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Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has called for significant infrastructural investment in the West to address the growing problem of regional imbalance. The Midlands Northwest representative was speaking after meeting with Western Development Commission CEO Tomás Ó Síocháin this week.

Many of us did it over the years, and many are still doing it: leaving our west of Ireland homes to travel elsewhere on this island or overseas for study and work.

A new six-part series showcasing life in the west of Ireland will be aired on TG4 starting on September 23.

Ballinasloe based Senator Aisling Dolan welcomed An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Leo Varadkar to Ballinasloe Enterprise Hub at the weekend. As part of the Ballinasloe Area Community Development (BACD), the centre has recently won €63,000 in funding under the Connected Hubs Scheme.

Galway’s Palliare, an emerging company with the vision to create a safer operating room, this week announced the closing of an oversubscribed $8 million Series A funding round. The round was led by leading European Life Sciences Venture Capital firm Seroba Life Sciences, with participation from Luxembourg-based SCM AD Ventures, The Western Development Commission, and several private investors. The funds will be used to support US commercial launch activities related to Palliare’s EVA15 insufflator and smoke evacuation system, as well as new Research & Development activities.

The second annual national remote work survey has found a massive 95 per cent of respondents favour working remotely into the future. Summary data of the survey, carried out by the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission, were published this week.

Researchers from the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission are seeking participants for the annual national Remote Working in Ireland Survey.

The Western Development Commission has welcomed a video made by one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, AbbVie, which highlights the work and life opportunities offered by the West of Ireland.

The benefits of working from home are becoming more obvious to those who have been away from their office since the start of lockdown, according to a new survey released this week.

The opinions of those who are six months into working from home are being sought by the authors of a national remote working survey commissioned by the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission.