Support Local Business During Lockdown

Would you like to support local businesses during the current Level 5 lockdown? Raheny Business Association has produced a flyer which lists all the local business and where they are based. You can download the flyer here.

Remember, If every resident re-directed €2 a day of spend into Local Raheny businesses, that would put an extra €7.5 million into the local economy and would greatly help local business recover!

Please see the table below for a list of businesses in Raheny and their opening status during Level 5.

RBA Business Support Webinar

Padraic Clarke of RLM Finance Solutions presented a webinar to RBA members on Thursday 18th of June outlining supports available to businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. You can download the slides from the presentation by clicking here….

Health and Safety Authority publishes BeSmart.ie Website

The Health and Safety Authority has published a website named BeSmart.ie to assist businesses with the re-opening process post Covid-19. You can visit the site and register as a user here.

Government notice re easing the COVID-19 restrictions on 8 June (Phase 2)

Please see Gov.ie for up to date information regarding easing the COVID-19 restrictions on 8 June (Phase 2) - click here

Covid -19 Reopening Business Programme Phase 2, on 8th June

With Phase 1 of easing of restrictions successfully under way, it’s time to look at Phase 2

1. Does your business qualify to open in this phase?
- Small retail businesses with control of numbers – subject to Social Distancing
- Marts & Farmers Markets – subject to Social Distancing

2. What you need to do
- Plan to be put in place by Employer
- A risk assessment for the business, your employees and your customers
- Staff must keep 2 metre distancing
- Retailer must control number of individuals that staff and customers interact with at any one time.
- Hygiene & cleaning
- Compliance in higher risk situations
- Plan for medically vulnerable or pregnant people
- Shops to provide dedicated times for cocooners (over 70’s)
- Hand sanitiser and gloves to be made available
- Shoppers advised to wear face covering

3. Inspections are being carried out by Health & Safety Authority Inspectors – written risk assessment and plan

4. Check your insurance cover

5. If you have 2 or more staff, consider splitting into 2 teams – in the event of a staff member testing positive then only the members of that team have to quarantine which means business can continue with the other team.

Overview of Reopening Phases

Download pdf of Reopening Phases here

Please see Roadmap for Reopening Businesses here

Covid-19 Updates

We’re here to try and help you and your business get back up and running at the appropriate time per the Government phased reopening plan.

• Please read and follow only official Government announcements!

• We’d like to highlight that the most important message to everyone is constant and regular Handwash and Social Distancing.

• Be aware that employer and employee have responsibilities to each other.

• Please ensure you check your Business Insurance cover.

We will update information for each phase as it approaches.