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It was announced this week that CEO of Athlone Chamber, Siobhan Bigley, would be parting ways with the chamber, who have decided to make her role redundant.

This week Deputy Nicky McFadden launched a new competition, Positive Steps 2012, for job seekers and people going through redundancy in Athlone. This is a six week programme for the 6 chosen winners.

John McGrath, an engineer at MMKDA Engineers & Architects, was elected president of Athlone Chamber at the chamber’s AGM last week.

“The growth in the population of Athlone to just short of 20,000 people is very positive and places the town firmly in the lead in the region,” said Michael O’Brien, president of Athlone Chamber. “This places more onus on us all to work together to ensure jobs and a future for the citizens of the town. Athlone has many significant employers, both indigenous and overseas companies in the private sector and some large employers in the state sector, but we cannot afford to sit on our laurels with the rising numbers on the live register”, stressed Mr O’Brien

Athlone Chamber said that in light of the General Election date being brought forward the Climate Change Bill will now be withdrawn to allow for adequate consultation on the potentially penal targets for industry and society that it proposes.

The RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival, which gets underway in Athlone later this evening, kickstarts a summer of national and European events which will raise the town’s profile and boost the local economy.

Athlone retailers have reported a festive season that was “worse than last year but better than they expected”, according to Athlone Chamber of Commerce.

Athlone Chamber is to host an interactive business workshop entitled ‘Leading for Survival’ on Wednesday, February 11 at the Athlone Springs Hotel.

To quote a well-known online bank, sometimes it pays to be direct and Midlands-based businesswomen Carmel Connolly is a living example of this.

To quote a well-known online bank, sometimes it pays to be direct and Midlands-based businesswomen Carmel Connolly is a living example of this.