Moate, Mullingar local electoral areas
Local Elections: Westmeath County Council results
Sinn Féin and Independents make gains with first preference haul of Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran a talking point
‘I admire anyone who keeps going in the face of adversity’
Mullingar crime writer has published a dozen novels and sold in excess of two million copies
Westmeath councillors approve development of Ireland’s largest film studio in Mullingar
Hammerlake Studios will boast 460,000 sq ft of studio space and an estimated minimum 1,000 jobs, according to its developers
Fate of planned Mullingar film studio in hands of councillors
Construction of Hammerlake with 11 sound studios needs vote of approval to contravene Westmeath county plan
‘It’s important to have women in the room where the decisions are being made’
Women councillors on gender imbalance in local politics and why this has to change
Ashling Murphy: People gather for vigils around world
Vigils for 23-year-old have taken place in London, Edinburgh, New York, Dubai and Brisbane
New scheme aims to help older people stay in their own homes
Programme designed to avoid premature admissions to long-term residential care
Plans to fast-track 576 new homes in Athlone get green light
€182m scheme in Westmeath will see the delivery of 174 social housing units
My first year as an ex-TD: ‘I looked for jobs, but I didn’t make the grade’
Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, Ruth Coppinger and Noel Rock on losing their Dáil seats in 2020
Supreme Court dismisses appeal over refusal to decide status of peat extraction
Friends of the Irish Environment challenged An Bord Pleanála over planning permission
Storm Jorge set to bring flooding, falling trees and power outages
Status red, the highest level warning, issued for Clare and Galway as winds batter country
Clare houses surrounded by water evacuated as rainfall warning
Residents taken from Springfield in Co Clare while other counties brace for floods
Uncovering Ireland’s lost field names before it’s too late
Many names come from a place’s attributes, while the origins of others are unknowable
Fears of flooding increase as wind and rain warning issued
Shannon, Moy, Corrib catchment areas face more heavy downpours in coming days
Bill to tackle online abuse against politicians ‘should be fast-tracked’
Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran worried about effect on young people entering politics
Oil spill in river Shannon near Athlone kills birds and fish
Westmeath County Council investigating source of ‘very serious’ pollution
Child homelessness in midlands more than triples in two years
Number of homeless families in midlands reached 45 towards end of April
Student who tripped on footpath settles case for €41,000
Junior Cert student Stephen Cassidy fractured ankle in fall near his Athlone home
€138m whiskey maturation development gets the go-ahead
Permission granted on appeal for project covering 12 maturation warehouses
Peat harvesting firms refused appeal of planning permission ruling
Companies say 2013 decision could affect 11,000 jobs and bring industry to ‘a standstill’
More than 3,600 local authority homes vacant at end of 2017
Audit report shows councils take on average over seven months to re-let houses
Journalist Gemma O’Doherty running for ‘the wrong house’, councillors suggest
Prospective presidential candidate says she has no intention of standing for Oireachtas
Mullingar site zoned for mixed-use on sale for over €1.8m
Site on 4.23 acres without planning permission was formerly part of larger development
Judge upholds planning board decision on peat extraction works
Friends of the Irish Environment considering an appeal
The story behind Ireland's greenway success
Greenways have achieved the seemingly impossible task of convincing land owners to allow strangers on their land without any compensation – how did they manage it?
‘Boxer’ Moran: I was maddened and embarrassed by my colleagues’ North Korea plan
Minister of State says any tensions within Independent Alliance in the past
Permission granted for new bridge across Shannon in Athlone
Construction of 104-metre pedestrian and cycleway bridge will take two years
Storm Ophelia: Efforts to restore power to 6,000 resume
Repair crews were hampered by heavy rain and high winds during Storm Brian
Full list of local property tax rate increases and decreases for 2018
The tax automatically returns to the base rate each year of 0.18% of the house price
Athlone Town FC wins right to draw down Government grant
Club allowed to avail of €200,000 funding for proposed new astroturf pitch
Bridge across Shannon ‘integral part’ of Dublin-Galway cycleway
Department of Heritage a no-show at hearing on proposed 104 metre bridge for bikes and walkers
With ATM out of order, Athlone decides it is time to strike out alone
Local authorities and private-sector entities unite in bid for city status for midlands town
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