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The Council for the West, a lobby group promoting business and development here, is asking people to carefully consider the benefits of the proposed €240m Grid West project for the west of Ireland.

It’s hard to imagine that people had the courage, or foolishness, to start up a business without a phone. For most of the 1970s, if you hadn’t an old fashioned phone already, you were out in the cold for a period of at least nine months to two years. The Industrial Development Authority was howling with rage saying that new industries were interested in coming to Ireland, but laughed when they were told “ That’s grand. But, we’re sorry. At the moment there are no phones...”

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has questioned the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Keeffe, TD, about the level of activity in County Mayo by the Industrial Development Authority. The information provided demonstrates that a total of 343 new jobs have been created by IDA supported companies in the county from 2007 to 2009. On the other hand, only eight site visits took place in the county over the same three year period which works out at fewer than three site visits per year. A total of 19 companies in the county are supported by the IDA employing a total of 2,992 people in permanent employment with a further 498 people in temporary and contract employment.