Groups welcome regional manager

The IDA has hardly been seen in Longford over the last five years. So the decision to appoint a regional manager to the Midlands as part of a Government jobs strategy for the area has to be a positive step, said Longford Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber president Fintan McGill said: “The IDA has hardly stood here in Longford in the last five years, so I’m delighted to hear that a regional manager is to appointed — he’ll have plenty of work to do.”

Longford has been hard hit by the recession and talk of the emergence of green shoots of recovery in the economy carries little weight with the business community in the town.