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• 'One Final Push' - Mental Health Charity In Laois Appeals To Public For Funding

  SOSAD Ireland has an office in Portlaoise and faces closure if they can't meet this months expenses.

• Pay-Related Changes To Social Welfare Payments Come Into Effect Across Midlands Today

  Offaly TD John Clendennen is welcoming the new payment rates.

• HSA To Begin National Farm Safety Inspection Today

  It follows 28 vehicle related deaths over the last five years.

• Revenue Officers Seize Over €235k Of Cash In Midlands And Sligo

  The cash was recovered in four properties across the region and Sligo.

• Midlands Man Who Died Following Road Crash To Be Laid To Rest Today

  Mr Walsh's funeral mass takes place in Ballymahon.

• SIPTU Members Bord Na Mona Recycling Strike Called Off

  The action was scheduled to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

• Offaly Auctioneer Feels Landlords Need To Be Included More in Rent Discussions

  A new ESRI report says there's a clear need for rent control reforms.

• "Litter Picking Party" Taking Place Tomorrow On Westmeath Bog

  It's the second clean up at Coolnagun Bog following its success a few years ago.

• €2.5 Million Euro In National Roads Funding Going To N4 Mullingar to Rooskey Project

  It's part of a wider funding boost for national roads across the country.

• Midlands Man Killed In Westmeath Crash Remembered As "Hard Working" And "Unassuming"

  Ballymahon's Tom Walsh will be laid to rest on Monday morning.

• Chappell Roan and Hozier Added To Electric Picnic Lineup

  Fatboy Slim and Kings of Leon are the other big names added to this year's lineup.

• Woman Claims Stillborn Baby Would Be Alive If She Received Better Treatment From Portlaoise Hospital

  Chelsea Brereton said she left the hospital “broken, confused and consumed with grief"

• Midlands MEP Says Any US Pharma Tariffs Will Mean Gradual Effect On Ireland

  Midlands North-West MEP Ciaran Mullooly says any effects will be gradual.

• "Almost Beyond Belief" Longford Westmeath TD Assessment Of CAMHS Services

  Concern is growing from within the health service about CAMHS waiting lists as well.

• Offaly Arts Centre To Host Official Launch Of BIOPHILIA Art Experience

  The official opening is tomorrow at 2:30pm.

• Offaly Family Celebrates Irish Cancer Society's Support On Daffodil Day

  The national charity receives is sending children and their families to Barrettstown.

• Historic Midlands Structures Get €500k

  The conservation funding is going to a number of projects in Laois, Offaly, and Westmeath.

• Gardaí Issue Public Appeal After Fatal Westmeath Crash

  Diversions on the Ballymahon Road remain in place.

• Offaly Mother Stresses Importance of Parents Associations

  Brenda Dunphy is part of the group at Sacred Heart School in Tullamore and wants past pupils and the wider community to get involved in upcoming fundraisers.

• Offaly Comedian Bringing 'Village Of Characters' With Him On Tour

  Ferbane's Tadhg J Devery is launching his first tour "A Day In The Country" this month.