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Athlone could face further job losses with the news that Wolseley Ireland, which has its headquarters in Athlone, is to cut 180 jobs nationwide and close down four of its branches.

The EZ Living Furniture Group has announced that it is compensating two customers who were let down by the closure of Jim Langan furniture store. The expose on the Gerry Ryan Show spurred EZ Living management to announce a generous offering to two fortunate customers of Jim Langan Furniture.

Staff at the Kilkenny People printing press were shocked to hear that the facility now owned by Johnston Press is to shut down with the loss of 46 jobs.

The EZ Living Furniture Group has announced that it is compensating two customers who were let down by the closure of Jim Langan furniture store. The expose on the Gerry Ryan Show spurred EZ Living management to announce a generous offering to two fortunate customers of Jim Langan Furniture.

Understanding the current difficult climate for business, Galway Chamber this year decided to reduce its membership subscriptions by five per cent and it has been to the fore in lobbying for all matters of interest to its members.

A major bid to make Galway the leading Smart Travel location in the country by the Galway City Council and Galway County Council could see car use reduced dramatically over the next five years and see a major rise in cycling, walking, and the use of public transport.

“Everyone tells me I’m going to enjoy it, but it’s a daunting task. Well I’m in for it now and I’m looking forward to getting out there.” Michael McLaughlin is no different than any first time candidate hitting out on the campaign trail, nervous about going knocking on people’s doors, people he knows personally and professionally for years, and putting himself in front of them asking them to give him their number one this June. The 31-year-old married father of two is best known as a photographer around the county, based in Westport, the town of his birth and his home since he came back after college to set up his own business, and it’s because of these traits that he believes he is the perfect man to represent the people of his home town. Not that it was at all planned at first, “I was talking to Peter Flynn one day and asked him how was he getting on with the campaign himself, he then suggested that I should run for the town council myself, which was a bit of a shock. I told him to let me think about it and the more time I took to think about it the more it seemed like the right thing to do, so I let my name go forward to the nominating convention and was nominated for the Town Council so here I am now.”

The recent spate of job cuts at Dell looks set to impact Athlone in the coming months, as reports emerged this week that Dell subsidiary Alienware is to close its manufacturing plant in Athlone.

Rumours of another major job loss in Athlone were quashed yesterday (April 16) when Kinetic Concepts Incorporated (KCI) denied closure of its Dublin Road plant but did confirm there would be five redundancies from its staff of 70.

Two healthcare giants based in the midlands and the west have this week posted first quarter losses — despite a massive increase in sales in both companies.