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• Former GAA Referee Pleads Guilty To Indecent Assault

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• Laois TD Warns EU Plans Threaten Irish Neutrality

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• Almost One Million Cigarettes Seized In Offaly

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• Management Can Easily End Industrial Action - SIPTU

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• Westmeath Credit Union Manager Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

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• Midlands Readers Encouraged To Take Part in MS Readathon

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• Westmeath Town Strong Performer For Fibre Broadband

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• Ireland's Oldest Living Person With EB Publishes Autobiography

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• Fund Midlands Councils To Build Housing On Public Land - Simon Community

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• Midlands Councils Boost Environmental Enforcement Performance

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• Offaly Food Workers Launch Industrial Action

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• Public Consultation Taking Place In The Midlands

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• Man Due In Court Over Armed Pharmacy Robbery In Offaly

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