Midlands News from Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
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Call For Wider Debate On Garda Speeding Van Funds - Cynthia Ní Mhúrchú
Gardaí collected €32m in fees using speed cameras over the past two and a half years.
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Lovely Laois Festival On This Weekend
The family-friendly festival aims to reunite locals.
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Midlands Shop Hit With Legal Notices In Dodgy-Box Crackdown
Legal notices have been issued.
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Midlands School Caretakers And Secretaries Picket Outside TD's offices
They are calling for equal pension rights.
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Special Education Minister Backs Government Despite Disability Assessment Delays
Only 5% of children in Laois/Offaly got assessments within a legal timeframe.
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Woman Arrested In Connection To Midlands Incident
A woman was hospitalised after she was knocked down by a car.
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HSE Insists Midlands Hospice 'On Track'
Offaly County Council had requested extra planning information from the HSE in May.
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Offaly Housing Development Launches This Weekend
Ridley Place on Collins Lane in Tullamore opens its showhouse on Saturday.
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Over €1m Collected In Speeding Van Fines From Westmeath Gardai
Figures released to MEP Cynthia Ní Mhúrchú shows €1,742,000 was collected in fines since 2023.
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Gardaí Make €160k Midlands Cocaine Seizure
The drugs were found after a home in Ballinasloe was searched.
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SIMI Push For EV Incentives In Budget
SIMI says a 60 per cent surge in EV sales in the Midlands wouldn't have been possible without Government incentives.
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Offaly School To Get Major Classroom Extension
11 new classrooms and two SEN unit rooms are being built at Tullamore's Colaiste Choilm.
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Irish Heart Foundation Offering Free Checks In Westmeath
Their mobile health unit will be in Mullingar tomorrow.
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Westmeath Councillor Calls On Housing Minister To Step In Over Asylum Seeker Centre
Four Athlone Councillors have been locked in a long running legal battle with the State.