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Not enough students are applying for computer programming courses that are guaranteed to lead to fulfilling and well-paid roles in an exciting and increasingly creative industry, one of the country's leading tech leaders has said this week.

FOUR OF Galway's most exciting bands - Dott, Oh Boland, Field Trip and Cranky Face - will gather in the Galway Arts Centre for a 'bring your own beer' Christas gig.

The success of the early linen industry in Mayo is often overlooked, especially in terms of the numbers it brought into regular employment. The growing of flax in Ireland for the production of linen was encouraged by English monarchs from the 17th century in order to reduce the Irish woollen industry which was competing with its English counterpart. The Crown's chief governors in Ireland supplied flax seed, sold looms at cost to farmers and employed linen experts from the continent to instruct the Irish in how to get the most from their flax harvest. The industry exploded as a result, and by the end of the 1700s, linen accounted for almost half of Ireland's total exports. Mayo benefited greatly from the linen boom. The Binghams of Castlebar and Brownes of Westport developed massive linen markets in both towns. Castlebar catered for all linen trading from the south of the county. By 1834, 30,000 people were employed in the linen industry in Mayo. That equated to over eight per cent of the county's population which had increased in tandem with the growth of the linen trade.

More than 200 new jobs are to be created by top US online gaming company ZeniMax which announced yesterday that Galway has been selected as the location for its European customer support centre.

There was welcome news on the jobs front yesterday with the announcement that leading American entertainment software company, Electronic Arts (EA), is to locate its European customer service and operations centre in Galway city, a move that is expected to create 200 jobs.