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• Appeal Lodged Against Proposed Midlands Hospice

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

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• Laois School Gets Go Ahead For New Campus Building

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• World Champion Headlining Snooker Exhibition In Offaly

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• Midlands Communities Celebrating St. Brigid's Day

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• 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.

• Flood Threat Persists As Yellow Weather Warnings Loom For Leinster Counties

  The warnings will be in place until midnight this evening.

• Man In His 50's Knocked Down In Offaly

  The incident involved a pedestrian in Edenderry.

• Laois County Council Warn Motorists of Ongoing Localised Flooding

  It comes from the Severe Weather Assessment Team as flooding worsens.

• Laois Woman Praises 'Slightest Touch' Documentary Crew

  The film on Abbeyleix's Emma Fogerty and actor Colin Farrell's preparations for the Dublin Marathon.

• Westmeath Only Midlands County With Above Average Vacancy Rate

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• Former IPAV Chair Backs Property Sales Proposal

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• Laois Boxer Returns To Ring After Suspension

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