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The failure by the IDA to attract a blue-chip anchor tenant to the windswept and empty business park in Marlinstown Park in Mullingar was brought to the Government’s attention by local Labour Party TD, Willie Penrose, this week (December 3).

A woman whose drunken driving caused a Garda patrol car to swerve, failed in an attempt to overturn her ban in the Circuit Court this week (December 8).

The Knorr Student Chef of the Year competition is back for a 13th year and this time Knorr has turned up the heat on its competitors with a challenge to reinvent age-old traditional Irish recipes. Old family favourites such as bacon and cabbage, coddle and Irish stew will be given a fresh twist of creative seasoning to produce modern, 21st century Irish recipes that bear the distinguished hallmark of traditional Irish cuisine that Ireland has become famous for.

The House Hotel has welcomed a new executive head chef, Padraic Casserly. The 30-year-old is a Galway native from Mervue with a passion for traditional Irish cooking using fresh, local ingredients. Known for his creativity and professionalism, he has been cooking professionally for 15 years and has already received enthusiastic reviews for his food.

A GMIT client company, InTime Media, based at the Innovation Centre at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Castlebar, is to create six new jobs in 2010 with the expansion of its base in Mayo.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) Castlebar has been declared a Green Campus by environmental body An Taisce in recognition of major improvements in energy conservation and recycling at the Castlebar campus in the past year.

Susan Murphy, a Waterford Institute of Technology professional cookery student from Kilmanagh, Co Kilkenny, has won a gold award in culinary arts at a competition staged by the European Association of Hotel & Tourism Schools in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

A Galway man who is the vice president of a major German tourism organisation was given a special honour by the Mayor of Killarney recently.

Hundreds of spectators turned out onto the streets of Castlecomer this New Year’s Day to view the annual wellie race parade and take part in the world renowned wellie race which celebrated its 30th birthday this year.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology is the top performer in the Institute of Technology sector when it comes to providing equal access to education over the past two academic years, new data from the Higher Education Authority shows.