ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY GRANT SCHEME DEADLINES EXTENDED

The deadlines for applications for two grant schemes currently being run by the Royal Irish Academy are to be extended. Due to the current Covid-19 situation, the deadline for the Archaeology Research Grants and Radiocarbon [...]

By | March 25th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDCARE SECTOR

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has provided further details to support the Childcare sector. These measures will: Help to ensure that the Childcare Sector is in a position to reopen after Covid-19; Provide [...]

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION BOOKLET TO BE DELIVERED TO EVERY HOME

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Minister for Health Simon Harris TD and An Post have announced today that a #Covid_19 Public Information booklet will be delivered to every household. The guide offers information about Ireland and [...]

VOLUNTEER HELPLINE AND INFORMATION

Following last week's launch of the Government Action Plan for Community Response to COVID-19 by the Department of Rural and Community Development, this is a reminder that the department has an email helpline for registered [...]

STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TEAM – TUESDAY MARCH 24

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland has died. The patient is a male and in the east of the country, with an underlying health [...]

By | March 25th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Health, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

NATIONAL HELPLINE FOR OLDER PEOPLE

A reminder that there is a national helpline older people who have concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak. ALONE - the organisation that supports older people - is operating the helpline in association with the Department [...]

By | March 25th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NATIONAL COVID-19 INCOME SUPPORT SCHEME

CABINET ALSO APPROVES NEW PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES ON NPHET RECOMMENDATIONS The Government has today announced a National Covid-19 Income Support Scheme to provide financial support to Irish workers and companies affected by the crisis. In [...]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR VOLUNTEERS

A reminder for volunteers, volunteer groups, community groups and those wishing to offer their services as volunteers. To support the community response to COVID-19, the Department of Rural and Community Development has developed a suite [...]

By | March 24th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

PLEASE SUPPORT CHARITIES

As TD for Galway East and Minister for Community Development, I am calling on people to go the extra mile to support charities if they are in a position to do so. Most of our [...]

PLEASE SUPPORT CHARITIES – CANNEY

Galway East TD and Minister for Community Development Seán Canney has called on people to go the extra mile to support charities if they are in a position to do so. Minister Canney, whose remit [...]

By | March 23rd, 2020|Press Releases|0 Comments