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A restriction against flying drones over the site of a notorious former mother and baby home has been put in place in Tuam, Co Galway.
Plans for a major two-storey extension of St Mary's National School in Athlone have been lodged with Westmeath County Council.
Westmeath, Sorca Clarke, has called the government plan to raise college fees by €1,000 a ‘betrayal’ that students and ...
A deer management unit to bring the wild deer population down to a sustainable level in the midlands is up and running.
A 42-year-old man has been handed an indeterminate sentence, with a minimum of eight years in jail, for killing his friend in ...
Infinity Friends - a social club for autistic children and youth in Athlone and surrounding areas - officially opened its new clubhouse at Thomastown, Ballydangan, recently.
Ten offers of social housing were refused by members of the public in the Athlone Moate Municipal District last year, the ...
Athlone Boat Club held their annual regatta, on the inner lakes, that Saturday. Crews came from 36 clubs all over Ireland, north and south. Hundreds of people, of every age, assembled in Coosan Point, ...
German artist Katja Striedelmeyer has said the perspective of local people helped to shape her bog exhibtion. Katja first appealed to the people of the Midlands to share their bog stories with her in ...
Wimbledon fans have faced travel delays as they race across the capital to see Britain’s Cameron Norrie take on defending ...
Athlone's ALONE service is currently looking for compassionate, reliable volunteers to support their Visitation & Befriending ...
Joao Pedro insists he is ready to start for Chelsea despite joining the squad straight from his Rio beach holiday. The Brazil ...