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A Chara, I a t t e n d e d t h e public m e e t i n g o r g a n i s e d b y the d e v l e o p e r s of Clifden A i r p o r t in O s t a n Charna, W e d n e s d a y night last', the 17th J a n u a r y . During the c o u r s e of the meeting I a s k e d s o m e pertinent questions w h i c h still remain unanswered. My q u e s t i o n s w e r e as follows: 1. H o w m a n y flights p e r d a y a n d per w e e k will be h a n d l e d b y this project? i.. m a m u u t i v a w N i u t using this proposed airport? 3. W h a t size of 'plane? 4. H o w m a n y passen g e r s p e r d a y will this a i r p o r t cater for? 5. W i l l t h e airport handle international flights? 6. If t h e a i r p o r t d e v e l o p e r s foresee 8,000 p a s s e n g e r s using the a i r p o r t b y 1992 h o w can such a n airport be viable? I w o u l d also like to include t h e following questions: 1. H o w m a n y real jobs will b e c r e a t e d if it is a o n e flight a d a y airport? 2. C a n a o n e flight a d a y a i r p o r t s e r v e the n e e d s of o u r emigrants? 3. Is it t r u e that this p r o p o s e d a i r p o r t is a full scale regional o n e i.e. the s a m e size a s Galway Airport? 4. W h a t is t h e legal s t a t u s o f t h e plebiscite d u e t o b e h e l d February 18th? I await a r e p l y t o the a b o v e questions. M i s e , le m e a s , Mairead Ml UaftWa, NMfW*. Carta.

t h a n j u s t t h e W e s t , b r o u g h t h o m e 1,098 n e w j o b s , a 5 % i n c r e a s e o n the previous year, with m a n y o fthose jobs in C o n n e m a r a . In t h e w e e k before C h r i s t m a s G a l w a y C o r p o r a t i o n a n n o u n c e d that their j o b creation s c h e m e at t h eformer G . P . T . factory at S a n d y R o a d , h a d p r o v i d e d 1 0 0 j o b s . W h i l e all t h e s e w e r e n o t a l w a y s n e w o n e s , t h e n u m b e r ise x p e c t e d t o d o u b l e at a later stage. N o t surprisingly there is a n air o f confidence about the place. While u n e m p l o y m e n t f i g u r e s a r e still u n a c c e p t a b l y h i g h t h e r e is a f e e l i n g that t h e e n e r g y a n d professionalism n o w being applied b y public b o d i e s will c o n t i n u e t o r e a p r e w a r d s . T h i s n e w c o n f i d e n c e s h o u l d encourage private industry a n d s e r v i c e s * - -- . . A L L T H I S G O O D --

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c a n b e , e v e n if o n l y i n m i n i a t u r e . F o r s o m e y e a r s n o w t h e G a e l t a c h t h a s b e e n q u i e t l y g o i n g a b o u t its o w n b u s i n e s s . It h a s r a r e l y t h e h e a d l i n e s e x c e p t w h e n a f a c t o r y closes o rt h e r e isa r o w o v e r the siting o f a n airport r u n w a y . B u t w h a t e m e r g e d during a press c o n f e r e n c e o n T u e s d a y w a s that the Gaeltacht -- far f r o m being s o m e sort o f p o o r relation struggling f o rrecognition in a m o r e p r o s p e r o u s family -- h a s d e v e l o p e d into a n individual a n d auton o m o u s r e g i o n . It h a s g i v e n a g r e a t d e a l o f t h o u g h t t o t h e t y p e o f a r e a it w a n t s t o b e c o m e a n d it n o w e m e r g e s a s a m o d e l t h a t o t h e r cities, c o u n t i e s a n d c o m m u n i t i e s c o u l d well follow. G O N E I S T H E R O M A N T I C attitude t o t h e Irish language. A n d t h e clap-trap that u s e d t ob e s p o k e n w h e n people u r g e d that m o n e y s h o u l d b e p o u r e d into t h e Gaeltacht just t o k e e p t h e l a n g u a g e a l i v e . W h a t h a s d e v e l o p e d is a c o m m u n i t y w i t h a realistic b u s i n e s s s e n s e a n d a feeling o fits i m p o r t a n c e a n d c h a r a c t e r , a n d o f i t s o w n p e r s o n a l w o r t h . ' X o a u m n r t y , l a n g u a g e ami e c o n o m i c s , w e all i n t r i n s i c a l l y finkeaT, s a i d U d a r a s C h i e f E x e c u t i v e , R u a n O B r i e . T h e r e is n o place f o r s m o k e - s t a c k industries o r a n y industries o u t s i d e t h e c u l t u r e o f t h e p e o p l e w h o l i v e t h e r e . T h i s is w h y a c q u a c u l t u r e h a s b e e n s u c h a s u c c e s s . It h a s a n a t u r a l h o m e i n C o n n e m a r a -- n o t j u s t b e c a u s e t h e s e a s a r e c l e a n b u t b e c a u s e it's a n i n d u s t r y t h a t t h e p e o p l e u n d e r s t a n d . It is a p i t y t h a t t h e r e s t o f u s w h o a r e b e c o m i n g d a n g e r o u s l y o b s e s s e d with pollution that w e are in danger o f c o n d e m n i n g outright the spawning salmon a n d shell fish f a r m s . O f c o u r s e chemicals a r e n e e d e d t o protect vast s t o c k s f r o m d i s e a s e . But no more than i s u s e d o n f a r m a n i m a l s and land. F i s h f a n n i n g i s still a n e w c o n c e p t . I f b u t t e r - m a k i n g w a s e q u a l l y a s n e w w o u l d t h e r e b e t h e s a m e l o b b y p r o t e s t i n g a t all t h e c h e m i c a l s t h a t a r e first a b s o r b e d b e f o r e t h e s t u f f i s p u t i n t o a p l a s t i c tub? Fish farmers a n d t h e h u n d r e d s e m p l o y e d i n this n e w industry h a v e y e t t o get their public relations act in o r d e r . I n t h e m e a n t i m e it i s a n i n d u s t r y t h a t is t o t a l l y a t h o m e a l o n g t h e C o n n e m a r a c o a s t l i n e . It i s b e i n g d e v l e o p e d w i t h t h e a i d o f U . C . G . a n d o t h e r s c i e n t i s t s , all k n o w n s t a n d a r d s o f h y g i e n e a r e b e i n g a d h e r e d t o a n d it i s s u c c e s s f u l . R E G I O N A U S A T I O N H A SB E E N S U C C E S S F U L L Y achieved i n t h e G a e l t a c h t . It's fast losing its d e p e n d e n c y o n t h e rest o f u s . It h a s b e c o m e d y n a m i c a n d e n t e r p r i s i n g a n d i s n o t a f r a i d t o t a k e risks. T h e r e is t h e t o u c h o f t h e D u t c h m a n a b o u t t h e Gaelgohe* that ^T^*3*k5 l O s t of u s t ^ k c 3 s^jctvF~k^i l^jolt*

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