The number of dwellings granted planning permission is up by 60% annually, according to figures released by the Central ...

The Government says applications for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme have increased sharply. This follows a ...

Athlone's Anna McGann is one of four players from the wider Midlands area to be named in the Ireland women's rugby matchday squad for Sunday’s Vodafone Ireland WXV Series opener against USA at ...

A pensioner charged with stealing a combined total of €4,500 in the form of cash deposits for windows is due to reappear before Athlone District Court next month.

A consultant is expected to be appointed later this year to progress the design of a major new eastern relief road in Athlone ...

Science Week takes place from November 8 to 15; it is a national celebration of science and a chance for people of all ages to engage with science in everyday life. A range of activities are taking ...

Moate All Whites manager Val Daly agreed that his side’s more clinical finishing was a key ingredient in defeating Athlone in last Saturday’s Westmeath SFC quarter-final.

A contractor has been appointed by Department of Justice to begin restoring the site of a former International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centre in Athlone to its previous condition.

Thirty students from the Yucatán region in Mexico have experienced life in Athlone as part of a government-backed scholarship programme aimed at developing their English-language skills and exposing ...

But today, over four decades on, the former rivals find themselves on the same side as their two grandsons, Caolán Dunne (whose mother Cliódhna (née McNamara) is originally from Athlone) and Donnacha ...

A number of Athlone women are preparing to push themselves to their limits this October as they take on a gruelling 48-hour endurance challenge in aid of a cause incredibly close to their hearts – the ...

A new primary school may be needed in the Monksland and Bealnamulla area due to planned extra housing, the Department of Education has said.