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• Offaly Hosting Active Retirement Event Today

  Information and advice on ageing well in Ireland is on offer in Tullamore.

• HIQA Suspends New Admissions For Laois Nursing Home After TV Expose

  The Residence in Portlaoise was featured prominently in the investigative piece.

• Common Crane Birds Return To Former Offaly BNM Site

  It's the seventh year running they've made their nest at the site, according to Bord Na Mona.

• Midlands Prison Could Receive 180 Extra Spaces To Tackle Overcrowding

  It's under a proposal by the Justice Minister to create 960 new spaces nationally.

• Bord Na Mona Recycling Workers To Strike This Month

  61% of workers have voted against a WRC proposal to solve a privatisation dispute.

• Offaly Man With Intellectual Disability Left Homeless After Losing Supports

  Darren Larkin's brother Martin has been advocating for him and is critical of the local authority's handling of the case.

• Midlands Highlighted In New EPA Report As Most At Danger Of Flooding

  3.3% of land is at risk of flooding, according to the new National Climate Change Risk Assessment Report.

• Laois Nursing Home In RTE Investigates Documentary Tonight

  The documentary looks into the standard of care at The Residence Portlaoise.

• Gardaí Close Investigation File On €500,000 Theft From Westmeath County Council

  Scammers extracted €515,000 from the local authority last February.

• Long Waitlist For Psychology Treatment For Children In Westmeath And Longford

  The figures have gone up significantly in comparison to October 2021.

• Post Mortem On Man Involved In Carlow Town Shooting Incident Complete

  Tesco will remain closed but the remainder of the shopping centre is open today.

• Westmeath Council Fraud Investigation Closed

  County Cathaoirleach Liam McDaniel believes the case might help other local authorities in future.

• Irish Blood Transfusion Clinics Taking Place In Offaly And Westmeath This Month

  Clinics are taking place in Birr today and tomorrow and in Athlone next week.

• Revenue Officers Seize Almost €255,000 Of Contraband In Midlands, Dublin And Rosslare

  Investigations into all seizures are ongoing.

• Pensioner Dies In Midlands House Fire

  The blaze broke out at around 1 o'clock this morning.

• Over 3,400 Midlands Students Starting Leaving Cert Today

  The class of 2025 is the biggest group taking the exams at over 140,000 nationally.

• Midlands MEP Wants To "Create Something New" From Old Midlands Powerplants

  As things stand the ESB is planning to demolish power plants in Offaly and Longford.

• Laois Cathaoirleach Appeals To Court Service Over Laois Courthouse Condition

  Judges Keenan Johnson and Andrew Cody have been voicing their concerns about the builing.

• Planning Sought For New Midlands Regional Family Hub in Westmeath

  A decision is due from Westmeath County Council on July 17th. 

• Offaly Man Jailed For Six Years For University Campus Rape

  A man in his 20s has pleaded guilty to rape on February 4th, 2022.