Impacts of Covid and Brexit combine to cause ‘huge problems’ for the construction industry
Building a perfect storm
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Cutting their losses
Castlebar hair salon puts on brave face amid massive turnover decline
School sees increased demand for counselling and wellbeing supports
Our Lady’s Secondary School in Belmullet’s principal praises students, families and staff’s response to the pandemic
Retailers feel the benefit of big shop-local drive
Ballinrobe fashion retailer Deirdre Biggins on the impact of local support during the Christmas shopping season
Keeping in touch
Demand for meals on wheels drops as ‘people have gone back to looking after each other’ says Castlebar Social Services manager
Finding their feet online
Website sales prove a winner for Finn’s Footwear
A different type of Christmas Mass
Fr Charlie McDonnell is preparing for virtual celebrations of Christ’s birth at St Mary’s Church, Westport
Keeping the virus from the school door
The principal of Achill Island’s Bunnacurry National School reveals how the little school has been coping with the big pandemic
A Day in the Life: Pauline Moran
Spend a day with Pauline Moran, the principal of Sancta Maria College, Louisburgh
Every day is a school day
Ballyhaunis Community School’s principal talks about the challenges of running a school during a pandemic
Christmas cheer and happy hair at Petals
Despite two closures because of the pandemic, Joan Rowland and her team of hairdressers and beauticians are in festive spirit