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Fears for a repeat of the devastating floods of late 2009 receded this week after the south of the country took the brunt of the bad weather thus taking the pressure off Athlone.

An Athlone town councillor insists that she will fight to ensure non-council representatives are appointed to the board of the town’s new arts and tourism body.

The move of the switchboard for Athlone Town Council to Mullingar in recent weeks has led to fears among councillors that the council’s services are slowly being moved to Mullingar.

Athlone Town Council will host a festival from Saturday August 10 to Sunday August 18 called Luan Fest. The programme is packed with a diverse range of activities and events for all ages and interests to enjoy.

Athlone’s Luan Gallery has received the architectural award for the Best Cultural Building of 2013 under the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland’s (RIAI) annual awards programme.

Two more housing estates in the Mullingar area are to be taken in charge if councillors agree at next week’s meeting of Westmeath County Council.

Westmeath County Council has served an enforcement notice on Brosna Market, which will require traders to cease activity by the end of January.

An attempt to stop the county council taking charge of housing estates where residents had complained about burst pipes during the recent cold weather failed this week, when it was pointed out that evidence of cowboy pipe layers did not match the anecdotes, and that there were also legal impediments.

Almost two thirds of Mullingar’s housing estates are not yet controlled by the council, and a number of developers are being taken to court on account of not finishing estates around the town.

It is believed there are no so-called “ghost estates” in Mullingar, despite a national poll suggesting there were 43 such estates in Westmeath.