Mayo councillor to chair BMW Regional Assembly

Fri, Jul 29, 2011

Fine Gael county councillor Cyril Burke from Ballyglass, Castlebar, has been elected unopposed as the new Cathaoirleach of the Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly at its annual general meeting.

Westport Architects win award for Best Housing

Fri, Jul 22, 2011

Cox Power Architects won the award for Best Housing project for Kilmeena Village at the Irish Architecture Award.

Mayo County Enterprise Board to get Irish businesses online

Fri, Jul 22, 2011

Getting Irish Business Online (www.gettingbusinessonline.ie) is a partnership between Google, Blacknight Internet Solutions, An Post and the County and City Enterprise Boards and is targeting the 40 per cent of Irish SMEs including sole traders that do not have a website or an online presence. The campaign is calling on all businesses that do not have a website to log on to www.gettingbusinessonline.ie where they can create their business website for free.

Speaking at the launch of the campaign An Taoiseach Enda Kenny said, “Irish businesses need to be establishing themselves on-line now to get a foothold in the on-line market. In the challenging economic times that we are working to overcome, having an on-line presence would help Irish businesses survive and keep people in jobs. For most businesses, having a presence online is no longer an optional extra: it’s an essential part of business in the twenty-first century. The presence of Google and other technology companies here forming a digital services hub is a very real asset to the Irish economy. This new innovation will help get more Irish small business online - so they can sell their goods and services from Ballina to Beijing.”

High speed internet for Clare Island

Fri, Jul 22, 2011

Clare Island joined the speedy end of the broadband world recently with a brand new wireless network built to provide high speed Internet access to residents. Local Mayo broadband company WestNet built the network which covers the harbour area and the eastern side of the Island.

Wave energy project off west coast been selected for funding

Fri, Jul 22, 2011

ESB’s WestWave Project has been selected by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) as one of the projects to go forward for evaluation by the European Investment Bank (EIB) under the EU New Entrant Reserve (NER300) funding mechanism.

Adventure and activity forum to be held in Westport

Fri, Jul 15, 2011

The Minister of State with responsibility for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring, has announced that the annual Fáilte Ireland Adventure and Activity Forum will this year be held in Westport.

Mayo retailers appointed to national EUROSPAR council

Fri, Jul 15, 2011

Annette Howard, owner of EUROSPAR Belmullet, and Derek Kennedy, owner of EUROSPAR Swinford, have been appointed to the National Council of EUROSPAR Retailers (NCER) for 2011/2012, after being nominated along with 10 of their peers from across Ireland to represent nearly 60 independent EUROSPAR retailers in developing the group’s overall strategy and policies.

The NCER is a representative body of EUROSPAR retailers encompassing urban and rural-based stores. The NCER operates on a voluntary basis whereby the elected members meet with the management of EUROSPAR’s parent company, BWG Foods, throughout the year to discuss matters of relevance to the wider group.

Twelve entrepreneurs complete training at GMIT innovation centre

Fri, Jul 08, 2011

A dog grooming kennel, a website for purchasing materials for moving home, bespoke furniture pieces, a health management course, motorhome rentals, jewellery courses, Irish mythology products, new energy saving products, and a web portal for craft suppliers.

More women encouraged to set up business

Fri, Jul 08, 2011

Minister for Small Business John Perry has highlighted the importance of encouraging more women who have the motivation, skills and ability to start their own business.

The Minister was speaking following his meeting with Irish Ambassadors for Female Entrepreneurship who have been appointed by the European Commission to promote and encourage more women to become entrepreneurs and to set up businesses.

Local entrepreneur who turned his hobby into a job

Fri, Jul 08, 2011

The national profile of young Westport entrepreneur Liam Printer continues to grow as hundreds of thousands of listeners tuned in to his interview live in studio on Today FM’s Ray D’Arcy Show on Tuesday. Liam is the current Irish National Snowboard Champion having won two gold medals at The Irish Ski and Snowboard Championships in France. He is also a director and head of ;anguages at the highly successful FETAC accredited national training and education provider, The Learning Curve Institute, which he set up with his business partner in 2009. He has now started a spin off product of The LCI with his “Learning Curve Camps” where students from all over the world gather together in the Alps to learn languages in a full immersion environment, ski or snowboard with The Irish National Snowboard Champion, and come home with an internationally recognised FETAC accredited certificate in the language they are studying.

The late great Myles Staunton praised for work on Mayo power project

Fri, Jul 08, 2011

Killala based councillor Jarlath Munnelly has welcomed the decision of An Taisce to withdraw its appeal to An Bord Pleanála against the Mayo Power project at Killala. The Fine Gael councillor, who had been very critical of An Taisce’s decision to object to this project, stated that this was a sensible decision for all parties involved. “I am delighted that An Taisce has withdrawn their appeal. I think this is a good decision for all parties, as this is a very sound, sustainable, project with many benefits for both the local community and the environment.”