County Westmeath include Moate, Kilbeggan, Kinnegad, Ballinahown, Delvin, Rochfortbridge, Killucan and Castlepollard. According to the 2011 census, 51.9% of Westmeath households have at least one Irish speaker. Westmeath is one of the few counties in Ireland where some census records from 1841 are still available.Some of the records of that census have been digitised and maintained by the National Archives of Ireland. According to the latest census of April 2011 Westmeath had a population of 86,164, consisting of 42,783 males and 43,381 females. The Central Statistics Office also said that despite the overall increase in population, rural population had still fallen. Initially,
County Offaly 2011 general election Offaly was part of the Laois–Offaly constituency which elected 5 TDs to the Dáil. Between 1921 and 2011 this consisted of the full territory of both counties. For the 2011 general election some electoral divisions in South Offaly where part of Tipperary North. The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 established a new constituency called Offaly for the 2016 general election. The constituency incorporates all of Offaly from the existing Laois–Offaly constituency, and twenty four electoral divisions from Tipperary North. This constituency elects 3 TDs to the Dáil. There are five main news outlets for the county