SME seminar to highlight innovation supports and services

Fri, Apr 13, 2012

Enterprise Europe Network are launching their Directory for Innovation Supports and Services available to all Small and Medium Enterprises in Ireland at a seminar to be held in Galway on Wednesday April 18 next.

Ballina and Castlebar included in Phase II of eircom’s Fibre Rollout

Fri, Apr 13, 2012

Ballina and Castlebar are two of thirteen communities included in the Eircom Group fibre rollout, it was announced this week, following last year’s commitment by Eircom to spend €100 million on Phase 1 of a plan that aims to reach one million premises over the next four years.

Significant IFA support for EU Treaty referendum – O’Mahony

Fri, Apr 13, 2012

Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Vice–Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture, John O’Mahony, has described the decision by the Irish Farmers Association’s (IFA) Executive Council this week to recommend a Yes vote on the Stability Treaty to its almost 90,000 members, as a significant step in the campaign to ratify the Treaty.

Mayo businesses get tips for success at networking meeting

Fri, Apr 06, 2012

Local businesses came together recently in The Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar, for a special networking and visitors information event held by Castlebar BNI business referral organisation.

Deputy Calleary moves Bill to ban upward only rent reviews

Sat, Mar 31, 2012

Fianna Fáil has published a Bill to ban clauses within business leases which provide exclusively for upward only rent reviews. Spokesperson on Justice Dara Calleary moved the Landlord and Tenant (Business Leases Rent Review) Bill 2012 in the Dáil on Wednesday and is has now been submitted for selection to the Ceann Comhairle.

Minister Ring welcomes positive start to tourism in 2012

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, Michael Ring, has welcomed the first CSO tourism figures for 2012, which show that visits to Ireland increased again compared to the previous year for the period November 2011 - January 2012.

Legal procedures in purchasing a house

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

Generally a person finds a property to purchase through an auctioneer. He/she then instruct a solicitor to act on his/her behalf and to attend to the various legal requirements pertaining to purchasing a property. The solicitor will begin by explaining the procedures involved, and at the outset the solicitor will send the client a letter detailing the legal costs and outlays associated with the transfer together with anti-money laundering legislation.

Mayo businesses invited to Business Finance meeting

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

Network Mayo is keen to see representatives of all types of business in Mayo at its March meeting which will feature Norma Smurfit, chairperson of First-Step Microfinance, as guest speaker. She will be speaking on First Step - Business Finance – a vital area for everyone in business, especially in modern times.

New online networking platform for Mayo creative and cultural Industries

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

CISNET, the Creative Industries Support Network, has launched a new European networking platform to support collaboration and networking among professionals, groups and enterprises in the

Gaeltacht LEADER saga close to resolution says Mulherin

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

Fine Gael TD for Mayo Michelle Mulherin has confirmed that a number of outstanding issues arising from the liquidation of Meitheal Forbatha na Gaeltachta (MFG), the local development company that was contracted to deliver Axes 3 and 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme in Gaeltacht areas, are close to being resolved.

Weekend of events lined up for Lough Lannagh

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

Mayo County Council has announced the launch of an exciting public art programme landmark and a weekend of events at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar, from April 20 to April 22. The weekend involves a wide spectrum of activity including launches, music performances, light displays, workshops, tours, boat-trips, and talks at the picturesque lake setting in Castlebar.

Drama comes to the Ballinrobe

Fri, Mar 23, 2012

Truman Town Theatre bring their new play, Velvet Revolution to the Valkenburg Hotel from Wednesday March 28 for five nights, ending on Sunday April 1. Tickets are €10 and can be booked by calling into the Valkenburg directly or calling 087 9422942. Doors open at 8.30pm. There is limited availability so early booking advisable.

Velvet Revolution is an exciting new play from Truman Town Theatre. In typical fashion, the drama is dialogue based with lots of wit, sarcasm, and black humour. Fyodor and Shelly are a young couple living in an undisclosed town in rural Ireland. Shelly is the beautiful seductive blonde who torments the insecure Fyodor with her adulterous antics and behaviour. She constantly alludes to the men she met at the bar, her past lovers, and the lack of excitement in her marriage by comparison. Fyodor plays the struggling writer, a victim to naive romance and artistic values, he uses gambling to escape what he believes are the torments of his tortured soul.

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