The country’s third lockdown is to cost the state an extra €50m a week, rising to €90m at the end of January, as tens of thousands of laid-off construction and childcare workers push the number
Temporary closure of two west Mayo post offices confirmed con-telegraph.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from con-telegraph.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Westport and Newport Post Offices temporarily closed Published: Thursday, 31 December 2020 14:45
An Post has this afternoon issued a notice that Westport PO has closed temporarily due to circumstances beyond the control of An Post.
Post office services including payments from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will be available at Castlebar post office.
Newport post office has also closed temporarily with customers diverted to Mulranny Post office.
An Post states that it will seek to re-open both offices as soon as possible.
A Galway TD is calling on the Government to open up the construction sector fully as Ireland is the only country in Europe where it is not fully operational. Sean Canney who is part of the Regional Group of Independent TD s says the construction sector in…
Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, lost her seat. Photo: Frank McGrath
There were a number of shock high-profile casualties, with Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty, chief whip Seán Kyne, Minister of State Michael D’Arcy as well as Kate O’Connell, Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy and Tom Neville all losing their seats. Former Transport Minister Shane Ross and Fianna Fáil’s Lisa Chambers and Fiona O’Loughlin were also amongst those who lost out.
Fianna Fáil did not do near as well as expected and finished with 38 seats, while Sinn Féin celebrated a historic first, with 37 seats after receiving the most first-preference votes. It was the party’s best result since 1923. But there was another historic first about to counteract that, as Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael laid aside their Civil War-era differences and by June, together with the Green Party, agreed a programme to enter government together.