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The rate of Covid-19 infection in Kildare, Laois and Offaly is now up to 8 times higher than the rest of the country.
A member of the National Public Health Emergency Team has warned they face a "difficult" challenge in the three counties.
A meeting is taking place later this month to discuss how to control outbreaks of Covid-19 in creches.
Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman has agreed to meet the Federation of Early Childhood Providers.
In a statement issued to KFM, Kildare North TD, James Lawless has announced the Minister of Public Expenditure & Reform, Michael McGrath has confirmed the following supports are being put in place for counties Kildare, Laois & Offaly:
"Top up of 20% on Restart Grant Plus Scheme
Building work on the National Broadband Plan is set to begin in counties Cork and Cavan, by the end of the month.
Since work on the project began six months ago, National Broadband Ireland has carried out survey work for over 63,000 homes and businesses.
School buses will operate as normal when schools reopen.
The Department of Education says they will operate at full capacity because school buses differ from public transport, in that they have a consistent and known number of passengers.
Carroll Cuisine, in Tullamore, has been approved to reopen its doors after an outbreak of Covid-19.
The company says it will be resuming operations at the plant in a phased basis over the coming week.
Up to €5,000 will be made available to businesses impacted by the localised lockdowns, here in Kildare & counties Laois & Offaly.
Restrictions, which were announced last Friday, are due to be lifted on Friday 22nd.
The Minister for Further & Higher Education says he intends to explore the idea of a John Hume Memorial University.
The idea for a cross border college has been put forward by his Fine Gael colleague, Colm Burke.
It would be based in Derry and serve the north and north-west.
A car owned by a garda was set on fire in Dublin last night.
It happened outside the Bridewell Garda Station on Chancery Street, at approximately 10:30pm.
Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene, and the blaze was extinguished.
AA Ireland reveal traffic in the three counties in localised lcokdown, Kildare, Laois & Offaly, have decreased by 20%.
The decrease is despite the fact citizens of the counties, can travel anywhere, within their residential county.
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