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Local community groups are being encouraged to apply for funding under the 2020 Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has requested that bottle banks within Athlone and its environs are emptied on a more frequent basis.

Fine Gael Councillor, John Naughten has welcomed the completion of the €2m upgrade to the Monksland Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Niall Murphy will be the new Green Party councillor for the Galway City West Ward on Galway City Council.

There must be no cut to the €350 weekly Covid-19 pandemic when more than half a million people are still reliant on it, and with many workplaces remaining closed for the foreseeable future.

Local Green Party Councillor, Louise Heavin, has been appointed to the role of Heritage spokesperson for the political party.

Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has urged small and micro businesses to apply for the new €250m Restart Grant, which will give direct grant aid to help them with the costs associated with reopening and reemploying workers following COVID-19 closures.

According to the 2016 Census, there were over 643,000 people living in Ireland with a disability. That means 13.5 per cent, or one in seven people in Ireland with a disability. Data from 2015 told us that 132,000 people with disabilities were living in consistent poverty.

Despite fewer cars on the roads than ever before, the problem of people cycling on Salthill Promenade persists, an activity which is against the law and which also makes social distancing difficult.

Fine Gael Councillor Eddie Hoare has welcomed Galway’s first modular hub which was opened in Westside yesterday.. The €2m facility will be managed by the Peter McVerry Trust and comprises of 15 family homes, additional offices, a meeting area and staff welfare facilities. It will provide temporary accommodation for families who are currently in emergency accommodation and awaiting allocation.