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A new health and safety campaign aimed at increasing ‘Safety at Heights’ is being rolled out on construction sites throughout Galway. Falls from heights were responsible for 24 of the 42 construction related deaths that occurred in the last five years (57 per cent of all construction fatalities) and a disproportionate number of these accidents have happened on small sites and maintenance type jobs.

Hardware merchants in Connacht are seeing a stronger growth in business activity but the growth is considerably below the national average. In a survey of Hardware Association Ireland members carried out by Behaviour and Attitudes, hardware merchants across the country reported seeing an improvement in business activity for the first time since the onset of the recession.

A survey conducted by Hardware Association Ireland (HAI) among its retail members indicates that overall business activity in hardware stores in Connacht is eight per cent lower than their counterparts in Dublin and the rest of Leinster.