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• Finer Details Of Dismantling Westmeath Asylum Accommodation To Be Discussed This Week

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• Met Eireann Forecast Warmer Than Usual Christmas

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• Portlaoise Hospital Reporting As Very Busy

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• Westmeath Man Chosen For World First Trial Operation

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• Survey Shows Prejudice Against Travellers and Roma Highest In Midlands And South West

  Over 3,000 adults were surveyed.

• State Concedes High Court Case Against Westmeath Councillors Over Midlands Accommodation Centre

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• SIPTU Says EPA Report Underlines Need To Prevent BNM Recycling Closure

  The workers union has been campaigning against the closure of the waste collection service.

• Four Action Plan Being Called For By Hospitality Sector

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• People In The Midlands To Spend Over €500 On Christmas Gifts

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• Two Men Killed During Kidnapping Incident Honoured With A Monument

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