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• Midlands Festivals Get Arts Council Funding Boost for 2025

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

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

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• 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.

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• €18,000 Of Funding Awarded To Midlands Universities

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• 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

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• Private Nursing Homes Forced To Accept Low Fees - Nursing Homes Ireland CEO.

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