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  1. planningPlanning application received: RETENTION Permission is being sought for a change of use of existing public...
  2. planningPlanning application received: to build a single storey extension onto the rear of our dwelling house,...
  3. planningPlanning application received: a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area including the...
  4. planningPlanning application received: construct two number commercial units, car parking and connection to existing...
  5. planningPlanning conditional: Retention Planning Permission of the following: (1) Dormer window & velux windows to...
  6. planningPlanning conditional: the construction of a new dwelling, proprietary effluent treatment system & polishing...
  7. planningPlanning application received: to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and septic tank with...
  8. planningPlanning application received: development which will consist of the installation of a single biomass boiler...
  9. planningPlanning conditional: development which consists of a CHANGE OF USE from a Beauty Salon with its rear garden...
  10. planningPlanning conditional: CHANGE OF USE of the existing club shop to a public licensed lounge/bar at their...
  11. planningPlanning conditional: construction of a semi-detached shed (to the existing shed) at rear of dwelling,...
  12. planningNew warehouse and storage facility with mezzanine on Dublin Road, Athlone

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New warehouse and storage facility with mezzanine on Dublin Road, Athlone

JJ Leonard wants to build a warehouse and storage facility on Dublin Road in Bunnavally, Athlone. The main building would be 290 square metres on the ground floor with a mezzanine level (72 sq m), plus a smaller 6.4 sq m storage hut and a covered lean-to area. The site will also get new fencing, gates and landscaping.

Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
File ref: 2660241 · Westmeath County Council
12 May 2026 · Westmeath County Council (Planning)

Apartment block swapped for 10 detached houses at Athlone convent site

Bower Hall Limited wants to change plans for part of the Our Lady's Bower Convent site in Athlone. Instead of building 22 two-bed apartments on the old tennis courts, they now want to build 10 four-bed detached houses with attics across the same small area. The protected structure convent itself isn't being demolished—this is just an amendment to an earlier permission.

Bower Hall Limited
File ref: 2660236 · Westmeath County Council
09 May 2026 · Westmeath County Council (Planning)

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Dublin Circuit Criminal Court 2026-05-15 Courts News Ireland

Former accountant laundered nearly €290k in fraud cash

A former accountant has been sentenced to three years and nine months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for laundering nearly €290,000 through his bank account. Cyril Keegan (54), with an address in County Cork, pleaded guilty to three counts of money laundering between 2017 and...