News relating to Roscommon Businesses and Roscommon people in Business throughout the country and beyond.
Four Mile House based company Gilligan Farm Fresh Meats has received three prizes at Blas na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards. Their Honey & Mustard Bacon won the Bronze Award in the Bacon (Other products) category and their Mexican Beef Stir Fry won the Silver in the Beef (Other products) category. They also won the …
49 Italian senior citizens visited The Upper Shannon Erne Region, comprising of Cavan, Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon from September 20th to 23rd as part of an EU LAKtive Tourism project. The aim of the project was to design and develop a specific tourism product focused on senior target groups travelling in low/medium seasons towards small …
Last Friday the Roscommon Enterprise Office launched a specially curated exhibition of a selection of the very best of Roscommon craft and design at The Leitrim Design House. Picture Credit: Geraldine Beirne The exhibitors include Geraldine Beirne, who is a Textile Artist specialising in bespoke Textile Art pieces. Her work incorporates traditional and contemporary hand …
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Supercrop1, designed and manufactured by Acres Machinery, Athlone Road, Roscommon has been named “Machine of the Year” at the National Ploughing Championships. Supercrop1 is designed to reduce the time and costs involved in the wilting process of hay and silage by combining three processes. It was formally launched at the National Ploughing Championships on Tuesday …
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Top sporting personalities including former Manchester United and England captain, Gary Neville, Irish Rugby defence coach, Andy Farrell and Connacht Head Coach, Pat Lam will line out for Huddle Dublin, a new sport themed performance conference taking place on Thursday, 29th of September at the iconic Aviva Stadium. The one-day performance, leadership and networking event …
Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins recently attended the launch of National Women’s Enterprise Day which takes place in the G Hotel on Wednesday October 19th. The Event is being organised by the Local Enterprise Offices and will highlight and celebrate the success stories of female entrepreneurs. It will encourage more women to avail of supports …
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Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten TD will speak about the importance of delivering high speed broadband to support small businesses during a fireside chat at the Facebook Boost Your Business event in association with Galway Chamber of Commerce. The event, which takes place in the Wellpark Retail Centre in Galway next …
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Updated: Thursday September 15th at 5pm Berendsen have confirmed plans to close their Distribution Centre in Roscommon Town as it has become “unsustainable”. Reports of the possible closure first emerged late last night (Wednesday). In a statement release earlier the company said that the closure is subject to a 30-day consultation process which will begin …
Ten Irish tourism companies, are in Canada and the United States this week, to participate in a three-city ‘Meet in Ireland’ sales blitz. County Roscommon is represented by the Athlone Springs Hotel, Monksland. The companies are visiting Toronto, Minneapolis and Chicago – highlighting the island of Ireland to key business tourism buyers in each city, …
The latest search to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) is underway through the Local Enterprise Office, Roscommon town. With a €2million investment fund available, including a €50,000 investment fund for the County Roscommon winners, the enterprise initiative from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland attracted 1,400 applications across the country …
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Mattie John Kelly from Dysart has won the Sheep Category at the FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards. Picture Credit: twitter.com/MacranaFeirme The announcement came at an event in the Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogheda last night where Mattie and five other young Farmers from around the country also battled it out for the overall title …
In a social media first, Minister for Communications Denis Naughten is to participate in a live broadcast on Facebook addressing questions from the public on the delivery of high speed broadband to every home and business in Ireland. The Q&A will be broadcast live on Denis Naughten’s Facebook page from Facebook HQ in Dublin on …
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There was good news for Roscommon town this morning as it has been ranked 9th cleanest town in Ireland in the first round of results for the 2016 Irish Business Against Litter “Anti-Litter League” Survey. Roscommon town has also been classified as cleaner than the European norm; a title also give to 11 of the …
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The countdown is on to the second annual Enterprise Ireland International Business Women’s Conference and Enterprise Ireland is calling on Roscommon business women to join them. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Rose of Tralee International Festival on Monday, August 22nd at the Brandon Hotel, Tralee. It also offers Roscommon business women …
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Local politicians have welcomed yesterday’s official opening of a new €50 million Jazz Pharmaceuticals manufacturing and development facility in Monksland. Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company with its headquarters in Dublin and they expect to employ up to 50 people in Monksland within three years. Speaking at the event the Minister for Communications, Climate …
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