News - Cllr Aengus O'Rourke

In early 2026, the department published a list of 105 priority school building projects to move to tender or construction by 2027, but did not include any Athlone school.

The Barna waste facility, located on the University Road closed in early December.

The Living City Initiative, which is already in place for areas like Cork and Dublin, will now be enacted in Athlone, Sligo, Drogheda, Dundalk and Letterkenny.

Construction of the new community nursing unit at Clonbrusk - which will serve as a replacement for the existing St Vincent's Care Centre began in 2023.

The court overturned the Government's Section 181 order, which had allowed the controversial temporary accommodation centre for 1,000 refugees to be established.

Athlone Councillors are taking legal action against the state over plans to locate up to 1,000 asylum seekers in tents.

He said last week he'd be running after receiving a nomination, but he says that has fallen through.

Three objections were made to the CPO by Eastshore Developments Limited, Westshore Developments Limited and Bastion Quay Management Company Limited.

The party has opened nominations for selection conventions which will be held later this month, one in each county in the constituency

The electric bus fleet has now completed over 530,000 kilometres worth of journeys and with an estimated 400,000 kilograms of tailpipe emissions eliminated.

Mardyke Street will be closed for a period of 5 months to allow it's redevelopment alongside part of Sean Costello Street.

The Mayor of Athlone is calling on the public to report any obvious stock-piling of material, including household waste, by youths for use in

Tributes are being paid to the woman who died in a crash in Athlone town yesterday afternoon. She has been named locally as Sr Bernard