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Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath Sorca Clarke has called on the government to pay child benefit in respect of 16-18 year olds over the summer months, after many families expecting the payment in recent times did not receive it.

Speaking in recent days, local Sinn Féin elected representative, Deputy Sorca Clarke, has said that the Government and local authorities should be seeking out small businesses in Westmeath and encouraging them to apply to the Small Business Assistance Scheme for Covid (SBASC) before it closes next month as relevant data provided revealed that only 60 grant submissions have been applied for in the county to date.

Without even having an elected member in the room, Sinn Féin became a heated topic of debate at the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District AGM this week.

Constituent Sinn Féin public representative, Deputy Sorca Clarke, has confirmed that a motion will be brought before to the Dáil by her political part to support home owners affected by the Mica/Pyrite scandal and ensure they get 100 percent redress.

Longford Westmeath Sinn Féin spokesperson on Defence, Deputy Sorca Clarke, has said that her political party’s proposals would make housing affordable again.

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The 105th anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916 will be commemorated online this year as last year by Galway Sinn Féin.

Around the year 1890, this four storey building at the top of Prospect Hill was derelict. It was bought by the Sisters of Mercy and used by them as a ‘House of Mercy’, a training centre for girls. The nuns called it St Patrick’s House but their scheme failed due to lack of finance and staffing problems, so they let the building out on rent.

Louis O’Hara, who performed impressively in the 2020 election, has again been chosen to stand for Sinn Féin in Galway East at the next General Election.

Sinn Fein TD for Mayo, Rose Conway-Walsh, has called on the Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien, to review HAP rates across the state, in light of figures which show that over 70% of those on HAP are in receipt of the maximum top-up of 20 per cent in Mayo.