COUNTY GALWAY COMMUNITY GROUPS COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND

Application Forms and Guidelines are now available for the Covid-19 Emergency Fund for community groups and organisations. The fund supports related to the COVID-19 community response, in particular those offering frontline services. Eligible applicants are [...]

By | April 22nd, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

CANCELLATION OF 2020 TIDYTOWNS COMPETITION

My ministerial colleague, Michael Ring TD, the has today announced the cancellation of the TidyTowns competition for 2020 in the interests of public health and safety. In a statement, Minister Ring said: “For over 60 [...]

By | April 22nd, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

CANNEY WELCOMES EXTENSIONS FOR CAR TEST AND DRIVING LICENCES

Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney has welcomed measures to extend a range of vehicle requirements, including NCT tests and driving licences. The extensions follow the closure of a number of [...]

By | April 21st, 2020|Press Releases|0 Comments

COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS

The weekly payment of €350 under the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment scheme will be processed today for approximately 584,000 people. These payments will be lodged into their nominated bank account or post office tomorrow, 21st [...]

GOVERNMENT UPDATE ON TEMPORARY WAGE SUBSIDY SCHEME

The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme has been a landmark intervention introduced to support business and employees at this time of national emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 46,000 employers are registered with Revenue for the [...]

DRIVING LICENCES AND NCT TESTS – NEW REGULATIONS

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, driver licences and learner permits due to expire before 30th June 2020 will now be valid for a further four months. The same extensions apply to certificates of competency [...]

GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON CHARTERED FLIGHT OF SEASONAL WORKERS

The Government is aware that a chartered flight brought 190 people to Ireland this week for fruit picking work. The number of people travelling to Ireland has fallen by more than 95% since the start [...]

GLAS PAYMENTS BROUGHT FORWARD

Payments for the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme - GLAS - are to be brought forward by a month to help with farm cashflows. This is a sensible move by the Department of Agriculture because farm [...]

By | April 17th, 2020|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

CANNEY WELCOMES MOVE ON GLAS PAYMENTS

Payments for the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme - GLAS - are to be brought forward by a month to help with farm cashflows. Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney said: "This [...]

By | April 17th, 2020|Press Releases|0 Comments

HELP FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

ISME, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association is holding a live question and answer session with CEO Neil McDonnell and HR Advisor Cait Lynch on Tuesday April 21 at 11am. The session will be [...]