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Brothers Shane and Calum Murray from Balla, Castlebar, knew what they were doing when they designed a device that can remove and refit a 500 kilo tyre, thus eliminating a lot of manual labour and potential back problems for those using heavy agricultural machinery.

Athlone Sinn Féin councillor Paul Hogan has called on the Energy Regulator to call a halt to the 10 per cent hike in electricity and gas prices which Bord Gáis announced this week.

Bord Gáis have marked some of the major milestones in the delivery of natural gas to towns in Co Mayo for the first time, with a gala lunch in Westport attended by public representatives, local authority personnel, state agencies, contractors, customers and project staff. Bord Gáis hosted the event to extend its appreciation to all involved in the completion of the Mayo-Galway pipeline and development of the Gaswest programme and to those who shared the vision of bringing gas to 11 towns along the route.

A new seminar is taking place in Kilkenny this month on how to future proof your business.

In a one-of-a-kind initiative in the tourist town of Westport, one hotel is helping the environment as well as helping keep some money in the pockets of its guests.

Galway hoteliers have condemned as outrageous the decision by the board of the ESB to pay the 3.5 per cent wage increase under Towards 2016 (the first phase of the transition agreement).

Galway hoteliers have condemned as outrageous the decision by the board of the ESB to pay the 3.5 per cent wage increase under Towards 2016 (the first phase of the transition agreement).

Mayo hoteliers have condemned as outrageous the decision by the board of the ESB to pay the 3.5 per cent wage increase under Towards 2016 (the first phase of the transition agreement). The Mayo branch of the Irish Hotels Federation has questioned whether the board of the ESB has fully grasped the perilous condition of the Irish economy and calls on the Commission on Energy Regulation (CER) to intervene immediately and instruct the board to reverse its decision and to disallow wage increases in the calculation energy tariffs. It states that any increases would further erode Irish industry’s competitiveness, particularly when the focus should now be on seeking whatever means possible to reduce electricity costs.