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• Enoch Burke To Be Re-Arrested For Repeated Trespass

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• Laois Brothers Sentenced Over Rape And Assault Charges

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• Laois TD Questions EirGrid On Energy Capacity

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• Westmeath Library Re-Opening Pushed Back

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• Government Action Urged On Prison Conditions

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• Offaly GAA Club Submit New Pitch Plans

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  Black ice is a factor in these collisions.

• Midlands Counties See Dramatic Fall In Housing Commencements

  The figure has dropped the most in Westmeath.

• Westmeath Councillor Calls For Baby Loss Certificate Scheme

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• Commemorative Walk For Ashling Murphy To Take Place In New York

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• Sentencing Adjourned For Offaly Father Whose Son Died In Arson Attack

  Tullamore Circuit Court heard yesterday from 27-year-old Aaron Holt.

• Gardaí Seize Heroin, Crack Cocaine And Cash In Offaly Town

  The discoveries were made after a man in Edenderry was searched.

• Opposition TD Calls For Minister Overpayment Ultimatum

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