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  Published: 3 Feb 2012 16:30

  Offaly IDA figures make for grim read

  IDA Ireland has been slated locally this week, after figures emerged last Friday showing the IDA's less than top class performance in Offaly. Just 31 new jobs were created...

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  Published: 3 Feb 2012 15:30

  Adrian gets taste for life again as he smashed weight loss goal three weeks early

  Edenderry Operation Transformation leader Adrian Brereton is looking forward to getting into the swimming pool with his children on their next summer holiday after galloping to...

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  Published: 3 Feb 2012 13:30

  Killeigh woman drove for 8 kms on wrong side of motorway

  The circumstances of a fatal head-on collision where a Killeigh woman drove against traffic on the M6 motorway from Athlone to Moate is "the ultimate nightmare" a motorist...

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  Published: 3 Feb 2012 11:30

  Parents protest at 'culture of fear' in school

  Parents who have kept their children out of a Midlands national school since January 20 are protesting for the third day in a row today (Friday).

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  Published: 23rd January, 2012 09:30am

  Defibrillators but no first responders in Daingean

  by Laura Ryder

  Daingean residents are being urged to step up to the challenge of becoming a "first responder" as the town has two defibrillators and a first responder group was run by fire officers based in the town...

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  Published: 12 Jan 2012 17:30

  Three Offaly bank branches under threat pending redundancy scheme

  Three Ulster Bank branches in Offaly may come under threat by the end of the year if fewer than 600 of the bank's employees in the state sign up for a voluntary redundancy...

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  Published: 10 Jan 2012 15:30

  Tullamore improve litter league result but still long way from previous highs

  Tullamore has jumped five places in the latest litter league results released by Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL). After a high of ninth place this time last year Tullamore...

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  Published: 9 Jan 2012 09:30

  Info sought on Crinkle machete raid

  Gardaí in Birr are appealing for information relating to a machete raid in Crinkle on New Year's Day. CCTV footage and door to door enquiries carried out by Garda&...

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  Published: 6 Jan 2012 09:30

  100 year old Margaret celebrates with a song

  Offaly's birthday girl of the week is undoubtedly 100-year-old Margaret Loughnane from Birr, who attracted guests from as far afield as Australia and America to her birthday...

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  Published: 20th January, 2012 10:50am

  Nothing beastly about TMS show

  by Laura Ryder

  The Tullamore Musical Society's 57th annual production of choice - Beauty and the Beast - was staged this week. Indeed you still have a chance to catch the show if you haven't seen it already, with performances...

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  Published: 20 Jan 2012 09:30

  World famous banjo festival for Tullamore

  The world renowned Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival is leaving Longford and will be staged for the first time in Tullamore later this year, it emerged this week.

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  Published: 13 Jan 2012 16:30

  Operation Transformation walk for Tullamore this Saturday

  Tullamore is one of 30 locations nationwide that will host an Operation Transformation National Walk this weekend. Walkers will set out on a 5.4km route from the Kilbeggan Bridge...