Athlone centre ‘to create 1,500 jobs’

TWO Athlone, Co Westmeath, developers are promoting a massive international trade centre involving a total investment of €1.4 billion and with the potential to create 1,500 jobs in the first phase of development.

The International Trade and Commerce Centre plan is to provide space for Chinese manufacturers and traders to showcase their products to European and other international buyers, including the US, which would be made in China.

Athlone Business Park Ltd, an Irish company, has submitted its planning application to Westmeath County Council for Phase 1 of the proposed international trade and commerce centre on an overall 137 hectare zoned site.