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This week, business professionals and entrepreneurs from across Westmeath attended an event focused on international and cross-border training, providing knowledge and guidance on new opportunities for businesses who have reached full growth in their existing market.

The Highfield Park Residents Association and the Ballinfoile Community Gardens collected awards at the 2011 Pride of Place Awards Ceremony last week. Mr. Phil Hogan TD,Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government presented the awards at the All-Island Pride of Place Gala Awards ceremony at the Amber Springs Hotel, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

Galway company Advance Science, was named the Best Emerging Company in the Connacht and Leinster final of the 2011 InterTradeIreland Seedcorn all-island business competition. Advance Science, which is based in Connemara, beat tough competition from two other Connacht and Leinster finalists to win €20,000 to help finance the early stages of its ventures.

Connemara’s Lough Inagh Lodge has been awarded one of the Irish hospitality industry’s highest honours.

Tour operators from India visited Kilkenny last week, as part of a fact-finding trip to Ireland.

KCLR were the local heroes at a glittering radio awards ceremony held in the Lyrath Estate Hotel on Friday last as the station walked away with gold, silver, and bronze awards in the PPI Radio Awards, the prestigious radio industry awards that are coveted by national, regional, and local radio stations from north and south of the border on the island of Ireland.

One of Australia’s most recognised food and wine personalities, Lyndey Milan, was in Mayo recently filming for her new TV series, called Lyndey’s Taste of Ireland.

Ireland West Airport Knock has announced a major boost for the west of Ireland with the news that Europe’s largest airline and the fourth biggest airline in the world, Lufthansa, will commence new services to Germany starting in May 2012.

Tourism operators from Athlone and around the Lakelands Region met with representatives of Tourism Ireland recently, to discuss opportunities to grow overseas tourism business for this part of Ireland from key markets around the world.

Book group Eason is opening a new franchise store in Kilkenny in the coming months following the opening of the new Mullingar store in Co Westmeath last week.