INDIGENOUS and multinational investors in the western region will be rewarded with a large pool of educated, highly skilled and enthusiastic workers, according to Lisa McAllister, chief executive of the Western Development Commission (WDC).

THE re-opening of some disused railway lines could be a key to the future of many small towns in the West of Ireland, according to a report published today.

RETAIL sales of organic products in Ireland have reached an estimated 38 million this year, the national organics conference was told in Portumna, Co Galway, yesterday.

POOR roads and railways are holding back the economic growth of the West, according to the Western Development Commission (WDC).