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“A sad day for Westmeath and for Athlone” was the response of Athlone’s elected members as news filtered through to the July meeting of the death of Austin Berry.

Barry Kehoe has said it is not appropriate to donate to charity €684 paid by the public for parking on a recent free-parking day.

There is no way of telling yet what percentage of the Local Property Tax paid in Westmeath will go to fund services within the county.

Westmeath County Council has instigated proceedings against the Tullamore businessman responsible for the now derelict Texas shopping centre in Irishtown.

There was widespread concern over the layout of new road junctions, lights, and road markings at this week’s Athlone area meeting after members of the public made representations to their local councillors.

Westmeath County Council is ramping up activity in its ‘Bin it your way’ campaign. As an active participant in the high-profile national Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) awareness campaign, Cllr Frankie Keena, chairperson of the Environment and Water Services SPC of Westmeath County Council, highlighted the need for the people of Westmeath to continue to increase the level of awareness of gum litter and its correct disposal.

Cllr Frankie Keena, chairperson of the environment and water services SPC launched the council’s Gum Litter Awareness campaign at the Market Square in Mullingar recently. Junior Cert students from the Loreto College together with their teacher Grainne O’Kennedy were there to lend a helping hand giving out gum wraps and running a competition. The competition winner was Liz Tynan, Ballinea, who won a €100 Mullingar Chambers shopping voucher.

Tourism operators from Athlone and surrounding areas attended a networking event last week, hosted by athlone.ie in association with The Radisson Blu, Athlone.

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Moydrum transmitting station, Mayor of Athlone Cllr Alan Shaw has proposed turning the station into a radio museum.

North Athlone residents can look forward to an end in neighbourhood delays and upgrade to their wastewater systems this autumn, with news the €10 million Glasson-Ballykeeran-Coosan sewerage scheme is “almost finished”.