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Les Keenaghan, Galvin Tullamore
Having one of the largest menswear premises in the country lends itself to social distancing, says Les Keenaghan, proprietor of Galvin Tullamore.
He is fortunate that the shop as two entrances which will ensure safety for customers and for all 18 staff who will be returning to work. âWeâve had no problem with staff returning, theyâre all very loyal as are our customers, we all look after each other.â
During lockdown they did respond on a number of occasions to emergencies. âThere were a lot of tragedies and we opened up, socially distanced, if we got a call about a funeral. We are still very much a local business. Customer service is everything, we have people calling from all over the country and we canât wait to see them in person again.â
ORK has commenced on a wildflower meadow at the Grand Canal, one of a series of projects planned by Tullamore Tidy Towns in the coming year. The group also plan.
Ten year Development Strategy unveiled for Offaly town
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A new development strategy identifying four key pillars as the vision of the future of Shannonbridge was published recently.
For many years, Shannonbridge was the home to a peat fire power station and, in many ways, this facility and the peat extraction activities, which were needed to provide its fuel supply defined the principal function and employment base for the village.
Following the decision to cease peat production on the nearby peatlands and to wind down the generating function of the power station, the need arose for the re-imagining of the community and the identification of activities replacing those associated with the peat extraction and electricity generation rather than as additions to them.
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