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According to a report published by the Restaurant Association of Ireland, 605 new jobs in the food, tourism, and hospitality sectors have been created in Mayo since the reduced VAT rate of nine per cent was introduced in July 2011. To highlight the scale of job creation, the report compares the number of direct new jobs to a major local employer, revealing that the 605 extra jobs created in Mayo is more than four times the number of people also employed in Mayo at Knock International Airport.

Castlebar’s award winning public house and eatery, Bar One, has earned yet another prestigious title.

Castlebar was firmly placed on the gourmet map of Ireland as Bar One took the title of Best Gastro Pub in Mayo at the Connacht Irish Restaurant Awards 2011 in Galway this week.

Castlebar was firmly placed on the gourmet map of Ireland as Bar One took the title of Best Gastro Pub in Mayo at the Connacht Irish Restaurant Awards 2011 in Galway this week.

With a number of businesses around Mayo really struggling at the moment, one Castlebar auctioneer has claimed that rising rates and operation charges are set to test the commercial sector to its limits. At next Monday’s budget meeting a 10 per cent increase in water charges is to be proposed for adoption by members. According to Castlebar Chamber of Commerce member Tommy Collins the big problem for businesses at the moment is that there is simply little or no incentive for job creation.