In this weeks westmeath independent

This week’s Westmeath Independent is now on the shelves and features 96 pages of the best local news, sport, and photography coverage. A FREE 48-page guide to Friday's Westmeath Style Awards is also included in this week's edition.

Our stories include:

* Accidental shooting claim in McGinley death

* 'It's probably your worst nightmare': A Moate family's homelessness ordeal

* €5m euro plan for new broadcasting museum in Athlone

* Discovered: The secret prisoners' tunnel at Moate jail

* Massive gathering for Darkness into Light event

* All the communion pictures from Moate, Coosan and Horseleap schools

* A special report on the new Athlone-Mullingar cycleway

* Councillor says Moate Temple road kerbing 'can be seen from space'

* Photos from the wedding of Elaine Whelan and Geoff Allen, the wedding of Lindsey McCrossan and Derek Egan, and the '35 years of TR Dallas' celebrations

* Leinster championship: Westmeath V Louth preview

* Our columnist Shane Curran lists his five teams to watch in this year's championship

* Clann and Brigid's start campaign with victories

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).