Westmeath County Council

Westmeath County Council: Athlone, Kinnegad, Moate, Mullingar local electoral areas

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

Water supplies running low in many parts of the country

Irish Water says exceptionally dry months hitting supplies

Illegal dumpers accused of ruining beauty spot

Westmeath residents want action after an increase in littering in north of the county

Roscommon safe as boundary review recommends no change

Proposal to move 30 sq km of the south county into Co Westmeath rejected by review

1,500 people apply for three jobs at Westmeath County Council

All 1,500 applicants will sit an aptitude test to whittle down numbers for clerical positions

Shannon floods: ‘There was raw sewage floating in our house’

Locals fear last year’s river flooding is about to make their lives miserable again

Westmeath soldier who won Victoria Cross in 1914 remembered

Dease received honour for his bravery in maintaining his post despite being wounded

Angling Notes: Anglers invited to contribute to review on national policy on bass, pike and trout

Rush to fill vacant seats created by councillors elected to Dáil

In Kerry first-time TD Danny Healy-Rae’s council seat will be co-opted by his daughter

Councils to receive €85million for road repairs following storms

A total of €106 million to be distributed this year with further council funding in May

Roscommon unites against Westmeath ‘invaders’

Government’s plan to revise border sparks opposition across the county and abroad

Flooding crisis: Some roads reopening as waters recede

Insurance Ireland yet to announce estimate of costs related to recent storms and flooding

Water on lower Shannon down 500mm from Christmas peak

Over 800 properties affected by floods since early December - many more still at risk

TD wants €6m Athlone flood defences built

Work should start immediately based on OPW cost estimate, says McFadden

Athlone floods: ‘Youths were kicking sandbags into the river’

Exhausted locals six weeks into battle to keep contaminated floodwater out of their homes

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