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• Former Midlands Chief Superintendent Points To Resources Over Roads Unit Criticism

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• Sinn Fein Claim State Failing Sexual Violence Victims

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• Garden To Gallery Couture Launches Today In Westmeath

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• Offaly TD Stands Over Government Record On Household Energy Debt

  Offaly TD John Clendennen believes solutions will be found.

• Midlands Action Group Holds Table Quiz Fundraiser

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• Uisce Eireann Extends Westmeath Hosepipe Ban

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• Offaly Company Donates €1k to Westmeath Baby's Treatment

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• Water Quality Meeting To Take Place In Offaly Town

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• Offaly Credit Union Launches New Loan for Housing Aid Grant Recipients

  The loan is open to people living within the Credit Union’s Common Bond area. 

• Clúid Delivers 46 New Homes In Laois During Record Year

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• Major Westmeath Drainage Project Almost Complete

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