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Do we need high speed Broadband?
Economist John Fitzgerald has said that the Government should “go back and look at the broadband plan again.” Are we asking and therefore answering the right question. I currently cannot drive because I lost the sight in the right side of both eyes as result of a...
Bank of Ireland Enterprise Towns
Enterprise Towns The Enterprise Town initiative seeks to work with local businesses to plan and deliver a range of activities that will support and generate business in the area. The initiative also involves the wider community and the schools to ensure...
The secret of change
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new" Socrates. 2019 will be a year of change. "They" don't make changes, we make change happen. All politics is local. Local and European elections will take place on...
I was a tourist in Virginia this week
I was a Tourist in Virginia this week. My friend Maura from Louisburgh in Co Mayo came to visit me in Virginia this week. Maura has visited me before but we were busy and discussing business. This time Maura was recovering from surgery and I am still...
Is AIRBnB what Bord Fáilte was in the seventies?
Is AIRB&B providing the service that Bord Fáilte provided throughout the country in the seventies? B&B's opened all around Cavan in the seventies. Grants were given to private houses to bring family homes up to the standard required by Bord Fáilte for...
Virginia News October 2018
Virginia, Co Cavan, Local news October 2018. Virginia Development Association held an open meeting in the Riverfront on Tuesday 2nd October 2018, this is my summary of items discussed. Virginia Brooch Sculpture A new sculpture of the Virginia Brooch is being installed...