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In the early fifties, Sisk’s (led by foreman Jack Lillis) built a factory ‘out the country’ on a two-and-a-half acres on Sandy Road. It was part of a 15-acre site and the state-of-the-art building would house an industry called Galway Textile Printers which would become known as ‘The Cotton Factory’ or even ‘The Cotton’. We already had a hat factory and a china factory in Galway, but this was industry on a new scale in here. They quickly became one of the biggest employers in the west of Ireland. A number of those who worked there were specialists who were brought in to help set up the factory, but most of the employees were local.

This year the Energia and GIY Get Ireland Growing initiative aims to sow the seed of community food growing by giving away 300 community growing starter kits across Ireland, worth a total of €42,500.

GIY has joined forces with some of Ireland’s top chefs to launch WASTED, a national, peer-to-peer, education programme for chefs to reduce food waste in the foodservice industry. The initiative is supported by the Department of Environment, Climate Action, and Communications and the Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Circular Economy Innovation Grant Scheme.

Longford Town won the first Midlands derby of 2018 with a 5-1 trouncing of Athlone Town at the City Calling Stadium last Saturday evening (March 24).