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• New Bid Lodged for 46 Home Development In Laois

  A decision is due in January.

• Diverse Volunteers Driving Town Centre First Success - Regeneration Officer

  Mountmellick, now in phase two of the scheme with Ferbane and Castlepollard, launched its official plan last week.

• Westmeath Family Remembers Sister 15 Years On

  Kinnegad's Cora Doyle was one of the longest living people with EB before her passing in 2010.

• Midlands MEP Questions Mercosur Court Delay

  Ciaran Mullooly pressed Roberta Metsola over the postponed vote.

• Woman Hospitalised In Laois Crash

  A car struck an ESB pole this morning.

• Over €86k Awarded To Westmeath Domestic Violence Services

  The Athlone Rape Crisis Centre will receive the highest amount of funding.

• Sinn Féin MEP Demands Action To Protect Midlands Mother and Baby Home Records

  Kathleen Funchion wants a modern digital archive system.

• ‘House of Horrors’: Brothers Forced To Abuse Sister Receive Sentences

  The two brothers have received fully suspended sentences.

• Plea ‘Final Decision’ Wait For Doctor Accused Of Dangerous Driving Causing Daughter’s Death

  Babak Meshkat was formally charged earlier this year subsequent to a Garda investigation into a collision.

• Laois TD Welcomes Reform To Ireland’s Asylum Accommodation System

  Jim O’Callaghan will present plans to cabinet today to tighten international protection regulations.

• Offaly County Council Reports Reverse Gender Pay Gap

  Female workers earn almost 2% more than their male colleagues.

• 'Stylish' And 'Sexy' - TUS Calls for Removal of Tobacco Imagery

  A study by TUS found 22% reported positive emotions towards the image.

• 29 Midlands Biodiversity Projects Awarded Almost €300k In Funding

  It's part of the Local Biodiversity Action Fund.

• Westmeath County Council Hike Commercial Rates By 10%

  The local authority is also increasing the Commercial Rates Grant Scheme.

• Three People Arrested Over William Delaney Murder Released

  The man and two women were arrested in relation to the case yesterday.

• Over 2,400 Midlands Children Taking Part In The Little Library Initiative

  The scheme encourages children to join their local library and pick up a free book bag.

• Offaly Campaign Raises Awareness of Hidden Domestic Abuse

  The flags will dotted on lamp posts over Offaly.

• Irish Rural Link Welcome New Cash Access Law

  Irish Rural Link CEO, Ballycumber's Seamus Boland says the law will help rural areas.

• Laois Library Reunites Missing Library Book From Abroad

  A member of Portlaoise Library found the book in a Spanish hotel room.