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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.

A total of €7.3 million in Pandemic Unemployment Payment arrears will be made to more than 16,300 people in Galway. One local politician has called it "an immense boost to households and families ahead of Christmas".

I am sure that many of you have heard the name of Edmund Davis. I had not heard of him until I read it somewhere last week. He was the Governor of Texas who lost the election in 1873. He refused to accept the result, and he barricaded himself in the State Capital, where he and his allies accessed entry each day by ladders. I had thought that that was the way Donald Trump was going to deal with Joe Biden.

Galway schools are playing a vital role in the fight against Covid-19 and deserve every recognition and praise, according to the chief executive of Saolta which runs the local public hospitals.

Q. I’ve just lost my job because my employer had to shut their business during the COVID-19 pandemic. I got a redundancy payment but I’m not sure what social welfare payments I can get. What are my options?

Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the government to maintain the PUP payment for students as they return to college.

Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the government to maintain the PUP payment for students as they return to college.

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

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to escalate, a number of restrictive measures have been imposed following a meeting of the NPHET and the Government on Monday.

The impact of Covid-19 on regional Ireland is having a devastating effect as Ireland West Airport reveals the impact of the pandemic on the airports business.