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  142 weapons were also seized in the Midlands.

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• Offaly School To Start Robotics Competition For Children With Special Needs

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• Trade Union Demand Meeting Enterprise Minister Over Paid Climate Leave

  They want to make the case to Longford Westmeath TD Peter Burke of leave during extreme weather events like Storm Eowyn.

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• Housing Committee Chair "Open" To Every Party's Suggestions

  Longford Westmeath TD Micheál Carrigy will preside over the Oireachtas committee.

• GRA Pointing To Pay Over Garda Recruitment Crisis

  The Garda Commissioner has been snubbed ahead of the GRA's annual conference again.

• Motorists Need To Be "Extremely Mindful" In Housing Estates - RSA

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• €3m Allocated To Midlands County Councils To Improve Electoral Register

  The funding will be used to improve voter registration online.

• Athlone Hosting Lough Funshinagh Flood Prevention Public Meeting

  Members of the public can contribute on the issue in-person today, and online until next month.

• Puska Family Members In Court Over Withholding Information In Ashling Murphy Case

  The Offaly school teacher was murdered on the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore.

• Laois House Prices Up Nearly 1/4 In One Year

  The latest Geowox report prices are surging across the region.

• Gardaí Make €430k Midlands Cannabis Seizure

  A man in his 30s has been arrested after searches of two growhouses in Athlone and Ballinasloe.

• Westmeath Psychotherapist Suggests Farmers Can Take 'Mini Breaks' To Help Stress Levels

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• "It's Given Me A Place I Belong" - Laois Traveller Teenager On Youth Group Work

  The Irish Traveller Movement has found 53% of youth work projects for Travellers get no funding for their work.

• Full Houses Available To Rent On Airbnb On The Rise In Midlands

  It's despite tougher rules being set up by Government recently on holiday lets.

• Portlaoise Hospital Issues Visiting Restrictions Over Influenza Spread

  The Laois hospital is cancelling visits except for compassionate purposes.

• Construction Companies Need Incentive To Build Locally - IPAV

  New stats from the CSO show housing completions are down in the Midlands by six per cent.

• "He's A Divil!"- Laois Woman Starts Fundraiser To Keep Rescue Pig In His Enclosure

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• Midlands Homelessness Up 25% In Two Months

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