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The Western Development Commission has welcomed the Government’s Micro Generation Programme which will offer homes and farms across the Western Region the opportunity to reduce energy costs and earn a guaranteed income of 19 cent per kilowatt hour for excess electricity produced.

Labour’s Harry Barrett has hit out at the failure of Government to provide a €2 million grant aid package promised to the county for wave energy.

A Castlebar councillor will be calling for a sub-committee to be appointed by Castlebar Town Council to address the worsening unemployment situation in the county town. Labour’s Harry Barrett will ask that this sub-committee be supported to meet with potential employers and state agencies like the IDA, to promote Castlebar as a location for industry.

Phase one of the Western Rail Corridor is due to get under way in September, enabling rail travel from Galway to Ennis, Limerick, and on to Cork, Tralee, Rosslare, and Waterford. It could also be a boost for business and tourism.

The west of Ireland has the potential to create an extra 2,000 jobs in the creative sector, according to a new report from the Western Development Commission.

The Western Development Commission, in association with photo website Pix.ie, has launched a photo competition to highlight the Creative West as the Western Region rapidly becomes Ireland’s hub for the creative industries with over 11,000 jobs in the sector according to a recent WDC survey.

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce will be promoting the enterprise development agenda for the town on Tuesday June 9 through a seminar it has organised with the Western Development Commission.

An incredible response to the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway has produced some 6,000 photos for a photo competition to highlight the west of Ireland’s creative industry.

If you are concerned with the road, rail and air infrastructure into and out of Mayo, then an upcoming Western Development Commission (WDC) seminar, organised by Castlebar Chamber, will be of interest to you.

Galway’s bid to stage another stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race has been boosted by figures just released of visitors to the Race Village.