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  He wants to balance the system.

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  Midlands drivers were caught breaking the speed limit.

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• Irish Companies Are Quietly Laying Off Workers

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• Funding Granted To Address Gender-Based Violence Online

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• Westmeath Business Completes Two Acquisitions

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• Tullamore Tradfest Launching Today

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• Seven Year Sentence For Westmeath Man After Attack Left Victim With 'Catastrophic' Brain Injury

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• Offaly TD Calling For Action Over N52 Link Road

  Carol Nolan has met with management from Transport Infrastructure Ireland.

• Almost €10,000 Funding Granted To Protect Midlands Water Quality

  40 community groups in 19 counties are eligible for the funds.

• Midlands Vacant Commercial Properties Suggested For Housing

  The Hardware Association of Ireland is advocating for it.

• Offaly Mum Of Son With Spina Bifida Slams CHI

  Amanda Coughlan's son's spina bifida and scoliosis is now inoperable.

• Gardaí Appeal For Witnesses After Crash In Offaly

  It happened shortly before midnight last Thursday in Daingean.

• Westmeath Council Working To Build Derelict Site Tax Base

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• HSE Reveals Midlands Capital Funding Projects

  These include refurbishing primary care centres and new ambulance bases in Offaly and Westmeath.

• Green Light Given To Laois Manufacturing Plant Expansion

  Kirby Engineering Group has been given permission to proceed with extension plans in Portlaoise.