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• Call For Wider Debate On Garda Speeding Van Funds - Cynthia Ní Mhúrchú

  Gardaí collected €32m in fees using speed cameras over the past two and a half years.

• Midlands Shop Hit With Legal Notices In Dogdy-Box Crackdown

  Legal notices have been issued.

• Midlands School Caretakers And Secretaries Picket Outside TD's offices

  They are calling for equal pension rights.

• Special Education Minister Backs Government Despite Disability Assessment Delays

  Only 5% of children in Laois/Offaly got assessments within a legal timeframe.

• Woman Arrested In Connection To Midlands Incident

  A woman was hospitalised after she was knocked down by a car.

• HSE Insists Midlands Hospice 'On Track'

  Offaly County Council had requested extra planning information from the HSE in May.

• Offaly Housing Development Launches This Weekend

  Ridley Place on Collins Lane in Tullamore opens its showhouse on Saturday.

• Over €1m Collected In Speeding Van Fines From Westmeath Gardai

  Figures released to MEP Cynthia Ní Mhúrchú shows €1,742,000 was collected in fines since 2023.

• Gardaí Make €160k Midlands Cocaine Seizure

  The drugs were found after a home in Ballinasloe was searched.

• SIMI Push For EV Incentives In Budget

  SIMI says a 60 per cent surge in EV sales in the Midlands wouldn't have been possible without Government incentives.

• Offaly School To Get Major Classroom Extension

  11 new classrooms and two SEN unit rooms are being built at Tullamore's Colaiste Choilm.

• Irish Heart Foundation Offering Free Checks In Westmeath

  Their mobile health unit will be in Mullingar tomorrow.

• Westmeath Councillor Calls On Housing Minister To Step In Over Asylum Seeker Centre

  Four Athlone Councillors have been locked in a long running legal battle with the State.

• Laois Gardai Seize Car With Wrong Insurance Disc

  The driver was spotted on the M7 on Saturday with a disc in the windscreen, but not for the vehicle. 

• Westmeath Domestic Abuse Support Service Bridging Service Gap

  Esker House is providing temporary support after the winded down closure of Westmeath Support Service Against Domestic Abuse.

• Former Midlands TD Decries Bertie Ahern Neglect

  John Moloney thinks the former Fianna Fail leader should have been considered for the Presidency.

• Offaly Man "Loved His Family To The End Of The Earth" - Road Crash Victim Laid To Rest

  Stephen Mooney was given a guard of honour at St Mary's Church in Edenderry.

• Laois Nursing Home Fails HIQA Inspection Over Handling Of Challenging Behaviour

  St Brigid's Hospital in Portlaoise was found non-compliant in two regulation areas.

• Investigation Launched Into Online Threat Against Tánaiste

  Security analyst from Mullingar Declan Power says the investigation will require lots of protocol.

• Laois Motorist Caught Speeding On National Slowdown Day

  A speed enforcement is in operation until midnight.