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The lack of adequate broadband and a third level university is impeding investment by foreign and domestic companies in Kilkenny, according to members at this month’s meeting of Kilkenny County Council.

A Galway-based recruitment agency is handling a campaign by Hollister ULC to recruit a number of key research and development, engineering, and manufacturing positions for its facility in Mayo.

Mayo companies will soon have an opportunity to compete for Government funding to offer retraining and educational opportunities for unemployed young people.

At a time when job losses are at a high in the first recession since 1983 a ray of light came for 69 people who gained employment in the Mayo Gaeltacht in 2009.

Proxy Biomedical Ltd, a leading innovator in the development of biomaterials for regenerative medicine, this week officially opened its new manufacturing premises in an Údarás na Gaeltachta facility in An Spidéal.

Caragh Precision has opened a new 40,000 sq ft manufacturing facility at Parkmore West in Galway.

The Irish Farmers’ Association in Mayo are expressing their relief this week at the breakdown of the World Trade Organisation talks, but the lack of a deal could have serious implications for Mayo’s largest employers who export €3bn worth of products every year and employ 3,000 people.

There were 303 redundancy payments made in Westmeath during the first seven months of this year according to Government figures released this week which show a rise in layoffs nationally.

A survey conducted by the Small Firms Association and released earlier this week, shows that 51 per cent of businesses have been victims of crime on at least one occasion in the past year.

Boston Scientific is to invest €50 million in strategic research and development at its Galway facility. The corporation, which specialises in medical devices for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures, will invest the money with the support of IDA Ireland.