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Galway’s bid to host another stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race took a huge leap forward this week with the Government’s commitment to offer financial backing. Now the organisers, Let’s Do It Global, are hoping the Galway city and county councils and private business will follow its lead.

The Volvo Ocean Race has delivered a much-needed boost to the local economy during its two-week Galway stopover.

Galway-based company JFC Manufacturing Ltd has secured a €2 million deal which will see it opening a new factory in South Africa, in a joint venture with local plastics design company Accelerate Design Ltd, and generating potential sales of €2.5 million over the next two years.

Tuam-based manufacturer JFC Manufacturing were named winners of the “Green Business” award for Connacht at the Connacht final of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards last week.

A local university and charity have joined forces to benefit some of the most vulnerable and isolated people in Galway.