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• Listen: Lough Boora Set To Host "Most Important Sunrise Of The Year"

  Bord Na Mona are hosting Darkness into Light at the Discovery Park for the fourth year in a row.

• Westmeath Among Most Pope Obsessed Counties In Ireland

  The research comes as Pope Leo 14th has been elected.

• Midlands Festivals Get Arts Council Funding Boost for 2025

  Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival has received the largest grant of €28,000.

• Laois Businesses Encouraged To Join Water Stewardship Programme

  Uisce Eireann are running the workshops alongside Water Stewardship Ireland.

• "Girls Allowed" - Midlands All Boys School Turns Co-Ed

  Cistercian College in Roscrea will enroll girls from September 2026.

• "Too Many Loopholes" In Proposed Social Media Ban For Under 16's - Laois Tech Company Owner

  The Tánaiste says he's giving 'serious consideration' to it.

• €1.2m Spent By Midlands County Councils To Bring Back Vacant Social Homes

  The figure has gone down by 15 per cent on 2023's figure of 1.6 million.

• Rural Communities Will Have No GPs If Action Isn't Taken - Irish Rural Link

  The community collective is preparing to lobby State bodies over the issue ahead of the budget.

• Offaly School Represent Team Ireland at World Robotics Championships

  Colaiste Choilm in Tullamore secured their ticket to Dallas in February.

• €18,000 Of Funding Awarded To Midlands Universities

  SETU and TUS Midlands have received funding for community and government projects.

• People Are Still Realising Damage Done By Storm Eowyn - Irish Rural Link

  92,000 applications have been made to the humanitarian assistance scheme.

• Westmeath Hotel Takes Home Top Employer Prize

  Castle Varagh Hotel in Castlepollard won the award at Fáilte Ireland’s Employer Excellence Awards.

• Private Nursing Homes Forced To Accept High Fees - Nursing Homes Ireland CEO

  It follows the closure of small Laois nursing home Ballard Lodge last month.

• Crash Claim Duo See Offaly Case Dismissed Over Misleading Evidence

  Tullamore Circuit Court heard both men had failed to disclose previous claims.

• Nearly 200 Civil Servants Gather In Laois For Annual Conference

  It's the first time the annual delegate conference is taking place outside Dublin.

• Westmeath Man Charged With Alleged Longford Arson Still Struggling With Book Of Evidence

  The accused is awaiting an audio translation of the book of evidence for the case.

• Papal Conclave Elects Pope Leo XIV

  Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the new Pope.

• Offaly TD Calls for Review Of Current Long Term Illness Scheme

  Offaly TD Carol Nolan is making the call especially in relation to adding  fibromyalgia to the list.

• Practical Help Is Key To Beating Postnatal Depression - Laois Psychotherapist

  It affects one in seven people in Ireland.

• Laois Senator Appointed To Oireachtas Committee

  Laois rep Maria McCormack will be on the Housing and Social Protection Committee.