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Number of PUP claimants in Longford continues to fall

A total of 1,780 individuals are currently availing of the payment, down from 1,953 the week previously. This week, the Department of Social Protection has issued weekly payments valued at over €84 million to 285,265 people in receipt of the ...

09 Jun 2021 at 17:00

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Number of Longford people in receipt of State's Pandemic Unemployment Payment continues to fall

There are currently 1,315 recipients in Longford presently drawing the payment, fifty below last week's total of 1,365. This week, the Department of Social Protection issued weekly payments valued at €59.8 million to 202,152 people in ...

21 Jul 2021 at 14:54

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Pandemic Unemployment Payment applications from tomorrow

Newly unemployed applicants affected by the latest government restrictions will be able to apply for the relaunched Pandemic Unemployment Scheme (PUP) by Tuesday, December 7. It was scrapped during the summer, but now the government ...

06 Dec 2021 at 12:15

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Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) to end today after two years

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) will end from today (April 5) and all remaining recipients of the payment will now be transferred onto jobseeker's payments, if deemed eligible. The PUP was originally introduced as a ...

05 Apr 2022 at 13:44

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Longford MABS here to help with Christmas financial burden

For many people, however, Christmas can be a time of extreme financial stress and worry, trying to figure out just how to pay for it all. If you add economic factors to the mix such as, high inflation rates, increased fuel ...

14 Dec 2021 at 08:00

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Rise in Longford pandemic payments was "expected" says Humphreys

Approximately 2,119 individuals availed of the payment this week, a rise of over 200 on the 1,896 who were on the Department of Social Protection register seven days previously. Nationally, there has been an increase of ...

03 Nov 2020 at 16:00

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Easing of Covid restrictions sees only marginal decrease in Longford PUP figures

Some 2,324 people are registered with the Department of Social Protection from this week, down just 18 on the 2,342 who received the payment across the county last week. The latest figures are contained in the ...

07 Dec 2020 at 19:50

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Longford family devastated after Labrador puppies stolen from their home

A devastated Longford family have launched a social media campaign in an effort to retrieve two much-loved Labrador puppies that were stolen from their home. Also read: Keys, phones, wallets and clothes of ...

03 Jul 2018 at 18:14

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Longford / Westmeath TD adamant that 'incoherent and ill-timed plans to cut PUP must be halted immediately'

Sinn Féin TD Sorca Clarke for Longford Westmeath has demanded that the government immediately halt incoherent and ill-timed plans to cut the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. The cuts are due to begin on ...

20 Aug 2021 at 16:47

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Pandemic payment to be phased out under government recovery plan

The government will begin phasing out the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) from September, it has been confirmed. Coalition leaders announced a new national economic recovery plan yesterday. The ...

02 Jun 2021 at 12:46

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Number of Longford people in receipt of Covid-19 unemployment payment falls

The number of Longford people in receipt of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) has dropped to 3,400. This is a decrease of 300 from the June 16 figure of 3,700 people in receipt of ...

22 Jun 2020 at 15:49

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Almost 400 Longford workers added to PUP figures as lockdown restrictions hit home

Approximately 2,263 people are in receipt of the Government led fund from today (January 5), up from 1,879 on December 22 last. The number is still some way shy of the 4,500 who were out of ...

05 Jan 2021 at 11:48

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