Hanlon's Gala store is the third well known business in the town seeking the installation of the panels

The cost of living is leading to people who work for minimum wages not being able to make them cover costs to the end of the week, or month

The issue will be raised at an Oireachtas Committee meeting today.

The plans would see the former Longford Creamery site turned into a major commercial development.

A large sum of money is understood to have been taken in following a break-in to a filling station in Castlerea. Gardai are investigating