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Ten year Development Strategy unveiled for Offaly town Reporter: ');  '); A new development strategy identifying four key pillars as the vision of the future of Shannonbridge was published recently. For many years, Shannonbridge was the home to a peat fire power station and, in many ways, this facility and the peat extraction activities, which were needed to provide its fuel supply defined the principal function and employment base for the village. Following the decision to cease peat production on the nearby peatlands and to wind down the generating function of the power station, the need ...

Meals on Wheels service in Offaly triples its service during Covid-19 Reporter: ');  '); Prior to COVID-19 Kilcormac Meals on Wheels service delivered over 130 hot nutritious meals per week to the older people within the community or people who otherwise are unable to prepare or purchase their own meals. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 the demand for the service has expanded at a rapid rate, it has now increased its ggeographical area to provide for regions that prior to this had no service at all It now delivers approximately 350-400 meals per week and this number is growing week on week.