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Hireland has announced that it has surpassed its original target of 5,000 job pledges, in less than six months since its launch date. Of those pledges, more than 2,000 people have secured employment via the Hireland initiative, including 85 in County Mayo.

Hireland announced this week that it has surpassed its original target of 5,000 job pledges in less than six months since its launch date. Of those pledges, more than 2,000 people have secured employment via the Hireland initiative with 135 of thse being in the Galway area.

Companies in Galway have promised to create 105 jobs — the highest number of jobs pledged in the country outside Dublin — under the recently launched Hireland initiative.

Every town needs its storytellers, its raconteurs who can fill a silence with a story plucked from the ether, who can use the power of words to shape situations, to create pictures in minds, to instil the emotions of laughter and to lift the tastebuds of imaginations. Every town and community needs to have an image of itself shaped through its wordsmiths who polish the mirror and hold it up to ourselves. On Tuesday night, Galway lost one of its best exponents of this art when John Cunningham passed away.

An initiative aimed at encouraging job creation for Ireland’s skilled unemployed launched last week has already received 1,177 job pledges from businesses all around the country. Of those 710 are in the Dublin region while the remaining 467 pledges are from businesses located across 19 counties, which includes 39 jobs pledged from Mayo.

Challenging times for the media industry were seen to take their toll on neighbouring newspapers this month with the closure of the Roscommon Champion which has been operating for more than 80 years.

Twenty-two-year-old DCU student Michael McHale, from Ballyvary, scooped the coveted Best Journalist award, sponsored by the Irish Examiner, at the 3 student media awards. It was judged by Tim Vaughen, the Examiner's editor.

Sales and circulation of paid-for newspapers in the region are plummeting, according to the latest audited figures released by the UK-based Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).

When we think of the continent of Africa we think of countries ravaged by AIDS, corrupt governments, civil wars, famines, and poverty. This is only one side of the story. There is also vibrant cultures, music, and people determined to succeed in the business world.

The Galway Advertiser is the highest circulation local newspaper in the country, according to the latest audited figures released by the UK-based Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).