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LookWest.ie, the Western Development Commission’s (WDC) online guide to living, working and doing business in Ireland’s western region, has been shortlisted for a social media award. The awards, which celebrate the best of social media, are organised by Damien Mulley, one of Ireland’s leading authorities on social media. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges comprising a combination of industry experts and members of the public who have been selected as judges because of their interest and knowledge in online social networking.

LookWest.ie, the Western Development Commission’s online guide to living, working, and doing business in Ireland’s Western Region, is in the running for a Social Media Award at tonight’s award ceremony. The campaign has been shortlisted in the Use Of Social Media By A State Body category.

Rural enterprises nationwide are being encouraged to showcase their goods and services, boost their revenue and create jobs in their local communities by supporting an upcoming international festival which will have a captive audience of 15,000 at Ireland’s biggest ever sheep and wool event.

There were great celebrations in two Castlebar schools last week as Mariyah Zia Janjua from St Joseph’s Secondary School, and Team Envirobriq, from St Gerald’s College made it through to the national final of the Green Dragon Secondary Schools Innovation Challenge. These students really impressed the dragons at the Connacht/Ulster regional heat with their innovative ideas in the environmental category and will be hoping to do the same at the national final in Croke Park on March 26. Here they will battle it out with 25 other finalists in a bid to lay claim to the top prize of €8,000 in development funds to bring their idea to the market.

Galway restaurant, Oscar’s Seafood Bistro, has been awarded Bord Bia’s Just Ask! restaurant of the month for February. The restaurant, which was set up by husband and wife Michael O’Meara and Sinead Hughes in 2000. The Just Ask award recognises the restaurant for its dedication to sourcing food from local suppliers and ensuring this information is passed on to customers on their menu.

Small food businesses in Ireland are continuing to demonstrate strong growth both on the domestic and export markets, according to new figures released by Bord Bia this week. Bord Bia works with over 400 small food businesses with an annual turnover of some €400 million, representing an increase in value of seven per cent per year since 2007.

A dynamic new food strategy aimed at developing County Kilkenny into a major Irish food destination with the creation of jobs was launched on Friday to coincide with the start of the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival.

Kilkenny is to be awash with sumptuous food and wine this weekend with the commencement of the fourth annual Savour Kilkenny Food Festival, which is taking the city by storm.

As Kilkenny prepares to embrace its annual salute to all things food related, the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival’s chairman has underlined the link between the food industry and the economy.

Recent months have seen a strong recovery in the value of Irish food and drink exports, helped by an improving exchange rate, increased meat export volumes, and a stronger export performance in the beverage, dairy and seafood sectors, according to Bord Bia chief executive Aidan Cotter.