It’s time for Sligo to ‘stand up and shout stop’
The New Year may see a protest outside the Dail over the lack of investment in and promotion of Sligo town and county. Sligo businessman Anthony Gray, the current president of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, says he will be contacting others to organise the protest. He told Ocean FM…
IT Sligo lecturer nominated for businesswoman of the year
A lecturer in IT Sligo has been nominated in the prestigious Image magazine Businesswoman of the year awards. Joanna Sweeney is a lecturer in tourism & marketing at the college and has been included on the shortlist for social entrepreneur of the year. The category is shortlisted from a pool…
Harkin: Ireland could lose out if common tax base agreed
Ireland could lose out if proposals for an EU-wide common consolidated corporate tax base come into force. That’s the warning from the Independent North West MEP Marian Harkin. This week in the European Parliament, the EU’s Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici outlined new proposals for a common consolidated corporate tax base…
Royal visit a boost for business…
Smiles, handshakes and friendship may have been the order of the day for the royal visit to County Donegal. But beneath all the good-natured banter, there were many serious sides to today’s occasion. And one of them was the promotion of business. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and…