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• Laois TD ‘Couldn’t Stomach’ Taoiseach’s Fine Gael Backing

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• Disruption On Midlands Train Services Expected This Weekend

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• Man Escapes Injury After Car Fire In Westmeath

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• Midlands Soldiers Taking Part In Latest Deployment To Lebanon

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• Popular Laois Forest Named In Coillte Top 20

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• Laois Author Recounts First Meeting With F1 Legend Eddie Jordan

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• Truck Driver Jailed For Five Years Over €2.8m Cocaine Haul

  The Offaly man pleaded guilty to the importation of cocaine last month.

• ESB Networks Invests €6.5m In Laois Training Centre

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• Offaly GAA Calls For End To Allianz Sponsorship

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• IFA Concerned Over Rushed Safeguard Approval For Mercosur

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• Westmeath Refuge Centres Step Up Support For Women And Children

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• Social Finance Boosts Westmeath Boat Club

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