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The cost of renting went up by two percent nationally in the first quarter of this year - the largest over a three month period since 2018.
Rent prices across the Shannonside region have risen close to ten percent in the first quarter of 2021 when compared to the same time last year.
A new housing report from property website Daft.ie shows that rent in Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon has shown significant increases when compared to the same period in 2020.
A focus on working from home, change in employment status and housing supply has seen a renewed interest in property in rural Ireland.
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The County had spent months at the top of the national table, with high levels of virus transmission recorded among the population.
Longford s Covid-19 transmission rate has fallen below the national average for the first time in two months.
The County had been dealing with one of the highest 14-day incidence of the virus nationwide throughout February and March.
Cavan is now the only county in the region with a virus transmission rate above the national average and recorded 8 new cases locally last evening.
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6 cases were identified in Monaghan yesterday, while in the Shannonside Region, Longford, Roscommon, and Leitrim all recorded less than 5 cases.
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Public health officials are very happy with how the test centres worked out over the Easter weekend
Public health officials have labelled two temporary pop-up test centres in the Shannonside Region as significant successes.
The centres were established at the Athlone Regional Sports Centre and the Ballinasloe Town Hall / Library Carpark over the long Easter weekend, with the capacity to conduct up to 400 tests a day.
Over a thousand people have attended both locations so far, with operations due to wrap up this evening. The temporary centres are designed to test the positivity rate in the community among people with A-symptomatic cases of Covid-19.
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