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Carna is one of twenty-one rural locations included in the pilot scheme announced this week by Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, alongside the National Transport Authority (NTA) who launched a one year pilot programme for a localised, specially licenced hackney service to help improve transport choices for people living in rural locations across the country.

An archaeological find alluding to the possible remains of the town’s 17th century defence walls has been unearthed as Westmeath County Council and the Office of Public Works progress the Athlone Flood Alleviation Scheme on The Strand at the River Shannon.

For the first time in over a century, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show was held this year in September instead of May, and after last year’s cancellation, eager crowds descended last week on the London showground to find out what’s happening in the world of gardens and garden design – and your columnist was one.

For the first time in over a century, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show was held this year in September instead of May, and after last year’s cancellation, eager crowds descended last week on the London showground to find out what’s happening in the world of gardens and garden design – and your columnist was one.

Groundworks for the construction of a flood defence wall on The Strand, Athlone are being archaeologically monitored by archaeologists from County Clare based consultancy TVAS (Ireland) Ltd as part of the Athlone Flood Alleviation Scheme undertaken by the OPW in conjunction with Westmeath County Council.

The refusal by the National Transport Authority (NTA) to grant a Local Area Hackney Licence in the municipal district of Athenry-Oranmore has been criticised by a Galway County Councillor.

St Nicholas' Parochial School will hold an open evening on Thursday February 13 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Parents will have an opportunity to take a tour of the school, meet the teachers, and have a cup of tea and a chat.

The word ‘hackney’ derives from the place name Hackney in London which supplied horses from the surrounding meadows. An ordinance for the regulation of hackney coachmen in London was approved by the English Parliament in 1654 to “remedy the many inconveniences [that] do daily arise by reason of the late increase and great irregularity of coaches and coachmen.” The first hackney carriage licences date from 1662. Licences applied literally to horse-drawn carriages, later modernised to ‘hansom cabs’ that operated as vehicles for hire.