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A ground-breaking pan-European initiative spearheaded by the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) is set to uncover the root causes of physical inactivity in young people.

This week marked the relaunch of Athlone’s community policing unit, a development which will ensure more visibility of local gardai on the town’s thoroughfares and allow for continuous integration with numerous representative organisations within the district.

Irish people became more active through the Covid-19 pandemic following restrictions on car movements and the introduction of remote working, which has led to nearly four in ten people walking more now than they did prior to the arrival of the pandemic and one third cycling more.

Ireland’s new company start-up levels reached the highest numbers on record in 2021, according to the latest figures from credit risk analyst CRIFVision-net.

As we approach the midpoint of 2021, and with the summer Dáil recess approaching, now is a good time to take stock of the political year to date.

The Family Centre counselling service continues to be available to the public primarily online or over the phone, with only limited capacity to meet people face to face adhering strictly to the current Government guidelines.

There were 5,107 cases of Covid-19 in the county up to the end of January and since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 3,247 of those coming in January alone.

The level of traffic throughout Ireland is returning to pre-pandemic levels, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said.

Banks must "not be allowed to profit" off the global Covid-19 pandemic by hiking standard monthly mortgage repayments, and the new Government must show that "this sort of underhanded nonsense will not be tolerated".

Some 1800 people have closed their claim for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) since last week in Mayo, Fine Gael Deputy Alan Dillon has said.