Up to 150 jobs could be created within three years at a new firm in Donegal which uses satellite technology to supply transcription services to the medical industry in America.
Celtic Transcripts, which employs 20 people, with a further 30 in training, was officially opened yesterday by the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Mr Pat Gallagher.
The firm, based on the Derrybeg industrial estate, performs clerical services for doctors who record patient notes, charts and documents on a digital dictaphone. This is transferred onto a server and downloaded in Donegal, where it is transcribed into an electronic document.
"We hope to employ about 150 people after three years," said the firm's managing director, Mr Donal Doherty.
**********
€1m allocated for bus corridor
A provision of €1 million has been allocated for Galway city's first Quality Bus Corridor, which is due to be in place next year.
The route will be situated on the Dublin Road, from the Corrib Great Southern Hotel to Renmore.
Board rejects planning appeal
An Bord Pleanála has rejected an appeal against the granting of planning permission by Dungarvan Town Council for a multimillion euro retail development. The scheme is expected to transform the Co Waterford town and create 500 permanent jobs.
Construction work will proceed immediately on the development, which will occupy a 43-acre site at Shandon that Tipperary- based Clancy Construction acquired from Glanbia plc in 1999.
The planning permission upheld yesterday allows for a shopping complex, apartments, a restaurant, a four-screen cineplex and a large car-park. There were 44 conditions attached to it by Dungarvan Town Council.
**********
Steam train trip to Wexford planned
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland and Iarnród Éireann are running a steam train trip to Wexford next Saturday, May 24th, leaving Connolly DART Station in Dublin at 9 a.m. Return fare: Adults €30. OAPS/under-16s €20. Tickets are on sale from Iarnród Éireann and at the station on the day.