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House prices in Westmeath have plummeted by a massive 50 per cent since they hit their peak in early 2007, according to the latest report from property website Daft.ie.

Asking prices for properties in Connacht fell by an average of 7.2 per cent in the final three months of 2011, compared to a fall of 2.7 per cent between June and September, while the average asking price in Mayo in late 2011 was €164,000, a fall of €102,000 from the peak, according to the latest review by Daft.ie

While the new FG/Labour coalition has had several big ‘set piece occasions’ since coming to power – the renegotiation of the EU/IMF agreement and the jobs initiative during the summer for example – last week’s Budget was always going to be a watershed moment.

Like the man-flu that exists in the minds of men only (or does it?), it is perhaps possible to live in denial of the economic hell breaking around on all sides of us now, simply by switching off the radio and refusing to tune into news of any kind. Unfortunately, such an approach is not only unrealistic, it is flawed. Whether we like it or not, nothing can be resolved until tackled head on. While confrontation is something most of us avoid, in cases of crisis such as now, it is unavoidable. We must face facts. The so-called Irish recession is not in the past tense. We are heading not only towards a new recession, but a likely depression.

City & Guilds recently announced a new suite of ‘green’ qualifications that should be of interest to employers, education centres, and learners in Mayo. The organisation unveiled the qualifications during a Skills and Sustainability seminar organised by City & Guilds in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin last week.

While it may not admit it, it is hard to imagine the EU not having a Plan B if the unthinkable - or rather not as unthinkable as it was six months ago - happens and the euro ceases to be.

The decline in house prices in the county continues, according to the latest report from property website daft.ie. According to figures released, house prices in the third quarter of this year have fallen around the country an average of 3.5 per cent between June and September.

While temperatures failed to rise noticeably during the summer months property prices in Galway city were climbing gradually with a one per cent rise recorded.

NUI Galway lecturers, Dr Gerard Turley and Maureen Maloney of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, have just completed the fourth edition of the successful textbook Principles of Economics: An Irish Text, with co-author Dr Francis O'Toole of Trinity College Dublin.

Real car prices in Ireland (price change set against inflation) fell by nearly six per cent last year, representing the third biggest drop in the Eurozone.