NUI Galway scientists to lead crop research in developing world

Fri, Jan 15, 2010

Details of funding for crop research involving collaborations between NUI Galway Botany and Plant Science and leading agricultural research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in the developing world have been announced this week.

Free mentoring clinics at GMIT innovation centres

Fri, Jan 08, 2010

If you have a business idea and you would like help unlocking the potential of that idea then you should get in touch with your local Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) in Castlebar. The IiBC can help to develop and grow new business start-ups.

First time buyers in Mayo advised to call into local EBS office

Fri, Jan 08, 2010

EBS Building Society has announced that it has delivered in excess of €150m of funding through its 2009 Affordable Housing Fund. The fund was developed and launched by the building society in January last year to ensure that finance is accessible and available for buyers seeking to purchase their first homes through the affordable housing scheme.

Knockranny included in new Bridgestone Good Food Guide

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

The new Bridgestone Irish Food Guide, released every two and a half years, is just out and includes a glowing review of Knockranny House Hotel. Author John McKenna said that the book contains “all the good stuff and only the good stuff”, and also advised that Mayo is the most improved county in the country. When the last issue of the food guide came out Mayo only had nine pages – this year there are 15.

Setting 2010 goals theme for business network meeting

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

Setting – and achieving – goals for 2010 will be the theme of a talk by former Ireland West Airport chief executive Robert Grealis, at the January meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club (MOCC).

Agri-consultant Fergal Boyle - helping farmers through difficult times

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

The continual erosion of farm incomes over the past 18 months has led to severe difficulties for farmers. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), farm incomes will have fallen by 30 per cent at the end of 2009, this is on top of a 10 per cent drop in 2008. Clearly, the farming industry is in crisis as this figure signifies the biggest drop since Ireland joined the EEC in 1973.

Mongey Opticians celebrate a successful 2009

Fri, Dec 18, 2009

Mongey Opticians — who are a well-established practice operating in Castlebar for over 40 years and also launched another practice in Ballinrobe last year — were this year shortlisted for not one, but two highly prestigious awards in the 2009 Opticians Awards — the first optician in Ireland to be nominated for these awards.

Another win for Knockranny House Hotel

Fri, Dec 18, 2009

Knockranny House Hotel and Spa was one of three winners in the Best Consumer Service category at the National Hospitality Awards which were held recently.

The annual competition is open to entries from all over Ireland, both North and South, and has 19 different categories. The Best Consumer Service category awards hotels for their outstanding service and judges were particularly impressed by Knockranny House Hotel’s high standard of consumer care and their attention to detail.

Job creation in Mayo by technology company

Fri, Dec 18, 2009

A GMIT client company, InTime Media, based at the Innovation Centre at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Castlebar, is to create six new jobs in 2010 with the expansion of its base in Mayo.

November cross border shopping to cause 1,700 job losses

Fri, Dec 11, 2009

Retail Ireland, the IBEC group that represents the Irish retail sector, has published an assessment of the jobs to be lost due to cross border shopping during November and called for remedial action in the Budget.

Westport Woods winner in Marketing Institute Awards

Fri, Dec 11, 2009

The Westport Woods Hotel and Spa was the only Mayo winner in the Marketing Institute of Ireland west region’s annual awards. The hotel scooped the eMarketing award, following the Mayo Business Awards win in the eCommerce category last week.

Kiltimagh MAN activated with CMS Peripheral’s connection

Fri, Dec 11, 2009

e|net, the company which operates the State’s metropolitan area network (MAN) programme, has announced that the Kiltimagh MAN has been “lit”, or activated, with CMS Peripherals, a leading information storage and consumer product distributor, connecting to the network.

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