There had been fears it would take over a year to fix the damage caused by the blaze last Sunday week.

Minister Dara Calleary will arrive at the scene of Sunday's fire in the town centre shortly to examine the damage.

Kevin Hussey runs a dry cleaners in the town and is calling on those with vacant commercial properties to offer them for use.

Gardaí have not ruled out foul play and are continuing their calls for witness statements and dash cam footage from the night in question.

As part of the five-day mission, Minister Burke held over 33 meetings and engaged with a number of significant US companies.

The €4.5-million public realm project got under way last month and will take around 18 months to complete.

Contracts were recently signed for the 3.5 million euro project, and it's due to be substantially complete in August 2025.

He claims businesses that availed of debt warehousing are now receiving letters from Revenue demanding repayment.