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GMIT has welcomed an Enterprise Ireland grant of €2.7m from the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) for the Comhoibriú CLG ‘Creative Enterprise West’ (CREW) project based at GMIT’s Creative Arts and Media campus.

BIA Innovator Campus, the multi-million euro food innovation hub in Athenry, has announced Elaine Donohue as its general manager.

Fine Gael TD for Galway West Hildegarde Naughton has welcomed the allocation of more than €9.6 million for five major job-creation projects in Galway under the Regional Enterprise Development Fund.

Galway has been allocated €9.7 million under the Government’s Regional Enterprise Development Fund, with the Galway Technology Centre, the PorterShed, Comhoibriú/Creative Enterprise West, SCCUL Enterprises, and Grow Remote set to benefit.

Plans for the proposed food innovation hub in Athenry took a step forward this week with the signing of contracts for the construction of the multi-million euro project.

Galway has been ranked as one of the top cities on the latest Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index, a rating system designed to recognise responsible practices in the business tourism and events industry.

Following the recent announcement of newly appointed Business Professors at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics in NUI Galway, the Cairnes School and Whitaker Institute will host the ‘Inaugural Professors In Conversation Series’ featuring the new professors.

While there was a notable increase in the number of people working in the labour catchments across Mayo between 2006 and 2016, there was a decline in those working in rural areas, a new study by the Western Development Commission has found.

Some €48 million is being invested in the west of Ireland in a new five-year business strategy by the Western Development Commission.

Fifty years ago the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement was founded, inspired by developments in the Six Counties, the USA, and France. To mark the occasion, hour-long programmes were broadcast on Raidió na Gaeltachta and TG4; it was discussed at the Galway History Festival; and a book is also being published.