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A new album has been released showcasing some of the musical talents based in Arklow and the surrounding areas. Shoreline is a collaboration between local musicians and Release Wellness. The project aimed to highlight some of Arklows creativity to support local musicians impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Each artist involved performed an original piece in an unplugged style. 16 musicians collaborated on the online album, which is available on the Bandcamp website. Shoreline was produced by Tr...

A Kerry County Councillor is calling for a non-operational sewerage scheme in Beaufort to be urgently addressed. Cllr Michael Cahill is calling on Kerry County Council, Irish Water, and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to urgently address the scheme, as it has not been operational for years. The Fianna Fáil Councillor raised the matter at a recent Municipal District meeting. Cllr Cahill says this is a major health and safety issue, where raw sewerage is getting into dis...

Enterprise Ireland backs regional centres for life sciences and industry 4.0 22 Dec 2020799 Views From left: Dr John Cosgrove, Dr Liam Brown, Jamie Meehan, Ciaran O’Loughlin and Harriet Cotter at the launch of IDEAM. Image: Alan Place The IDEAM manufacturing cluster in Limerick and the Kinetic Labs development in Waterford will play to industry strengths in Irish regions. Regional funding from Enterprise Ireland will support a manufacturing cluster in the mid-west and a facility w...

Which can lead to the odd awkward moment. Here, for example, was a conversation I blundered upon. It involved someone at Microsoft, someone at Starbucks and someone who might want to consider his filters. (And may now have.) Naturally, the conversation was on Twitter. I dont get to eavesdrop anywhere else these days. Microsoft senior cloud advocate Chloe Condon saw a tweet that she wanted to applaud. It read: "We once hired a former barista in our #DevOps team. Our dept always had epic coff...

By @justPEREZplay The holiday season may be different this year because of the current pandemic, but John Breen, a South Hadley resident, is helping bring families a sense of normalcy! He has set up one incredible light display on his property and Western Mass News got to chat with him and share his story. So INCREDIBLE!! Great job John!! Photo: Aitor Diago / Moment / Getty Images