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  Published: 6th February, 2012 09:30am

  Over 100 tweeters meet in flesh in Birr

  by Laura Ryder

  Arranged with nothing but social networking site Twitter and a lot of good will, last Friday week saw over 100 Irish business owners take part in the first SME Community All-Ireland Tweet-Up in Birr.

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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: 3 Feb 2012 11:30

  Mild wet weekend to follow cold snap

  The recent sub-zero temperatures that were experienced at their worst in the Midlands are to warm up to temperatures that are normal for this time of year according to Met Eireann...

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  Published: 3 Feb 2012 10:30

  'Patient safety at risk' - INMO

  The loss of 75 nursing staff at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore since 2009 is compromising patient care and safety, a nursing union claimed this week.