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• Man Charged In Connection With Midlands GAA Club Break-In

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• Unsanctioned Modular Homes Removed From Westmeath Village

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• Woman Living With Colitis - People Who Meet Me Wouldn't Know I Was Ill"

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• Residents In Westmeath Town Turn Out To Oppose Unsanctioned Modular Homes

  They arrived in Coole at around 4am.

• Man Hospitalised After 'Serious' Westmeath Assault

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• Lack Of Accessible Taxis In Laois Leaves Them Unavailable When Needed - Councillor Walsh

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• New Offaly Hospital To Create Up To 300 New Jobs

  €150m is to be invested into the new private facility.

• Over 1,000 Premises In Westmeath Added To High Speed Broadband Area

  The county will receive over €40m in investment under the National Broadband Plan.

• Central Location Makes Custume Barracks Ideal For Army HQ - Troy

  The Longford Westmeath TD is calling on the Tánaiste to recommend the barracks as the new headquarters for the Army.

• Man Dies In Midlands Workplace Incident

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• Calls For An Offaly Train Station To Have Its Own Station Master Again

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• TUS Honoured For Work On Gender Equality

  The ceremony is aimed at academic research organisations around Europe.

• Laois Candidate Left "Disappointed" After Posters Go Missing

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• Garda Divisional HQ For Laois Offaly Won't Be Complete Until 2027

  Portlaoise Garda Station is currently in the tender stage of renovations.