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Agri Aware is encouraging Westmeath’s agri-food sector to stand up and be counted among Irish consumers and influential policy makers. From van drivers to accountants, hundreds of Westmeath’s businesses with an income reliant or partially reliant on the sector will be surveyed over the coming weeks. The aim of the research campaign is to quantify and showcase the economic contribution of the agri-food industry.  

Looking back over a year that has received so much dark and depressing comment it seems to me that the food and restaurant business in and around Galway did a good job in 2009, and in fact expanded in many cases. Also the quality and value available to us the punters has been going in the right direction, lots of early bird menus, mid week offers, free bottle of wine with takeaways over €40, coffees down to a more acceptable €2 in many places, wine list prices being revised downwards, etc. As regards the quality I think that places like The Twelve in Barna, Sheridan’s on the Docks, Artisan in Quay Street, The g Hotel, and Abalone are all producing serious food and most of them have special deals if you give them a call. Places like Basilico in Oranmore, while only in business less than two years, continue to pack the customers in with great prices and great food. Most takeaways are reporting an increase in business.