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• Vintage Week Returns To Offaly Town

  The 57th Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival kicks off today.

• Offaly Student Sets Up 'Honesty Box' Baking Business

  Edenderry's Clodagh Farrell runs The Cake Shed which uses the honesty box model.

• Electric Picnic Organisers Asked For More Time To Clear Campsite

  Bodies like PATH clean up the site at Stradbally Hall after the festival but are getting less time to do so.

• Number Of EV's In Midlands Continues To Rise

  Numbers are up by 66% from the same time period last year.

• Storm Florris Could Hit Midlands This August Bank Holiday Weekend

  Met Eireann have a weather advisory in place, and will issue specific advisories tomorrow.

• Laois Councillors Demand Housing Minister Changes Wind Farm Guidelines

  Councillors John King and Ollie Clooney are calling for a pause on all large scale wind farm developments.

• Former Midlands Chief Superintendent Points To Resources Over Roads Unit Criticism

  Former Garda chief superintendent for the Laois/Offaly division John O'Brien is speaking up on the report.

• Laois Hospital Upgrade Needs More Capacity - Brian Stanley

  The Laois TD feels the Mountmellick Hospital upgrade won't increase capacity.

• Sinn Fein Claim State Failing Sexual Violence Victims

  Longford Westmeath TD Sorca Clarke is condemning government on new figures.

• Garden To Gallery Couture Launches Today In Westmeath

  The event is officially launching today at 4:30pm.

• Offaly TD Stands Over Government Record On Household Energy Debt

  Offaly TD John Clendennen believes solutions will be found.

• Midlands Action Group Holds Table Quiz Fundraiser

  The Kilmullen/Coolnafearagh Solar Action Group is looking to raise funds and awareness.

• Uisce Eireann Extends Westmeath Hosepipe Ban

  The conservation order will now run until the middle of September.

• Offaly Company Donates €1k to Westmeath Baby's Treatment

  Tullamore's Water Treatment Centre is making the donation after hearing Toby's story on Midlands 103. 

• Water Quality Meeting To Take Place In Offaly Town

  The meeting will take place in Rahan on August 12th.

• Offaly Credit Union Launches New Loan for Housing Aid Grant Recipients

  The loan is open to people living within the Credit Union’s Common Bond area. 

• Clúid Delivers 46 New Homes In Laois During Record Year

  Overall 1,525 social and Cost Rental homes were delivered.

• Major Westmeath Drainage Project Almost Complete

  The Scheme cost €114m.

• Three Midlands Sports Clubs To Receive €15k In Funding

  26 Irish sports clubs will benefit from a funding initiative.

• Westmeath Family Appeals For Public Support For Baby

  Toby Gavin was diagnosed with Propionic Acidaemia at 5 days old.