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Max Kyck, General Manager of KMK Metals Recycling recently presented a cheque for €600 to the Midlands Simon Community following another successful Christmas lights recycling appeal in County Westmeath.

Members of the local public are being urged to support KMK Metals Recycling’s annual Christmas lights recycling campaign this year, by bringing their old and broken Christmas lights to Golden Island Shopping Centre Athlone.

Households in the Midlands are being urged to recycle any Christmas lights in their homes that are no longer usable, by taking them into Golden Island Shopping Centre in Athlone to have them recycled for free.

As Athlone continues preparations for the festive season, it will be an occasion to remember for local girl Ruby Morrissey when she turns on the Christmas lights on Sunday evening.

As the season of yule once again becomes the season of rules, many people are putting up Christmas decorations to try and lift the general mood.

The streets of Athlone will soon be aglow with festive lighting upon the sourcing of a contractor to erect the Christmas illuminations, Westmeath County Council Cathaoirleach, Cllr Frankie Keena, has confirmed.

With the news that level five restrictions have been eased to level three for the month of December, the Christmas rush will now begin. The city has been feeling very festive for the past couple of weeks with the Christmas lights adorning the rooftops of buildings and lampposts and local businesses utilising the enforced free time of lockdown by decorating their shops with yuletide spirit.

A festive occasion to remember, the illuminating of the Christmas lights in Mount Temple was a source of much virtual attraction as the event was relayed on the local community’s Facebook page on Saturday night last.

As present Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions persist, the annual switching on of the Christmas lights in Athlone will take place virtually on Tuesday, December 1.

Chairman of the Athlone Festival and Events Group, Mr. Shay Hamilton, has called upon the local public to gather en masse in the Civic Square on Sunday afternoon for the formal switching on of the new Christmas lights display.