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Whether you like, dislike, post daily, love uploading endless photographs and tagging your mates, the joys of Facebook still remain popular, with Galway having the fourth highest number of people on the social network site in Ireland.

The proactive tone of Mullingar’s traders’ meeting on Monday night was set by an inspiring speech from Millie Walsh who declared that “people love shopping in Mullingar”.

“We will do it without you,” is the threat Mullingar traders made to Westmeath County Council as they search for proactive solutions to the crisis of the recession.

Entrepreneurs, innovators and people with creative ideas are invited to get involved as both speakers and participants for an upcoming conference with a difference.

The Mullingar Chamber of Commerce was saddened to hear of the death of Ted O’Leary, father of local business man and Ryanair boss Michael. Ted moved to Mullingar from County Cork in the late 60s and set up Tailteann Textiles on the Longford Road which employed a large number of Mullingar people for many years.

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There was positive news for the tourism industry in Mayo this week after Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar announced that the Government will continue to provide funding for Ireland West Airport Knock for 2011 and beyond. IWAK will be one of the four regional airports — along with Donegal, Kerry and Waterford— to be funded in 2012.

The GAA is a fine example of an organisation not afraid of change; not afraid to invest in a world class stadium; brave to modify some of their historical tenets to reflect a changed world. The club and county structure provide a fantastic means to relay back to HQ what is happening on the ground. If rules of the game need to be changed, after proposals, discussion and a vote, they are changed, the sport no less engaging. Politics should pay heed.

Jim Higgins MEP, a member of the European Parliament's Transport Committee, has expressed disappointment at Ryanair's decision to impose an additional €2 levy on customers, which the airline has said is a means of recouping revenue lost due to travel disruption caused by heavy winter snow.

Ryanair has launched two new routes to the sun drenched and hugely popular Canary Islands, with another service to the popular islands due to come on stream in April. The airline now offers flights to Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and will add Lanzarote to its ex Knock destinations on April 6. All three routes will operate on a year-round basis.