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• Westmeath Council Gender Pay Gap Favouring Women In 2025 Report

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• MEPs Move To Shield Beef Sector As Fears Grow Over Mercosur Trade Deal

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• Homelessness Continues To Rise In Midlands

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• New Offaly Initiative Aims To Stop Smoking And Vaping Near Children

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• Green Light For Westmeath All Weather Pitches

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• €1.4m Funding Going Towards Midlands Community Groups

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• Enoch Burke Ordered To Pay Salary To Westmeath School

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• Westmeath Man Pleads Guilty Over Child Sexual Abuse Images And Videos

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• Laois TD Despairs Over Irish Farming Future

  Willie Aird has been speaking at the latest meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture.

• Laois Cafe Hosts Grand Opening Today

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• Enoch Burke Appearing In Court Via Video Link Today

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• 50 Bed Westmeath Nursing Home Unit Due Open June 2026

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• Midlands Showcase Expo

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• Chasing Abbey And Mundy Headliners At Dublin NYE Festival

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• Nitrates Derogation Taking Centre Stage For ICMSA AGM

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• Westmeath Author's 'Ninety Nine Words For Rain' Wins At Irish Book Awards

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