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Offaly courthouse to benefit from €200,000 funding boost Reporter:  '); Funding of €200,000 has been awarded for conservation works to Birr Courthouse under the 2021 Historic Towns Initiative and will be used to secure the fabric of this significant building in the town. The special heritage fund will see much-needed work carried out to the town's 19th century courthouse, which closed its doors in 2013. The building, which is situated along Townsend Street, is a protected structure and improvements are necessary to the roof, windows and some of the walls. It's hoped the building will b...

New book tells the story of a hardworking people in West Offaly Reporter: ');  '); Veteran writer and local historian Brendan Ryan has just received the copies of his 12th book from the printers.   The book is called "On Gallen Green - The Story of a West Offaly Townland" and Brendan is launching the book this Friday December 11 at 7pm on http://www.facebook. com/offalytv The official launch will be performed by Ferbane's Parish Priest Fr Peter Burke.   Brendan says the book had a modest beginning but then ballooned. "I started by writing an article on a townland that straddles bot...