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• Excitement Building Ahead Of Electric Picnic Opening Day

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• Staffing Crisis Puts Early Years Places Under Pressure

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• Proposed Westmeath Housing Development Reduced After Residents’ Concerns

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• North Midlands Credit Union CEO Hopes Failed Roscommon Merger Will Be Revisited

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• Water Source Recovery Behind Hosepipe Ban Extension For Laois and Offaly - Uisce Eireann

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