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Galway Bay FM 6 May 2021 print Galway Bay fm newsroom – There was an average of just four rental properties in the city within the limits for the Housing Assistance Payment during March. That’s according to the latest “Ireland Locked Out” report from housing charity The Simon Communities of Ireland. It found during the month, there was an average of 116 rental properties available within Galway city centre and suburbs. Of these, just four were within the statutory or discretionary HAP l...

Updated: 6 May 2021, 9:25 LIDL Ireland is set to launch a range of Covid-19 antigen tests in stores from this week. The supermarket chain says it hopes to give shoppers an extra level of reassurance ahead of lockdown easing with the tests. 2 2 The antigen tests offer a quick Covid-19 detection resultCredit: Getty Packs of five tests for €24.99 will be available in all Lidl Ireland stores from tomorrow. There will be a limit of five packs per customer.  An antigen test is also called a rapid...

Only four properties in Cork city and suburbs came within standard HAP rates in March The report found there were 2,757 properties available to rent at any price within the 16 areas nationally over three dates surveyed in March 2021, including Cork city centre and the city suburbs. Picture: PA Maeve Lee THERE were just four properties available in Cork city centre and suburbs in the month of March which would have come within the standard Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) rate. That is according...

Retailer providing monthly coupons for tampons and sanitary towels through app to combat period poverty

RIAI Simon Open Door is back and ready to make a virtual impact on your real-world living space.  Irelands top architects are ready to offer professi...

Dermot Bannon shares advice on how to make our homes function better EMMA CONNOLLY catches up with architect Dermot Bannon to talk about his love/ hate relationship with Instagram, how he spent his time during the pandemic, and why he is giving his time to the RIAI ‘Open Door’ fundraiser in aid of Simon Communities Architect Dermot Bannon and Kathryn Meghen, CEO at RIAI, at the launch of a RIAI Simon Open Door in recent years. Picture: Colm Mahady / Fennells Emma Connolly PERFECTIONISM is...

Published in Food on 23-04-2021 Brenda Rocha - Blossom / Shutterstock.com Lidl launches two nationwide innovations. In Ireland, the discounter is the worlds first supplier of free sanitary towels and, in Germany, customers can now also pay contactless thanks to Lidl Pay.   Free tampons and sanitary towels Lidl is working its way into the limelight with two new nationwide initiatives. In Ireland, the supermarket chain commits to helping fight period poverty, a phenomenon that recently cam...

Only 72 rental properties were within the reach of those on standard HAP payments, according to a survey of urban areas by the Simon Communities of Ireland.

Irish Times view on period poverty It shouldn’t have been left to a German discount supermarket to provide a vital public health resource through a loyalty app about 3 hours ago   A box of branded tampons costs about €4, more than a bag of oranges, a bottle of shampoo or the cheapest whole chicken. Those are the kind of calculations some people have to make every month. The news that Lidl Ireland, in conjunction with Homeless Period Ireland and the Simon Communities, is to offer a monthl...

Bloody Outrageous Offaly students thank Lidl for act of kindness Reporter: 21 Apr 2021 Pictured are the Sacred Heart School students who launched a Bloody Outrageous campaign last year to highlight period poverty );  ); NEWS that Lidl stores in Ireland are to donate free period products to girls and women each month has been warmly welcomed by the girls in the Sacred Heart School in Tullamore. Transition Year students undertook to raise the issue last year and ran a campaign called Bloody Out...