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To celebrate Michael Moore reaching its 10,000 ‘Like’ milestone on Facebook, the team at Audi Athlone have decided to team up with local businesses to celebrate the launch of the all-new Audi Q2.

Moate’s increasingly popular Christmas Market will take place on Sunday, December 11, from 3pm to 7pm. The level of applications for stall places in the market has been stronger than ever with all places fully booked out since last week.

The turning on of the Christmas lights took place at Athlone Castle yesterday evening, Wednesday, heralding the official beginning of the lead-up to Christmas in the town.

Athlone Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the free public car parking initiative during Christmas week.

Huge excitement is building in anticipation of Athlone’s first Christmas Market, which will be situated at the Civic Square, right in the heart of Athlone town on Thursday and Friday, December 22 and 23.

Hello to all the Athlone Advertiser readers. Well, we didn’t fare too well in the Aviva Stadium against the All Blacks last weekend. Nevertheless, it was a tough fight all round.

Connacht coach Pat Lam is feeling a lot more confident following the return of seven key squad members as the Pro 12 resumes this weekend.

A local charity which is dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage in Galway spends more than €1 million a year on direct assistance. And the St Vincent de Paul charity says that despite the signs of economic recovery calls for help to the organisation show no sign of decreasing.

This Sunday, Pieta House will host “Misneach - Nourishing Hope” in Galway. Coinciding with four similar events in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Tralee, the reflective events take place on the cusp between the months of November (traditionally a month of remembrance, honour and reflection) and December (traditionally a month of hope, joy and celebration) – to create a space and time for people to honour and celebrate lives present and lives passed and to move into December and the Christmas season with hope and celebration.

An urgent debate on how the Government plans to deal with the homelessness emergency between now and Christmas is needed, according to Sinn Féin senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.