Tayto Park is a flurry of activity at the moment, with contractors and builders going to dizzying heights to finish what will be the largest inverted wooden rollercoaster in all of Europe.

New York captain Brendan Quigley says talk of removing the team from the Connacht championship makes no sense in light of the strong preparations they are putting into Sunday’s provincial opener with Mayo.

They’re more elusive than Willy Wonka’s golden ticket but the jury remains out on Tayto’s ‘cheese and onion’ chocolate bar.

Seventy-eight jobs are to be created in Ashbourne in Co Meath.

The managing director of the Largo Foods plant in Donegal has confirmed this afternoon that 60 full-and part-time jobs are to be shed.

Emerging food companies are being urged to take advantage of the advanced food science skills of Teagasc and other third-level research hubs to road test and develop their products.

Ambitions for food export growth are being given a lift with this week’s Bord Bia Food Works open evenings.

AN investment of €2.6 million by Largo Foods in its Co Donegal-based snack-food facility will create 35 jobs.

Drogheda United fans will be playing their home matches at Hunky Dorys Park for the next two seasons at least after the club signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the crisp brand.

THEY are perfectly legitimate businesses flourishing in the midst of the recession.