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The office of the Financial Regulator is currently revising its code of conduct on mortgage arrears. As part of a consultation, it is offering the public a rare chance to contribute its views on how financial institutions should handle mortgage arrears in future.

A survey, due to be completed next month, is expected to give a full picture of the extent of the problems caused by ‘ghost estates’ - 26 such estates are believed to be in Galway alone.

The future of the Mayo County Enterprise board remains in doubt from this autumn when CEO Frank Fullard is set to retire, with no indication of a successor being appointed to his position.

If you have noticed your neighbour has become a bit flash with the cash of late — there may well be a good reason for it.

The Midlands Gateway Chamber has welcomed the publication of the report of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group, noting that if implemented quickly, many of the recommendations could deliver much needed savings to local authorities.

The IBEC group representing Irish business has just launched its new report, Ireland as a place to do business, setting out that Ireland is once again becoming a favoured location for foreign direct investment (FDI), a fact borne out by the IDA's recent mid-year review.

A proposed development of an enterprise park at Knock Airport designed to create up to 300 additional jobs over five years in aviation, tourism, marine, energy, food, and the life science sectors has been warmly welcomed as a good news story for the region.

US companies in Ireland have more than 1,250 job vacancies for which they are currently recruiting, wih 350 of these available in the west, according to a new survey from the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland.

The Council for the West— a voluntary, independent, non-political lobby group — is to continue to fight for the retention of the Western Development Commission following what it termed a “positive meeting” with Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Pat Carey in Dublin this week.,

The future of the Mayo Enterprise Board will be decided at a Government meeting next month which is to consider a restructuring plan for County Enterprise Boards. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Innovation Batt O’Keeffe is to bring proposals on the structure of the country’s network of 35 county enterprise boards (CEBs) before the Government in relation to key issues such as staffing and centralising services.