In this weeks westmeath independent

This week's edition of the Westmeath Independent is out now and is packed with 96 pages of news, sport, photos and features.

Stories include:

* Athlone in revolt as huge crowd fights water charges

* 100 new jobs promised at medical device company

* Four pages of AIT graduation pictures

* Henshaw tipped to take BOD jersey

* The local multi-million euro development with no levies!

* Meet the Athlone man who beat Apple to the crunch

* New Town manager sets out his stall

* Major concerns at impact of cuts on St Hilda's

All this and much more can be found in this week’s paper, which is available in local outlets and can also be accessed in the ePaper format (for more on this option, click on ‘ePaper’ at the top of this page).