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Home heating oil prices for June, 2010

It may be the longest day of the year but having oil in the tank to heat your home during the inevitable  shorter and colder days can’t be forgotten about. Since our last oil price check in April, the carbon tax for home heating kerosene kicked in at the start of May. This added an [...]

Bin wars

In what is being described as ‘bin wars’, the confusion over who legally owns the refuse and recycling bins originally given to local residents was addressed by the council recently. In this week’s Westmeath Examiner, they report that:

County Manager Danny McLoughlin said that 14,000 Blue Bins and 1,000 Brown Bins had been purchased by Westmeath [...]

Streetlights

Westmeath Co. Co. has been notified about the streetlight outside houses 207-208 that needs a bulb replacement. Airtricity has recently taken over the public lighting maintenance contract from ESB and there is a delay in getting these fixed at the moment throughout the county. Unfortunately, the darkness can attract opportunistic illegal dumpers. Please do [...]

Tips for dealing with the freezing weather conditions

A number of houses in Ashefield are experiencing problems with frozen water pipes.  If you are one of the unfortunate people, a standpipe has been made available outside house #35 – toward the Ashe road entrance to the estate (10am – 4pm). Update: this water should be available until 8pm.

Here are some tips for dealing [...]