Major jobs strategy for Galway and the west

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Galway Bay FM News Desk

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton, will launch a quarter of a million euro regional jobs strategy today.(16/11)

The strategy will be aimed at counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon where it’s hoped 25-thousand extra jobs will be created in the coming years.

Key sectors targeted as part of the plan include agri-food, tourism, medtech, ICT and pharmaceutical.

IDA Ireland also plans to build a new Advanced Technology Building in Galway which will be completed by 2017.