Galway Advertiser 1979/1979_10_25/GA_25101979_E1_008.pdf 

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An Irish t e l ecommunications company which already employ 800 people throughout Ireland, launched the latest of its projects on Inis Mor, Aran Islands on Monday last. The setting up of a Telectrom Ltd. project in the Aran Islands -- the only small industry in any of our offshore islands, is in accordance with the policy of the company to establish manufacturing locations in areas which the greatest r e s u l t s of retional development are met. . Telectrom Ltd. occupied an available factory at Onacht, Inis Mor in 1976 and n e g o t i a t e d the establishment of a project c o m m e n c i n g with 14 e m p l o y e e s . Today, the e mployment figures have rocketed to 35 with prospects in the forseeable future of some 50 jobs. Now, the company is in the initial stages of an expansion programme leading to the creation of a further 300 jobs in Ireland. Speaking at the official opening Dr. O'Glaser, Managing Director o f Telectrom Ltd. pointed out that new export orders which would increase the employment in Inis Mor were already under way. He said that final negotiations with a large computer manufacturing company would be completed shortly and that the company would then make a further announcement about a significant long term order. T h e project which involves the manufacture of sophisticated cableforms and assembles for the telecommunication equipment was officially launched by the Minister for the Gaeltacht, Mr. Denis Gallagher T.D.

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Wish to thank most sincerely all our friends and those who helped towards the big success of our recent Fashion Show, courtesy of Anthony Ryan Ltd. and Carl Scarpa Shoes, which was held in the Great Southern Hotel, and which was in aid of Autistic Children in this, the Year of the Child.

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Well, do ye know what, but I can't turn my back on those road openers at all at all or they go beserk. Here was I not saying a word about them for weeks, hoping that they would be good, and all of a sudden I look around me and find half of the poor old town is in the process of being excavated. Maybe it's some great archeological dig thats going on; perhaps we are about to have Galways own Woodquay so to speak. There might even be some vast master plan, although knowing Galway, I doubt it, I doubt it. As I look about me this Monday morning there is an excavation going on at Moons corner to catch up with a burst water main, a sewer or some such is being replaced or repaired in Abbeygate Street they are in the process of stealing a foot or so off the footpath outside of Singers, the crowd down the docks are playing hell, and God only knows what is going on over in the Claddagh and the swamp. I liaven't laid an eye on Johnny Buckley and His merry men this long time, at least. not since the famous *yisrts at Ballybrit when they had halt of the country dug up, hut 1 can't Jielp feeling that it won't be long until we see them in Shop Street or some such; Johnny's boys aren't lads to be shunning the limelight, and if there is

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any public digging to be done, well, by golly, they are going to get in on the act. Lord save us, but there was a fierce crowd entirely down at the car tax and licensing office during the week. A friend of mine got a ticket from the brown boys for not having his tax displayed and down with him to have it renewed, thinking that it would only take the few old minutes. Well ye can imagine his consternation when he discovered a queue out as far as the Headford road and three deep at that. Lord save us but he was there for half the day and even then he had to pack in because they had to close down. My heart goes out to the poor unfortunates who slog away down in that office every day, behaving in a most civil way and dealing with the normal run of men of average ignorance who find great difficulty in filling out a simple form and having their insurance and tax book where and when they are needed. I expect that they must have reacted in sheer horror to the news of the Minister's amnesty. What do I feel about the same amnesty, do I think that it was right? Well do ye see, I'm not really in a position to make any such judgement since I myself didn't have to sit any driving test, but rather have held a driving license since the year of dot. Because of tliis I cannot get indignant enough about those people who were lucky enough to get off the hook of having to do the tost. But, of course, I can understand the indignation of those who did have to submit to it and know now that they didn't have to bother. Whether or

not it makes for worse drivers, I wouldn't like to say, since if the present shower are any indication of those who had to do the test, well the others can't be much worse and that's for sure. I think we might leave well enough alone and realise that it is a one off situation, and not be so begrudging of the few fortunate ones. If, however, I was operating a driving school I might have something else to say and that's for sure. I feel that some form of temporary compensation should be m a d e t o these poor unfortunates either in the form of a tax rebate or tax exemption. Well that's it for now kiddies. God bless ye for another week. Dick Byrne PLANNING NOTICE Planning permission is being sought from Galway Cor poration for the erection of a porch at 35 Whitestrand Park. Signed.- R. Cunningham.

GOLD AND SILVER
Friday October 12th marked the opening of a new city jewellers in Middle Street. Owned by Kevin Woods, the new jewellers specialises in gold and silver jewellery and also deals in a full range of giftwear, as -well as watches and clocks, fi / i & l Kevin, who hai studied - ejy^nsjvebyL . a b f ( ^ ^ f - J * qualified genmofugist and watchmaker and has studied alongside such famous names as Douglas Rainbury and Gary Hartmann.
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