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Athlone councillor and Local Election candidate Jim Henson has backed a call by his fellow Labour politician and Midlands North-West European Election candidate, Lorraine Higgins, for better use of EU funds to boost economic recovery in towns and villages. This follows a report into the economic strength of Irish rural towns.

An Athlone councillor is calling for common sense in how the OPW will manage flooding around the town, saying that human beings, not wildlife and trees, must be central to any solutions.

Fianna Fáil councillor Aengus O’Rourke has written to Minister Joan Burton calling on her to guarantee that all families entitled to the Back to School Allowance will receive the payment in advance of the new school term.

An Athlone councillor was forced to back down this week after his proposal of a vote of no confidence in Minister for Defence Alan Shatter was rejected by his fellow councillors.

An Athlone councillor is suggesting the introduction of a small grants scheme for the renewal of unoccupied shop fronts in the town centre.

The prospect of an O’Rourke mother and son team sitting side by side in the Dáil raised its head this week, as it emerged that sitting Athlone councillor Aengus O’Rourke, son of Fianna Fáil stalwart Deputy Mary O’Rourke, has been approached to run for the Roscommon/ South Leitrim constituency in the General Election.

An Athlone councillor drew the ire of the county manager for asking the same question three times at the annual budget meeting at the County Buildings in Mullingar on Monday.

“A modern Irish woman” is how Paula Gannon, Rose co-ordinator described the future Westmeath Rose 2010.

Westmeath County Council is to prepare a log of refused rural planning applications for the examination of councillors, after concern was expressed at the proportion of requests for further information and applications being turned down.