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• Laois Rose Praises Support Of Tolu Makay During DWTS Journey

  Both Katelyn Cummins and Tolu Makay are competing on this season of Dancing With The Stars Ireland.

• Jazz Festival In Laois Town Returns This Weekend

  Portlaoise Jazz Festival is back after 30 years.

• Offaly County Council Unveil Bat House Project

  The house will be located in Edenderry's Blundell Park.

• 103 Meter St Brigid's Cloak To Be Unveiled in Westmeath This Sunday

  Athlone Family Resource Centre is aiming to create a cloak the length of the town's cycleway bridge.

• Popular Offaly Charity Walk Returns This Weekend

  The Offaly Camino Canal Way Walk kicks off tomorrow morning.

• Laois Councillor Calls For Reduced Reliance On AHB'S

  Laois councillor Aisling Moran feels less reliance on assisted housing bodies will increase affordable housing supply.

• Homelessness Figures In Midlands Fall By 7%

  309 adults and children accessed homelessness services last month.

• Westmeath Man Who Smothered, Choked And Set Wife On Fire Jailed For Five Years

  53 year-old Vaidotas Gedvilas, a Lithuanian national, of Ashefield, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, carried out the three-stage attack after a house party.

• Boomtown Rats Join Laois Festival Line-Up

  Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats is one of this year's headliners for Emo's Forest Fest.

• Midlands Homelessness Falls 7% In Latest Report

  Figures show over 5,000 children living in emergency accommodation.

• Laois County Council Continuing To Monitor Flooding Situation

  Water levels have not risen as much overnight according to the Severe Weather Assessment team.

• Appeal Lodged Against Proposed Midlands Hospice

  John Condron says he is prepared to come up with a solution to withdraw his appeal.

• HSE Midlands Encourages People To Consider All Options This Bank Holiday

  Injury units are also open this weekend.

• Laois School Gets Go Ahead For New Campus Building

  Dunamase College accommodates 1,000 students.

• World Champion Headlining Snooker Exhibition In Offaly

  Ken Doherty and Aaron Hill will be the main event stars at the event.

• Midlands Communities Celebrating St. Brigid's Day

  There is events taking place across all three counties.

• Irish Rail Warns Midlands Commuters Of Bank Holiday Delays

  Track and platform upgrades will be carried out between Portarlington and Athlone over the weekend.

• €30m Primary Care Centre Gets Planning Approval In Laois

  Planning has been granted for the St Fintan’s Hospital campus project.

• Two People Hospitalised Following Westmeath Crash

  The incident happened in Bunbrosna.

• 'Cruel' Midlands Stepfather Jailed For 1990s 'House of Horrors' Abuse

  Judge Keenan Johnson says the household was run like a workhouse.