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• Irish Teachers Are Being Weighed Down With Burnout

  Teachers are becoming more likely to leave their jobs.

• Offaly TD Refuses To Accept Insurance Increases

  He wants to balance the system.

• Number Of Motorists Speeding Increases Despite National Slow Down Day

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• Laois Soccer Club Looking For Answers After Community Grant Snub

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• Irish Companies Are Quietly Laying Off Workers

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• Funding Granted To Address Gender-Based Violence Online

  A Midlands North-West MEP proposed the investment.

• Westmeath Business Completes Two Acquisitions

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• Tullamore Tradfest Launching Today

  Get your instruments ready for a week of trad.

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

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• It Could Be The Hottest Day Of The Year

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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

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• 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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