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Westmeath students to bring creations to O2 stage

Creative students from Our Lady’s Bower Athlone, St Joseph’s College, Athlone, and Moate Community School will take to Ireland’s most prestigious stage, the O2, to showcase their couture trash creations in the Junk Kouture Grand Final 2014 next Friday May 2.

Galway African women declares intention to stand for election next year

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Helen Uchechnkwu Ogbu is likely to be a name on the ballot papers in Galway city at next year’s local elections to the Galway City Council.

Shine and Allen to star at annual elder persons ball this weekend

The annual Athlone elder persons party is on this Sunday afternoon in the Athlone Springs hotel at 4pm, with tickets priced at just a fiver.

South Westmeath gets ready to celebrate Culture Night

The third Westmeath Culture Night will take place on September 21 with an array of events planned for Athlone and the surrounding areas.

IWA calls for Athlone residents to register their housing needs

The Irish Wheelchair Association, Athlone is calling on people with disabilities to register their housing needs. A housing information event will take place in Clonbrusk Resource Centre on Wednesday May 18 from 10.30am to 1pm.

Westmeath communities encouraged to spring clean

Westmeath communities are this week being encouraged to keep up the good work as the National Spring Clean campaign reaches the half way mark!

Athlone businesses share war stories at Start Up Live roadshow

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The Start Up Live roadshow came to Athlone this week. Held in the Olive Grove Restaurant, the evening brought together 100 local business people who debated at length the challenges facing their business from selling to hiring great staff to competing for finance. The free event was held by Ulster Bank, in association with smallbusinesscan.com, to help people who have recently set up or are considering starting up their own business.

John Wilson Croker - the Galwegian who invented conservatism

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The Tory Party in Britain can count among its leaders Winston Churchill, Harold MacMillan, and Margaret Thatcher, and is now led by the Eton and Oxford educated David Cameron, who hails from Berkshire, a traditional Tory heartland.

The Galwayman who founded the Tory Party

The Tory Party is often seen as the bastion of British conservatism, unionism, and jingoism, but it actually owe its name, and possibly event its existence, to a Galwegian.

 

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