In this week's Westmeath Independent

This week’s Westmeath Independent is now on the shelves and features 88 pages of the best local news, sport, and photography coverage. Our stories include:

* Shock at sudden passing of young Athlone man

* Fire hero’s “nerves of steel”

* St Vincent’s could move to new site after €10m funding award

* A whopping 25,000 submissions on boundary review plan

* Local 10-year-old’s letter to Robbie Henshaw wins GOAL award

* Console opens new counselling centre in Athlone

* Marist College aim for first Leinster title

* Top class international athletes to descend on AIT

* No joy for Westmeath or Roscommon in football league openers

* All the photographs from the Credit Union's national schools quiz

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).