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• €1.2m Funding To Transform National Famine Museum Outdoor Experience

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• Deadline Extended For Offaly Hare’s Corner Biodiversity Project

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• Enterprise Minister Stands By Over-Paid Colleagues

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• Lucky Laois Lotto Player Wins €38k

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• Laois Man Shares Remarkable Weight Loss Journey

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• Man Arrested Over Fatal Offaly Firebombing Released Without Charge

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• US And Denmark To Continue Talks On Greenland’s Future

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• Midlands Heroes Recognised At Laois Offaly Garda Youth Awards Launch

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• Offaly TD Raises Concerns Over Wasted Renewable Energy In The Midlands

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• Enoch Burke Arrives At Westmeath School After Release

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• Westmeath Companies Take A Stand Against Gender Based And Sexual Violence

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• Westmeath Councillor Steps Up Campaign For Local Business Park

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• Man Remains In Custody Over Offaly Murder Investigation

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• Laois and Offaly Children Facing Major Occupational Therapy Delays

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• Offaly Tidy Towns Committee Launch Campaign Against Illegal Dumping

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• Midlands Waste Facility Reopens After Extended Closure

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