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Despite fears of a downturn in the market during the COVID-19 crisis, the price of a three-bedroomed semi-detached house in Westmeath remained unchanged over the past three months, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance.

Despite a national decrease in residential property premiums due to the impact of COVID-19, prices within Westmeath escalated by 6.3 percent in the first three months of this calendar year.

While affording cautious welcome to the raft of business support measures announced by the Government to aid the posy-COVID-19 economic recovery, local businessman and prominent Fianna Fáil Councillor, Aengus O’Rourke, noting the detrimental impact of the virus from a professional perspective, stated the mechanisms introduced are not sufficient.

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Robert Troy, has said it is unacceptable that some insurance companies are still using every avenue and technicality to get out of their obligation to pay out on legitimate claims.

The pain and uncertainty of the impact of the Coronavirus on small business owners is staggering and likely to be substantial. For small business owners the situation is an unmitigated disaster. In fact, it couldn’t be worse. No currency crisis, Gulf war, oil shortage, terrorist attack or banking collapse would come close to the impact this virus is having on our economy - but in particular on our SME sector. And, to think we spent three years preparing for the “enormous, incalculable impact” that would result from Britain’s exit from the EU — a breeze compared to this business wipe-out tsunami.

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An analysis of recent trends in the Irish residential property market at the end of Q3 of this year by the property website, Daft.ie, has noted that while rental inflation is now at a six year low, rents in County Westmeath are on average, 7.7 percent higher than at this time in 2018.

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Up to 80 per cent of people are paying too much for their health insurance because they do not review their plan each year. As the health insurance market becomes increasing competitive, it is now easier than ever to save money on your premium.

The average cost of running a family car for a year is €10,593.26 according to the AA’s annual survey of motoring costs. According to calculations, the total is a decrease of €98.11 on the same figure for last year.