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More than 300 people have had to go onto Rent Supplement in Galway since March, when the Covid-19 lockdown came into effect - one of the highest rates in the entire State.

Longford/Westmeath Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Deputy Robert Troy, has said the Central Bank needs a stronger consumer protection role to ensure insurance companies honour policies with disruption cover for infectious diseases.

Raising a pertinent motion during the monthly meeting of the Athlone-Moate Municipal District, Fianna Fáil Councillor, Vincent McCormack, called upon the local authority executive to establish a subcommittee comprising of relevant Council Officials, members and representatives from the PPN to implement measures aimed at reducing instances of illegal dumping and fly-tipping across the District.

Once the preserve of trendy start-ups and employers who had no option but to sift through potential employees via the medium because of the vast distances involved between themselves and said candidate, online job interviews have seen a major explosion in popularity due to the restrictions imposed on the world by the prevalence of Covid-19 and the rise of video services such as Zoom, FaceTime, and WhatsApp video.

Founder and Managing Director of Grovelands Childcare, Athlone businesswoman, Regina Bushell, in her capacity as Chairperson of Seas Suas, the representative voice for independent early learning and care providers in Ireland, is advocating further additional financial assistance for the sector following the announcement by the Government of a €75 million stimulus package prior to the reopening of relevant service facilities on June 29.

Major grants schemes must be put in place by the incoming Government to help small and medium sized businesses and the hospitality sector enterprises “get back up and running”.

A new online bidding system for Tuam Mart will come online from the start of next week.

A major expansion of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme will help small and micro enterprises within local communities to promote their business online.

As figures pertaining to the suppression of COVID-19 within County Westmeath continue to prove favourable, with an increase of just one confirmed case this past week (671 as of midnight on June 6), the Roadmap to Recovery for Business and Society has been positively amended with July 20 now the culmination date for the reopening of the country.

In response to the Government announcement on moving to phase 2+ of Ireland’s roadmap for reopening society and business, all weekday Bus Éireann services have returned to a standard Monday to Friday frequency from Monday last June 8, while Expressway will operate a normal schedule with some minor service reductions.