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• Overnight Water Restrictions Lifted In Laois

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• Midlands Post-Primary Schools Benefit From Heritage Programme

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• Midlands MEP Wants 10% Of CAP Guaranteed For Young Farmers

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• New EV Car Registrations Surge In Midlands

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• Teagasc National Sheep Conference 2026 In Ballinasloe

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• Uisce Eireann Carrying Out Planned Interruption To Water Supply In Westmeath

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• Laois Councillor Calls For Traveller Action Group To Address Cemetery Brawl

  Councillor Caroline Dwane Stanley feels the community needs to have their voices heard.

• Counting Deer Population Is Expensive - Laois CEO

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• Founders Friday Event In Offaly To Feature Midlands 103's And South East's Will Faulkner

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• Students Across The Midlands Set To Begin Leaving Certificate Exams Tomorrow

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• Gardai Locate Missing Laois Teenager

  Mountrath's Mark Brady has been found safe and well.

• Crime Levels Up In Westmeath Town Over Past Five Years

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• New Employment Programme Launched For Those With Criminal Convictions

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