Proportion of Carrick-on-Shannon Workers Commuting over 50km is Highest of all Western Region Labour Catchments

Western Development Commission

New data showing the travel to work patterns of workers in Carrick-on-Shannon should be used to promote the area as an enterprise location and highlights the importance of employment in rural areas.

That’s according to a new report from the Western Development Commission (WDC) which analyses previously un-released Census data to present an in-depth study of travel patterns in Carrick-on-Shannon and the surrounding area.

Speaking at the launch of the report, Lisa McAllister, Chief Executive of the WDC said, “This is very valuable information as it provides robust analysis of key trends and will be of particular value to policy-makers so that future decisions about regional transport infrastructure and enterprise location are based on solid data.

The report, ‘Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region’, highlights the extensive Carrick-on-Shannon labour catchment and portrays the labour supply available around the county. The WDC says that it provides evidence-based analysis that should be used to inform regional policy-making, and that it will be an important source of information for employers, state development agencies and local and regional authorities.

Ms. Mc Allister said that while there has been a lot of debate on commuting patterns in the Dublin Area, up to now there has been relatively little knowledge of local and regional commuting patterns in the West of Ireland. “This report fills that gap and provides a much better understanding of where people live and work as well as the type of work that people do, all of which can better inform policy for enterprise location, as well as identifying education and training needs and transport requirements,” she said.

Deirdre Frost, Policy Analyst at the WDC who worked on the report said, “Employment in the Carrick-on-Shannon labour catchment is very geographically dispersed compared to other catchments reviewed in the Western Region. The report also shows the importance of employment in rural areas much of which is not agriculturally based. Within the Carrick-on-Shannon labour catchment, the town itself was the location for just 21.1% of employment whereas rural places in county Leitrim accounted for 45.1% of employment. This reflects the relatively small size of Carrick-on-Shannon town, as well as the rurality of its hinterland.”

Ms Frost added, “For this report we analysed travel to work patterns for Galway city, Ennis, Castlebar, Roscommon town, Sligo, Letterkenny and Carrick-on-Shannon and the data show that for Carrick-on-Shannon, the proportion of workers commuting long distances (in excess of 50km) is the highest of all the labour catchments.”

“It also showed that the age profile of those working in the labour catchment is one of the oldest of the labour catchments and that the proportion with a third level education in the Carrick-on-Shannon labour catchment at 36.3% is less than the nationally level of 43%.

Reflecting the relatively few opportunities for graduate employment within the town, there is a slightly higher share of those employed outside Carrick-on-Shannon town with a third level education than those employed within the town.

The report also found that the proportions at work in the various sectors of employment are not in line with the national average though the profile is similar to other catchments such as Roscommon. Proportionately twice as many work in agriculture compared to the national average, while the high proportion engaged in public administration and defence suggest a relatively high dependence on this sector, much of which is public sector employment.

Those living in the Carrick-on-Shannon labour catchment have a different socio-economic profile than the national average, for example only 32.5% are employers, professionals or managers, compared to 39.3% nationally.

Ms Frost concluded, “We welcome the Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) decision to release the data for this study which shows that the Western Region has huge potential to be a regionally smart economy that will help foster Ireland’s return to economic growth.”

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Background Information

The WDC commissioned the National Institute for Spatial and Regional Analysis (NIRSA) at NUI Maynooth to examine in detail the commuting patterns of those at work in the Western Region. In this publication, Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region: A Profile of Seven Town Labour Catchments, the WDC draws on the NIRSA report to compile an examination of the travel to work patterns in each of the principal towns in the seven counties of the Western Region.

This present report identifies 45 labour catchments in the Western Region (counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Clare) and provides a detailed labour market profile for seven towns; the largest town in each of the seven counties which comprise the Western Region; Galway, Ennis, Sligo, Letterkenny, Castlebar, Roscommon and Carrick-on-Shannon.

Leagann Tuarascáil nua an WDC Béim ar Thábhacht na Fostaíochta sna Ceantair Tuaithe timpeall ar Chora Droma Rúisc

Céatadán Oibrithe a dhéanann Comaitéireacht de bhreis agus 50km Níos Airde i gCora Droma Rúisc ná in aon Cheantar Saothair eile i Réigiún an Iarthair

- Coimisiún Forbartha an Iarthair

Ba chóir sonraí nua a léiríonn patrúin taistil chun na hoibre oibrithe i gCora Droma Rúisc a úsáid chun an ceantar a chur chun cinn mar shuíomh d’fhiontair agus léiríonn siad go soiléir tábhacht na fostaíochta i gceantair tuaithe.

Sin a thugtar le fios i dtuarascáil nua ó Choimisiún Forbartha an Iarthair (WDC) ina ndearnadh anailís ar shonraí Daonáirimh nár scaoileadh go dtí seo d’fhonn staidéar domhain ar phatrúin taistil i gCora Droma Rúisc agus sna ceantair mórthimpeall air a chur ar fáil.

Agus í ag labhairt ag seoladh na tuarascála, dúirt Lisa McAllister, Príomhfheidhmeannach an WDC, “Is faisnéis thar a bheith luachmhar í an fhaisnéis seo mar cuireann sí anailís urrúnta ar threochtaí príomhúla ar fáil. Beidh sí an-tábhachtach do dhéantóirí beartais mar cuirfidh sí ar a gcumas cinntí faoin mbonneagar iompair réigiúnach agus faoi lonnú fiontar a bhunú ar shonraí cruinne amach anseo.”

Sa tuarascáil, ‘Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region’, tarraingítear aird ar cheantar saothair mór Chora Droma Rúisc, agus déantar cur síos ar an soláthar lucht saothair atá ar fáil ar fud an chontae. De réir an WDC, cuireann sí anailís fianaise-bhunaithe ar fáil ar chóir í a úsáid chun treoir a thabhairt do dhéanamh beartas réigiúnach, agus beidh sí ina foinse thábhachtach faisnéise d’fhostóirí, do ghníomhaireachtaí forbartha stáit agus d’údaráis áitiúla agus réigiúnacha.

Mhínigh an tUasal McAllister, cé go ndearnadh a lán plé ar phatrúin chomaitéireachta i gCeantar Bhaile Átha Cliath, go dtí seo ní raibh mórán ar eolas faoi phatrúin chomaitéireachta áitiúla agus réigiúnacha in Iarthar na hÉireann. “Líonann an tuarascáil seo an bhearna sin agus cabhraíonn sí linn tuiscint i bhfad níos fearr a fháil ar cá háit a gcónaíonn agus a n-oibríonn daoine, agus ar an gcineál oibre a dhéanann siad. Leis an eolas sin uile, beimid in ann treoir níos fearr a thabhairt do bheartais maidir le lonnú fiontar agus beimid in ann riachtanais oideachais, oiliúna agus iompair a aithint,” a dúirt sí.

Dúirt Deirdre Frost, Anailíseoir Beartais leis an WDC a d’oibrigh ar an tuarascáil, “Tá fostaíocht i gceantar saothair Chora Droma Rúisc an-scaipthe amach i gcomparáid le ceantair saothair eile a scrúdaíodh i Réigiún an Iarthair. Léiríonn an tuarascáil tábhacht na fostaíochta i gceantair tuaithe chomh maith, agus tugann sí le fios nach mbaineann an chuid den fhostaíocht sin leis an talmhaíocht. I gceantar saothair Chora Droma Rúisc, ní raibh ach 21.1% den fhostaíocht suite sa bhaile féin, agus bhain 45.1% den fhostaíocht le ceantair tuaithe i gContae Liatroma. Is dócha go bhfuil sé sin mar thoradh ar mhéid sách beag bhaile Chora Droma Rúisc, agus cineál tuaithe na gceantar mórthimpeall air.”

Dúirt an tUasal Frost freisin, “Don tuarascáil seo rinneamar anailís ar phatrúin taistil chun na hoibre do chathair na Gaillimhe, d’Inis, do Chaisleán an Bharraigh, do bhaile Ros Comáin, do Shligeach, do Leitir Ceanainn agus do Chora Droma Rúisc, agus léiríonn na sonraí gurb é Cora Droma Rúisc an ceantar saothair ina bhfuil an céatadán is airde oibrithe a dhéanann comaitéireacht fhada (níos mó ná 50km).”

“Léirigh sí freisin go bhfuil próifíl aoise na ndaoine a oibríonn sa cheantar saothair ar cheann de na próifílí is sine sna ceantair saothair uile, agus go bhfuil céatadán na ndaoine le hoideachas tríú leibhéal i gceantar saothair Chora Droma Rúisc, 36.3%, níos lú ná an leibhéal náisiúnta de 43%.”

Rud a léiríonn an easpa deiseanna fostaíochta do chéimithe sa bhaile ná go bhfuil sciar na ndaoine le hoideachas tríú leibhéal atá fostaithe lasmuigh de bhaile Chora Droma Rúisc beagán níos mó ná sciar na ndaoine leis an oideachas sin atá fostaithe laistigh den bhaile.

Fuair an tuarascáil nach dtéann na céatadáin daoine a oibríonn in earnálacha fostaíochta éagsúla leis an meán náisiúnta ach oiread, cé go bhfuil an phróifíl cosúil le ceantair saothair eile cosúil le Ros Comáin. Tá céatadán na ndaoine a oibríonn i dtalmhaíocht dhá uair níos mó ná an meán náisiúnta, agus tugann an coibhneas ard oibrithe atá gafa le riarachán poiblí agus cosaint le fios go bhfuiltear ag brath go mór ar an earnáil seo, is fostaíocht earnála poiblí í den chuid is mó.

Tá próifíl shocheacnamaíoch na ndaoine a mhaireann i gceantar saothair Chora Droma Rúisc éagsúil ón meán náisiúnta freisin; mar shampla, níl ach 32.5% de na daoine sin ina bhfostóirí, ina ngairmithe nó ina mbainisteoirí i gcomparáid le 39.3% de dhaoine go náisiúnta.

Mar fhocal scoir, dúirt an tUasal Frost, “Cuirimid fáilte mhór roimh chinneadh na Príomh-Oifige Staidrimh (CSO) na sonraí don staidéar seo a scaoileadh, staidéar a léiríonn go bhfuil ar chumas Réigiún an Iarthair gníomhú mar gheilleagar stuama réigiúnach a chabhróidh le hÉirinn fás geilleagrach a bhaint amach arís.”

Faisnéis chúlra

Choimisiúnaigh an WDC an Institiúid Náisiúnta um Anailís Spásúil agus Réigiúnach (NIRSA) ag OÉ Má Nuad chun mionscrúdú a dhéanamh ar p

• Over a quarter of all workers in Western Region, from Donegal to Clare, live in Galway city labour catchment
• Workers who live in the Galway city labour catchment have a higher level of education than the national average

Western Development Commission

New data showing the travel to work patterns of workers in Galway should be used to inform future transport planning decisions and to promote the area as an enterprise location.

That’s according to a new report from the Western Development Commission (WDC) which analyses previously un-released Census data to present an in-depth study of travel patterns into Galway city.

Speaking at the launch of the report, Lisa McAllister, Chief Executive of the WDC said, “This is very valuable information as it provides robust analysis of key trends and identifies strong transport patterns. It will be of particular value to policy-makers so that future decisions about regional transport infrastructure and enterprise location are based on solid data.

“The report illustrates some interesting findings such as the fact that the number of people commuting to Galway city from the north of the county, for example from the Tuam labour catchment, is much greater than the number commuting to Galway city from the south; the Gort labour catchment. This shows that there will be greater demand for public transport services into the city from the north of the county and, in our opinion, strengthens the case for the next stage of the Western Rail Corridor from Athenry to Tuam and on to Claremorris,” she added.

The report, ‘Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region’, highlights the extensive Galway city labour catchment and portrays the labour supply available around Galway city. The WDC says that it provides evidence-based analysis that should be used to inform regional policy-making, and that it will be an important source of information for employers, state development agencies and local and regional authorities.

Ms. Mc Allister said that while there has been a lot of debate on commuting patterns in the Dublin Area, up to now there has been relatively little knowledge of local and regional commuting patterns in the West of Ireland. “This report fills that gap and provides a much better understanding of where people live and work as well as the type of work that people do, all of which can better inform policy for enterprise location, as well as identifying education and training needs and transport requirements,” she said.

Deirdre Frost, Policy Analyst at the WDC who worked on the report said, “The Galway city labour catchment covers the county and extends into south county Mayo and north county Clare. It is from this area that Galway city draws most of its labour supply. We know that people are willing to drive lengthy distances to access employment in Galway city. For example the report notes that 230 people commuted from the Castlebar labour catchment to Galway city to work,” Ms Frost added.

Ms Frost noted, “Over the last decade, travel to work patterns changed considerably and when we think back to the height of the Celtic Tiger one of the very obvious signs in Galway was long traffic queues at peak hours on all the city’s approach roads. This new data presents an opportunity to inform future transport planning decisions so that we do not revert to long tail backs as the economy recovers.”

It also found that the age profile of the Galway city labour catchment is one of the youngest in the Western Region and that workers living in the Galway city labour catchment have a higher level of education than the national average.

She concluded, “We welcome the Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) decision to release the data for this study which shows that the Western Region has huge potential to be a regionally smart economy that will help foster Ireland’s return to economic growth.”

Background Information

The WDC commissioned the National Institute for Spatial and Regional Analysis (NIRSA) at NUI Maynooth to examine in detail the commuting patterns of those at work in the Western Region. In this publication, Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region: A Profile of Seven Town Labour Catchments, the WDC draws on the NIRSA report to compile an examination of the travel to work patterns in each of the principal towns in the seven counties of the Western Region.

This present report identifies 45 labour catchments in the Western Region (counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Clare) and provides a detailed labour market profile for seven towns; the largest town in each of the seven counties which comprise the Western Region; Galway, Ennis, Sligo, Letterkenny, Castlebar, Roscommon and Carrick-on-Shannon.

Tarraingíonn Tuarascáil nua an WDC aird ar Éilimh Thábhachtacha Iompair i gCathair agus i gContae na Gaillimhe

Cónaíonn breis agus aon cheathrú de na hoibrithe uile i Réigiún an Iarthair, a théann ó Dhún na nGall go dtí an Clár, i gceantar saothair Chathair na Gaillimhe

Tá leibhéal oideachais oibrithe a chónaíonn i gceantar saothair chathair na Gaillimhe níos airde ná an meánleibhéal náisiúnta

- Coimisiún Forbartha an Iarthair

Ba chóir sonraí nua a léiríonn patrúin taistil chun na hoibre oibrithe i nGaillimh a úsáid chun treoir a thabhairt do chinntí amach anseo maidir le pleanáil iompair agus chun an ceantar a chur chun cinn mar shuíomh d’fhiontair.

Sin a thugtar le fios i dtuarascáil nua ó Choimisiún Forbartha an Iarthair (WDC) ina ndearnadh anailís ar shonraí Daonáirimh nár scaoileadh go dtí seo d’fhonn staidéar domhain ar phatrúin taistil chun cathair na Gaillimhe a chur ar fáil.

Agus í ag labhairt ag seoladh na tuarascála, dúirt Lisa McAllister, Príomhfheidhmeannach an WDC, “Is faisnéis thar a bheith luachmhar í an fhaisnéis seo mar cuireann sí anailís urrúnta ar threochtaí príomhúla ar fáil agus aithníonn sí patrúin láidre iompair. Beidh sí an-tábhachtach do dhéantóirí beartais mar cuirfidh sí ar a gcumas cinntí faoin mbonneagar iompair réigiúnach agus faoi lonnú fiontar a bhunú ar shonraí cruinne amach anseo.”

“Tá roinnt torthaí suimiúla sa tuarascáil, mar shampla, déanann i bhfad níos mó daoine comaitéireacht go cathair na Gaillimhe ó thuaisceart an chontae, mar shampla ó cheantar saothair Thuama, ná mar a dhéanann comaitéireacht go cathair na Gaillimhe ón deisceart, is é sin, ó cheantar saothair an Ghoirt. Mar sin, is léir go mbeidh éileamh níos mó ar sheirbhísí iompair poiblí go dtí an chathair ó thuaisceart an chontae, agus inár dtuairim, taispeánann sé sin go soiléir gur chóir an chéad chéim eile de Chonair Iarnróid an Iarthair, ó Bhaile Átha an Rí go Tuaim agus ar aghaidh go Clár Chlainne Mhuiris, a thógáil,” a dúirt sí freisin.

Sa tuarascáil, ‘Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region’, tarraingítear aird ar cheantar saothair mór chathair na Gaillimhe agus déantar cur síos ar an soláthar lucht saothair atá ar fáil timpeall ar an gcathair. De réir an WDC, cuireann sí anailís fianaise-bhunaithe ar fáil ar chóir í a úsáid chun treoir a thabhairt do dhéanamh beartas réigiúnach, agus beidh sí ina foinse thábhachtach faisnéise d’fhostóirí, do ghníomhaireachtaí forbartha stáit agus d’údaráis áitiúla agus réigiúnacha.

Mhínigh an tUasal McAllister, cé go ndearnadh a lán plé ar phatrúin chomaitéireachta i gCeantar Bhaile Átha Cliath, go dtí seo ní raibh mórán ar eolas faoi phatrúin chomaitéireachta áitiúla agus réigiúnacha in Iarthar na hÉireann. “Líonann an tuarascáil seo an bhearna sin agus cabhraíonn sí linn tuiscint i bhfad níos fearr a fháil ar cá háit a gcónaíonn agus a n-oibríonn daoine, agus ar an gcineál oibre a dhéanann siad. Leis an eolas sin uile, beimid in ann treoir níos fearr a thabhairt do bheartais maidir le lonnú fiontar agus beimid in ann riachtanais oideachais, oiliúna agus iompair a aithint,” a dúirt sí.

Dúirt Deirdre Frost, Anailíseoir Beartais leis an WDC a d’oibrigh ar an tuarascáil, “Clúdaíonn ceantar saothair chathair na Gaillimhe contae na Gaillimhe, cuid de dheisceart chontae Mhaigh Eo agus cuid de thuaisceart Chontae an Chláir. Tagann formhór sholáthar lucht saothair chathair na Gaillimhe ón gceantar seo. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil daoine toilteanach achair fhada a thiomáint chun teacht ar fhostaíocht i gcathair na Gaillimhe. Mar shampla, léiríonn an tuarascáil go ndéanann 230 duine comaitéireacht ó cheantar saothair Chaisleán an Bharraigh go cathair na Gaillimhe le haghaidh na hoibre,” a dúirt an tUasal Frost.

Dúirt an tUasal Frost freisin, “Le deich mbliana anuas tá athrú suntasach tagtha ar phatrúin taistil chun na hoibre, agus ní mór a chuimhneamh gurbh é ceann de na comharthaí is soiléire den Tíogar Ceilteach i nGaillimh na scuainí fada tráchta ar shráideanna isteach uile na cathrach le linn buaic-amanna. Tugann na sonraí nua seo deis dúinn treoir a thabhairt do chinntí pleanála iompair amach anseo chun nach gcruthófar scuainí fada tráchta arís nuair a thiocfaidh an geilleagar chuige féin.”

Fuair an tuarascáil freisin go bhfuil próifíl aoise cheantar saothair chathair na Gaillimhe ar cheann de na próifílí is óige i Réigiún an Iarthair agus go bhfuil leibhéal oideachais oibrithe a chónaíonn i gceantar saothair chathair na Gaillimhe níos airde ná an meánleibhéal náisiúnta.

Mar fhocal scoir, dúirt sí, “Cuirimid fáilte mhór roimh chinneadh na Príomh-Oifige Staidrimh (CSO) na sonraí don staidéar seo a scaoileadh, staidéar a léiríonn go bhfuil ar chumas Réigiún an Iarthair gníomhú mar gheilleagar stuama réigiúnach a chabhróidh le hÉirinn fás geilleagrach a bhaint amach arís.”

Faisnéis chúlra

Choimisiúnaigh an WDC an Institiúid Náisiúnta um Anailís Spásúil agus Réigiúnach (NIRSA) ag OÉ Má Nuad chun mionscrúdú a dhéanamh ar phatrúin chomaitéireachta na ndaoine a oibríonn i Réigiún an Iarthair. San fhoilseachán seo, Travel to Work and Labour Catchments in the Western Region: A Profile of Seven Town Labour Catchments, úsáideann an WDC tuarascáil an NIRSA chun imscrúdú a dhéanamh ar na patrúin taistil chun na hoibre i ngach ceann de na bailte príomhúla sna seacht gcontae i Réigiún an Iarthair.

Aithníonn an tuarascáil seo 45 ceantar saothair i Réigiún an Iarthair (contaetha: Dún na nGall, Sligeach, Liatroim, Ros Comáin, Maigh Eo, Gaillimh agus an Clár) agus tugann sé próifíl mhionchruinn den mhargadh saothair sna seacht mbaile is mó sna seacht gcontae atá i Réigiún an Iarthar: Gaillimh, Inis, Sligeach, Leitir Ceanainn, Caisleán an Bharraigh, Ros Comáin agus Cora Droma Rúisc.

– Relive Galway’s Volvo Ocean Race Festivities

The Western Development Commission (WDC) and Let’s Do It Galway have announced that the exhibition of photographs from the LookWest.ie & Pix.ie Volvo Ocean Race Festival photo competition will run for the month of September in Galway’s Eyre Square Centre.

Ger Conran's 1st place photo

The exhibition will feature the best 100 photographs from the competition which captured the fun and entertainment that took place during the festival in June.

Admission is free and open to the public from 9am to 7pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 9am to 9pm on Thursdays and Fridays, and from 11am to 7pm on Sundays.

Joanne Grehan of the WDC said, “We ran the exhibition of the top 100 photos over a weekend in August and it was a great success with over 1,000 people visiting it. Now we are bringing it to the Eyre Square Centre for more people to have the chance to revisit the two weeks of glorious sunshine when Galway played host to Ireland’s largest sporting event in June. We are enormously grateful to the Eyre Square Centre for giving us the space to display the photos which cover everything from the opening ceremony, the boats and the air show, to the entertainment, excitement and fun of the race village. The photos really capture the city, its people and its visitors, and anyone with 10 or 15 minutes to spare at some stage over the next month should pop in to have a look. It’s a great way to remember the fantastic festival in June and to remind ourselves of what Galway achieved by hosting it.”

Ms Grehan added, “The success of the photo competition really amazed us. As the people of Galway will know well at this stage, we smashed the previous record of uploaded photos from an Irish event with over 17,000 photos of Galway uploaded to a worldwide audience, making it a fantastic opportunity to promote Galway and the Western Region. After September the exhibition will travel to a number of locations around Ireland – continuing to promote Galway and the Western Region through Ireland’s largest ever photo sharing project.”

Maria Moynihan of Let’s Do It Galway said, “The LookWest.ie and Pix.ie photo competition was one of the major successes of the two-week stopover in Galway of the Volvo Ocean Race. The fact that a record of 17,000 pictures now exists will forever keep the event live in people’s memories. This exhibition in the Eyre Square Centre will feature the top 100 pictures but there are thousands of others that are well worth a look at http://pix.ie/go/lookwest and I would encourage people to also go online to have a look at them.”

The photo competition and exhibition were sponsored by The Western Development Commission (WDC) as part of its work to highlight the ‘Creative West’ as the Western Region rapidly becomes Ireland’s hub for the creative industries.

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For further information please contact:

Joanne Grehan, WDC, 086 856 5802

Or

Angela Bane, Bane Mullarkey, 087 286 5217

Notes to editors on the Western Development Commission (WDC)

The WDC is the statutory body promoting economic and social development in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Clare.

The WDC’s strategic goals are:

1. Contribute to balanced regional development by ensuring that the Western Region maximises its full potential for economic and social development.
2. Promote the benefits of living, working and doing business in the Western Region.
3. Support the sustainable economic and social development of the rural economy.
4. Provide risk capital to SMEs and social enterprises.

www.wdc.ie and www.lookwest.ie

New service will remove 2,000 freight trucks off the road

The Chief Executive of the Western Development Commission (WDC), Lisa McAllister has said that the new rail freight service from Ballina in Co. Mayo to Dublin Port demonstrates the economic viability of rail freight and highlights the many dynamic exportled industries in Mayo. The new service which will facilitate exports was introduced on August 19th and will initially run twice weekly between Dublin Port and Ballina. It is scheduled to increase to a daily service within six months.

Ms. McAllister said, “This is a major development towards reducing carbon footprint as all of the container equipment will be utilised on a ‘roundtrip’ basis, thereby removing both full and empty freight traffic from the Irish road network. Estimates indicate that the service will save up to 5.5 million road kilometres every year and will reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 2,750 tonnes.”

She said that statistics show that rail is also a safer mode of freight transport than road, and that initial volumes will see close to 2,000 truck movements between Dublin and Ballina removed from the roads annually.

Ms. Mc Allister said that the WDC was very pleased about the new rail freight service which will help the export-led growth which the country needs to get out of the downturn. The new service is a turnaround for rail freight traffic from the West, taking heavy goods vehicles off a congested road network.

As well as marking a return of container trains to Dublin Port, the new service also strengthens Ballina’s status as a major rail freight hub. The new service is in addition to the current Ballina to Waterford Port service (which goes via the Great Dublin Area) transporting pulpwood for Coillte from Ballina to Waterford.

The WDC has continually called for a reexamination of the opportunities for more rail freight, recognising its superior environmental record and superior safety record. Ms. Mc Allister said, “While Ireland, as a small island, is likely to have less potential for significant growth in rail freight, there is still scope to increase its modal share, thereby removing large volumes of trucks from the congested network (or minor roads) and utilising the rail network thereby generating revenue for Iarnród Éireann. Indeed it is likely that European policy will increasingly require us to examine options to promote rail freight.”

The WDC congratulated all those involved in working to explore rail freight options, particularly the Irish Exporters Association who facilitated the introduction of the new route.

Deirdre Frost, Policy Analyst at the WDC added, “Since the WDC was founded we have recognised that there is potential for more freight to be carried on our rail network. This type of new service shows that there is demand in the western region which will help further build the productive capacity of the region and allow the region to contribute to national economic growth. Our work has included submissions to the Strategic Rail Review and participation in the Expert Working Group on the Western Rail Corridor.”

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See www.wdc.ie for copies of various submissions made by the WDC on rail freight.

For further information please contact:

Angela Bane, Bane Mullarkey, 087 286 5217

The Western Development Commission (WDC) and Let’s Do It Galway have announced the winners of the LookWest.ie & Pix.ie Volvo Ocean Race Festival Photo Competition.

Ger Conran's Winning Photo

They have also announced that an exhibition of the best 100 photos will take place from Friday 21st August to Sunday 23rd August at Merchant’s Hall, 1 Merchant’s Road, Galway. Admission is free and the exhibition is open to the public from 10.00am to 6.00pm each day.

The overall winner is Ger Conran for his photograph of the entire Volvo Ocean Race fleet sailing on Galway Bay during the in-port racing over the weekend of May 30th and 31st. Second place went to Adi Tig, and third place to Ekaterina Petrova for their photographs which captured the fun and entertainment that took place during the festival.

The prizes, digital cameras, were presented by Mr Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs at a prize-giving ceremony in Galway.

Minister Ó Cuív said, “The Western Development Commission is keen to promote the creative sector in this part of the country, not just because of the inherent importance of the arts in our nation’s psyche and identity, but because it also has the potential to contribute to the sustainable long-term development of this predominantly rural region. Simply put, it makes economic sense to support creativity”.

Lisa McAllister WDC Chief Executive said, “The WDC was delighted to support the Galway Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race by sponsoring the photo competition as this was a natural fit with our work to position the Western Region as Ireland’s hub for the creative industries. The photo competition and the Creative West Galway Art Trail, which took place in over 20 galleries around Galway during the festival, demonstrate the natural creativity of the Western Region.

Ms. McAllister added, “When international comparisons are factored in the Western Region has the potential to create at least an extra 2,000 jobs in the creative sector. The creative sector refers to those businesses which rely most on human creativity to generate economic value, ranging from TV production, music and theatre to architecture, graphic design and digital media. They are a significant economic contributor to the Western Region and the WDC believes that the sector can be grown considerably, even in these difficult economic times.”

Ms. McAllister said that the Western Region is perfectly positioned for further expansion within the creative sector as the region, by virtue of its natural beauty and quality of life, has long inspired a culture of creativity. She added that the region can continue to attract creative people from all over the world who, from their home in the West, can feed the increasing world appetite for design, music, film, digital media and the arts, and make an important contribution to the region’s economy in the process.

Chairman of Let’s Do It Galway, John Killeen said, “We were delighted that the WDC came on board for the Photo Competition and the Creative West – Galway Art Trail and I’d like to thank them for generating such huge interest in the competition. The stopover was a fantastic success, and partnerships, like the one with the WDC, were an important contributor to the successful staging of Ireland’s largest sporting event. The photographs are a fantastic legacy of the Volvo Ocean Race Festival which saw 650,000 people visit the race village and Salthill during the two weeks.”

From an entry of over 17,000, a short list of 100 photos was drawn up. Marine Sports Photographer, David Branigan then had the difficult task of picking the winner and two runners-up. David selected pictures “to reflect the themes of the Volvo Ocean Race visit to Galway and how this unique event interacted with the city, its people and visitors.”

He added, “The Volvo Ocean Race is referred to as ‘life at the extreme’ where seven boats and their crews battle man and nature for ten months over a course that is more than 37,000 miles long.”

In choosing Ger Conran’s winning photograph of the entire fleet sailing on Galway Bay, David Branigan said that it was an excellent example of good composition and being in the right place at the right time for a sports shot. The picture also shows Ireland’s Green Dragon on the right making a bold move by ducking behind the other boats to win a clean start of the In-Port Race off Salthill.

Second place went to Adi Tig for his photograph of a street performer at the Race Village and Ekaterina Petrova, originally from Russia and now living in Limerick, was chosen for third place for her photo of dancers performing a Brazilian dance. David chose these photos because they are “typical of the fun and entertainment that took place during the festival.”

Marcus Mac Innes, Founder and CEO of Pix.ie said, “The Volvo Ocean Race really captured the imagination of not only the people of Galway, but all those who attended the festival from around Ireland. We didn’t expect anything like the response we achieved and with over 17,000 photos submitted it broke the previous Pixie record by a long way. All the photos remain available to view at http://pix.ie/go/lookwest and have already been seen by nearly a quarter of a million people from over 180 countries around the world making it one of the most visited showcases of Ireland this year.”

Lisa McAllister concluded by thanking people for entering the photo competition and said that the 17,000 plus entries will help communicate the message of what the West of Ireland can achieve, and the many benefits of locating here, to a worldwide audience.

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For further information please contact:

Lisa McAllister, WDC, 086 771 9969
or Joanne Grehan, WDC, 086 856 5802
or Angela Bane, Bane Mullarkey, 087 286 5217

100 of the best photographs from the LookWest.ie & Pix.ie Volvo Ocean Race Festival Photo

Competition will be exhibited for the weekend from Friday 21st August to Sunday 23rd August at Merchant’s Hall, 1 Merchant’s Road, Galway. Admission is free and open to the public from 10.00am to 6.00pm each day.

The photo competition, sponsored by the Western Development Commission (WDC) and run in conjunction with photo sharing website Pix.ie, took place over the two weeks of the Volvo Ocean Race Festival and smashed the previous record of uploaded photos from an Irish event. The photo exhibition is being staged by the WDC in collaboration with Let’s Do It Galway.

Joanne Grehan of the WDC said, “The competition was a fantastic success and we were absolutely thrilled with the response from the public. It was different from the more traditional photographic competitions in that all of the photographs were uploaded onto the photo sharing website Pix.ie. The previous upload record for an Irish event was 8,000 photos but we set a target of 10,000 to break that record and this really captured the imagination of the people of Galway and visitors to the city for the festival. The end result was that more than 17,000 photos of Galway were uploaded, making it Ireland’s largest ever photo sharing project.

“Of course the huge number of entries made the job of drawing up the shortlist more difficult, but Marine Sports Photographer, David Branigan, whittled them down to select the best 100. All the photographs capture the colour and excitement of the festival and will be on display from Friday to Sunday (21st to 23rd August) from 10.00am to 6.00pm. The festival was an event that will be long remembered by all who attended so the exhibition is an opportunity to remember and revisit the wonderful two weeks of the festival.

All of the shortlisted pictures were selected to reflect the themes of the Volvo Ocean Race visit to Galway and how this unique event interacted with the city, its people and visitors. The photographs capture the opening ceremony, the boats, the air show, the entertainment and the excitement and fun of the race village.

The organisers of the competition were also delighted with the promotional spin offs for the city; because it was an online competition it opened up Galway and the Western Region to a worldwide audience.

The photo competition was sponsored by The Western Development Commission (WDC) as part of its work to highlight the ‘Creative West’ as the Western Region rapidly becomes Ireland’s hub for the creative industries.

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For further information please contact: Joanne Grehan, WDC, 086 856 5802 Or Angela Bane, Bane Mullarkey, 087 286 5217

10,140 images of Volvo Ocean Race Festival available to the world

Over ten thousand images of the Galway Volvo Ocean Festival have been uploaded onto the pix.ie website, smashing the previous record and making images of the Ireland’s biggest ever tourism event available to a worldwide audience. The image upload was an initiative of the Western Development Commission (WDC) and photo website pix.ie to highlight the Western Region internationally, which according WDC study called “Creative West: The Creative Sector in the Western Region”, showed that on top of the existing 11,000 jobs in the creative sector, a further 2,000 jobs can be created in the creative industries in the region.

Commenting on the event, Joanne Grehan, Regional Development Executive of the WDC, said, “We’re thrilled with the response from everyone, from kids of five to 85, who have been uploading their photos showing the Western Region and Galway in particular, in such a positive light. Overnight, following huge media support, we managed to have more than 2,000 images uploaded and this morning’s total now stands at 10,140 pictures. “I recommend that anyone who wants to see sheer joy should log on to the www.pix.ie website to see such happy, positive images of people enjoying themselves.

Fáilte Ireland figures indicate that over half a million visitors came to Galway for the event, so for the other millions who couldn’t make it, they can share some of the craic online. The WDC takes every opportunity to promote the Western Region as a great place to live, work and do business and we have done this again during was the largest gathering of people in the region during the entire year. Our highly successful LookWest.ie campaign has identified a very significant number of highly skilled individuals who would love the opportunity to move west and we want the largest number of people around the world to know it.”

The image uploads are part of a WDC sponsored competition which is open to is open to all, where all you have to do is to upload photos taken during the Galway Volvo Ocean Race Festival onto http://pix.ie/go/lookwest. The competition will remain open until next Thursday, the 11th of June, to allow time for everyone to upload their photos and be in with a chance of winning prizes that include top of the range digital cameras to a total value of €1,500.

An churiarracht Éireannach maidir le huaslódáil briste

10,140 íomhá d’Fhéile Rás Farraige Volvo ar fáil don domhan

Úaslódáladh níos mó ná deich míle íomhá d’Fhéile Rás Farraige Volvo na Gaillimhe chuig láithreán gréasáin pix.ie, ag briseadh na curiarrachta roimhe seo agus ag cur íomhánna den imeacht turasóireachta is mó riamh in Éirinn ar fáil do lucht féachana ar fud an domhain.

Ba thionscnamh de chuid Choimisiún Forbartha an Iarthair (WDC) i gcomhar leis an láithreán gréasáin grianghraf pix.ie é an iarracht seo chun grianghraif a uaslódáil, d’fhonn aird idirnáisiúnta a tharraingt ar Réigiún an Iarthair. De réir staidéar a rinne an WDC, “Creative West: The Creative Sector in the Western Region”, féadfar 2,000 post breise a chruthú i dtionscail chruthaitheacha sa réigiún, i dteannta an 11,000 post san earnáil chruthaitheach atá ann cheana féin.

Agus í ag labhairt faoin imeacht, dúirt, Joanne Grehan, Feidhmeannach Forbartha Réigiúnaí an WDC, “Bhí áthas an domhain orainn faoin bhfreagairt a fuaireamar ó gach aon duine, ó pháistí cúig bliana go 85 bliain, a rinne grianghraif a uaslódáil chun Réigiún an Iarthair, agus Gaillimh ach go háirithe, a thaispeáint ar bhealach chomh dearfach sin. Thar oíche, le tacaíocht ollmhór ó na meáin, rinneadh níos mó ná 2,000 íomhá a uaslódáil, agus ar maidin, tá 10,140 pictiúr san iomlán uaslódáilte.

“Molaim d’aon duine ar bhreá leis nó léi amharc ar fhíor áthas logáil isteach ar láithreán gréasáin www.pix.ie chun féachaint ar na grianghraif áthasacha, dearfacha de dhaoine ag baint sult as an imeacht. Dar le Fáilte Éireann, thug níos mó ná leath mhilliún cuairteoir cuairt ar an nGaillimh le haghaidh na himeachta, agus anois, is féidir leis na milliúin eile nach raibh in ann teacht páirt a ghlacadh sa chraic ar líne. Déanann an WDC gach iarracht Réigiún an Iarthair a chur chun cinn mar áit iontach le maireachtáil, le hoibriú agus le gnó a dhéanamh ann, agus rinneamar é sin arís fad agus a bhí an slua is mó i mbliana bailithe le chéile sa réigiún. Trí mheán ár bhfeachtais thar a bheith rathúil LookWest.ie, aithníodh líon suntasach daoine ard oilte ar bhreá leo bogadh chuig an iarthar agus teastaíonn uainn go dtuigfidh an líon is mó daoine is féidir ar fud an domhain é sin.

Tá uaslódáil na n-íomhánna ina cuid de chomórtas urraithe ag an WDC atá oscailte do chách. Ní gá ach grianghraif a tógadh le linn Fhéile Rás Farraige Volvo a uaslódáil chuig http://pix.ie/go/lookwest. Beidh an comórtas oscailte go dtí Déardaoin seo chugainn, an 11ú Meitheamh, chun deis a thabhairt do gach duine a gcuid grianghraf a uaslódáil agus duaiseanna a bhuachan, lena n-áirítear ceamaraí digiteacha den chéad scoth de luach iomlán €1,500.

The Western Development Commission’s (WDC) LookWest.ie photo competition is proving to be very popular with the tens of thousands of visitors to the Volvo Ocean Race in Galway. So far, visitors to the festival have uploaded 4,500 of their festival photos to photo website Pix.ie. The photo competition is sponsored by the WDC to highlight the ‘Creative West’ as the Western Region rapidly becomes Ireland’s hub for the creative industries with over 11,000 jobs in the sector according to a recent WDC survey.

Joanne Grehan, Regional Development Executive of the WDC, said, “The number of people in Galway over the weekend to visit the Galway Volvo Ocean Race Festival broke all records for a tourism event in Ireland. At LookWest.ie, we are also trying to break another record, by asking visitors to upload their photos from the event onto the Pix.ie website. At the moment we have over 4,500 images uploaded and we now have another four days to get a further 5,500 onto the website, a process that is ridiculously easy. If we can reach the 10,000 mark Pix.ie tell us that we will create an Irish record, which would be a bit of fun as well as showcasing the fun and craic of the festival to those, right around the world, who can’t be with us here.

“We’re using this competition to highlight what we call the Creative West, to showcase all the creative industries that are now clustered in the Western Region, making the region Ireland’s creative hub. Our recently published report, “Creative West: The Creative Sector in the Western Region”, showed the Western Region has the potential to create at least an extra 2,000 jobs in the creative sector, which is particularly valuable in these tough economic times.

“The WDC is taking every opportunity to promote the Western Region as a great place to live, work and do business during what will be the largest gathering of people in the region during the entire year. Our highly successful LookWest.ie campaign has identified a very significant number of highly skilled individuals who would love the opportunity to move west,” Ms Grehan added.

The photo competition is open to all. Participants are asked to simply upload their photos, taken during the Galway Volvo Ocean Race Festival to the 6th of June, onto http://pix.ie/go/lookwest. The winners will be chosen by marine sports journalist and photographer David Branigan. Prizes include top of the range digital cameras to a total value of €1,500.

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Chuir na mílte cuairteoir ar Rás Farraige Volvo na Gaillimhe spéis ollmhór i gcomórtas grianghraf Choimisiún Forbartha an Iarthair (WDC). Go dtí seo, rinne cuairteoirí ar an bhféile 4,500 grianghraf den fhéile a uaslódáil chuig an láithreán gréasáin grianghraf Pix.ie. Tá an WDC ag déanamh urraíochta ar an gcomórtas grianghraf chun béim a leagan ar an ‘Iarthar Cruthaitheach’ feidhmíonn Réigiún an Iarthair mar mhol Éireannach do na tionscail chruthaitheacha anois, le níos mó ná 11,000 post san earnáil de réir suirbhé a rinne an WDC le deireanas.

Dúirt Joanne Grehan, Feidhmeannach Forbartha Réigiúnaí an WDC, “Bhris líon na ndaoine a tháinig go Gaillimh ag an deireadh seachtaine chun cuairt a thabhairt ar Fhéile Rás Farraige Volvo gach curiarracht d’imeacht turasóireachta in Éirinn. Ag LookWest.ie, teastaíonn uainn curiarracht eile a bhriseadh trí iarraidh ar chuairteoirí a ngrianghraif den imeacht a uaslódáil chuig láithreán gréasáin Pix.ie. I láthair na huaire, tá níos mó ná 4,500 íomhá uaslódáilte agus anois tá ceithre lá bhreise ag daoine chun 5,500 grianghraf breise a chur ar an láithreán gréasáin, trí mheán próisis atá thar a bheith éasca. Dá bhféadfaimis an sprioc de 10,000 grianghraf a bhaint amach, deir Pix.ie linn go mbeadh curiarracht nua Éireannach againn, rud a bheadh ina chúis spraoi cinnte. Chomh maith leis sin, taispeánfaidh na grianghraif spraoi agus craic na féile do na daoine uile thimpeall an domhan nach bhfuil in ann bheith anseo linne.

“Táimid ag úsáid an chomórtais seo chun béim a leagan ar an Iarthar Cruthaitheach, mar a thugaimid air. Teastaíonn uainn aird a tharraingt ar na tionscail chruthaitheacha uile atá suite i Réigiún an Iarthair, a chiallaíonn gurb é an réigiún seo mol cruthaitheach na hÉireann anois. Léirigh an tuarascáil a foilsíodh le deireanas, “Creative West: The Creative Sector in the Western Region”, go bhfuil sé d’acmhainn ag Réigiún an Iarthair 2,000 post breise ar a laghad a chruthú san earnáil chruthaitheach, rud atá thar a bheith luachmhar i bhfianaise an mheathlaithe gheilleagraigh atá ann i láthair na huaire.

“Tá an WDC ag déanamh gach rud is féidir chun Réigiún an Iarthair a chur chun cinn mar áit iontach le maireachtáil, le hoibriú agus le gnó a dhéanamh ann fad agus a bheidh an slua is mó i mbliana bailithe le chéile sa réigiún. Trí mheán ár bhfeachtais thar a bheith rathúil LookWest.ie, aithníodh líon suntasach daoine ardoilte ar bhreá leo bogadh chuig an iarthar,” a dúirt an Iníon Grehan.

Tá an comórtas grianghraf oscailte do chách. Iarrtar ar rannpháirtithe grianghraif a thógfaidh siad le linn Fhéile Rás Farraige Volvo na Gaillimhe, a bheidh ar siúl go dtí an 6ú Meitheamh, a uaslódáil chuig http://pix.ie/go/lookwest. Roghnóidh an tiriseoir spórt mara agus grianghrafadóir David Branigan na buaiteoirí. I measc na nduaiseanna tá ceamaraí digiteacha den chéad scoth de luach iomlán €1,500.

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The Western Development Commission (WDC) has announced its sponsorship of the Creative West – Galway Art Trail which takes place in Galway during the Volvo Ocean Race Festival from 23rd May to 6th June. The WDC sponsorship is part of its work to highlight the ‘Creative West’ as Ireland’s hub for the creative industries.

According to Joanne Grehan, “Our most recent research on what we call the ‘Creative West’, highlights what is now Ireland’s hub for the creative industries here in the Western Region. When international comparisons are factored in the Western Region has the potential to create at least an extra 2,000 jobs in the creative sector.”

“We completed a study ‘Creative West: The Creative Sector in the Western Region’, the first study of its kind conducted in Ireland and it showed that there are 4,779 creative businesses operating in the Western Region, directly employing over 11,000 people or 3% of all employment in the region. This generates an annual turnover of €534m and directly contributes €270m to the Gross Value Added of the regional economy. It is therefore a major economic contributor to the region that we believe can be grown significantly, even in these difficult economic times,” she added.

The creative sector refers to those businesses which rely most on human creativity to generate economic value, ranging from TV production, music, theatre, architecture, graphic design to the running of art galleries.

Ms. Grehan concluded, “The Western Region is perfectly positioned for further expansion within the sector as the region, by virtue of its natural beauty and quality of life, has inspired a culture of creativity. We believe the region can continue to attract creative people from all over the world who, from their home in the West, can feed the increasing world appetite for design, music, film, digital media and the arts.”

The Galway Art Trail takes place in the following galleries in Galway:

126 ArtistRun Gallery | Ard Bia at Nimmo’s | Art Essence | Artisan | Artspace Studios | Bold Art Gallery | Cava Spanish Restaurant & Tapas Bar | Engage Art Studio | Galway Arts Centre | Galway Bay Hotel | Geata na Cathrach Building | Herrick Art Gallery | Judy Greene’s Pottery | Mustard Restaurant | Norman Villa Gallery | NUI Galway | NUIG Library | Orla Murray Financial Centre | Providence Market Kitchen | Radisson | Sheridan’s on the Dock | St Nicholas Collegiate Church | The G Hotel | The Kenny Gallery | Town Hall Theatre | White Room Gallery

Conair Ealaíne na Gaillimhe chun aird a tharraingt ar an ‘Iarthar Cruthaitheach’

D’fhógair Coimisiún Forbartha an Iarthair (WDC) go bhfuil sé chun urraíocht a dhéanamh ar “An tIarthar Cruthaitheach – Conair Ealaíne na Gaillimhe”, a bheidh ar siúl i nGaillimh le linn Fhéile Rás Farraige Volvo ón 23 Bealtaine go dtí an 6 Meitheamh. Tá an WDC ag déanamh urraíochta ar an tionscnamh mar chuid dá chuid iarrachtaí aird a tharraingt ar an ‘Iarthar Cruthaitheach’ mar mhol Éireannach do thionscail chruthaitheacha.

De réir Joanne Grehan, “Léiríonn an taighde is déanaí a rinneamar ar an ‘Iarthar Cruthaitheach’, mar a thugaimid air, go bhfuil Réigiún an Iarthair mar mhol Éireannach do thionscail chruthaitheacha anois. De réir comparáidí idirnáisiúnta, tá ar chumas Réigiún an Iarthair suas le 2,000 post breise a chruthú sa tionscal cruthaitheach.”

“Rinneamar an staidéar ‘Creative West: The Creative Sector in the Western Region’, an chéad staidéar riamh den chineál seo a rinneadh in Éirinn, agus léirigh sé go bhfuil 4,779 gnóthas cruthaitheach ag gníomhú i Réigiún an Iarthair, ag fostú breis agus 11,000 duine nó 3% de na fostaithe uile sa réigiún. Gineann an earnáil seo láimhdeachas bliantúil de €534m agus cuireann sí €270m go díreach le hOll-Bhreisluach an gheilleagair réigiúnaigh. Mar sin, cuireann sí go mór le geilleagar an réigiúin agus creidimid gur féidir a hionchur a mhéadú go suntasach, fiú amháin le linn an mheathlaithe gheilleagraigh reatha,” a dúirt sí freisin.

Baineann an earnáil chruthaitheach leis na gnóthais sin a bhíonn ag brath ar chruthaitheacht daoine chun luach eacnamaíoch a chruthú, idir léiriú teilifíse, ceol, drámaíocht, ailtireacht, dearadh grafach agus reáchtáil dánlann.

Mar fhocal scoir, dúirt an tUasal Grehan, “Tá Réigiún an Iarthair réidh le haghaidh forbartha breise san earnáil seo, mar tá cultúr cruthaitheachta spreagtha ag áilleacht nádúrtha agus cáilíocht beatha an réigiúin cheana féin. Creidimid gur féidir leis an réigiún daoine cruthaitheacha ó áiteanna ar fud an domhain a mhealladh go leanúnach, agus go mbeidh na daoine sin in ann freastal ar spéis mhéadaitheach an domhain i ndearadh, i gceol, i scannáin, sna meáin dhigiteacha agus sna healaíona óna mbailte san Iarthar.”

Beidh Conair Ealaíne na Gaillimhe ar siúl sna dánlanna seo a leanas i nGaillimh:

126 Artist-Run Gallery/Ard Bia ag Nimmo’s/Art Essence/Artisan/Stiúideonna Artspace/Dánlann Bold Art/Bialann agus Beár Tapas Spáinneach Cava/Stiúideo Ealaíne Engage/Lárionad Ealaíon na Gaillimhe/Óstán Chuan na Gaillimhe/Foirgneamh Gheata na Cathrach/Dánlann Herrick/Judy Greene’s Pottery/Bialann Mustard/Dánlann /Norman Villa/OÉ Gaillimh/Leabharlann OÉ Gaillimh/Lárionad Airgeadais Orla Murray/Providence Market Kitchen/Radisson/Sheridan’s on the Dock/Séipéal Coláisteach San Niocláis/The G Hotel/Dánlann Kenny/Amharclann Halla an Bhaile/Dánlann White Room