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Gort Family Resource Centre deserves “greater financial assistance” from the Government for the “vital services” it provides, particularly for “vulnerable and marginalised people”.

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“Despite all of the challenges, the future is bright for Galway, and for Ireland, but only if the right decisions are made today. We have to get people back to work, we have to get enterprise back, we need to come out of this crisis with an ambition to build a national economy at the heart of which are our regional towns and cities.”

The elected members of Ballina Municipal District have called for the Government to change the current pyrite redress scheme for householders affected by the issue, from 90 per cent funding for repairs to 100 per cent.

There is no doubt that we live in extraordinary and unpredictable times. Covid-19 has proven just how quickly life as we know it can change. Few would have predicted our current situation only a short time ago, just as few would have predicted that the issue of Irish Unity would be pushed to the forefront of political debate and become an increasingly likely eventuality in the near future. Unity, once thought of as a remote and distant prospect, is no longer a question of if, but when.

There are not many who had Charlie McBride’s versatility, work ethic, and a willingness to take on a job given to him at the last minute, and be able to rise to the occasion every time.

A Galwaywoman whose cancer diagnosis was missed has this week received an apology in the Dail from Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Longford/Westmeath Sinn Féin Deputy, Sorca Clarke, has called for the extension of paid maternity leave by an additional 12 weeks for women who gave birth during the pandemic and whose maternity leave is due to expire.

Paddy Grant looked out of his bedroom window each day hoping to spot a seagull and a crow. All he usually saw was scaffolding and a blue sky peeping in between the gaps in the large steel frame.