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The Official Launch of CREW Creative Enterprise & Innovation Hub
5 April, 2024
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Grá Chocolates named as winner of the Inaugural Irish Creative Business Cup
20 March, 2024
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Ocean farmers join forces with Trinity researchers and the Western Development Commission to explore potential of nature-positive economy
6 March, 2024
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WDC Launches Innovative Digital Programme to Transform Literary Tourism
1 March, 2024
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Celtic leaders to land in West of Ireland for the Interceltic Business Forum
21 February, 2024
![Pictured are Fiona O’Malley and Suzanne Ennis representing Turn2Me Suicide Charity, Runner Up in Community Digital category at the .IE Digital Town Awards 2023 alongside Allan Mulrooney, Western Development Commission, category sponsor and Oonagh McCutcheon, National Director, .IE Digital Town Programme. Now in its 3rd year, the .IE Digital Town Awards recognise and reward projects with a digital element created by town groups and local communities. .IE, the national registry for .ie domain names, announced the winning entries for the .IE Digital Town Awards 2023 at a Gala event held at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on Wednesday 24th May 2023.]()
WDC encourages digital champions and towns to enter the .IE Digital Town Awards 2024
12 February, 2024
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Five Irish businesses selected for inaugural Creative Business Cup Competition
5 February, 2024
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Celebrating 25 Years of Regional Development: The History of the Western Development Commission
1 February, 2024
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CitySwift secures €7 million funding round
1 February, 2024
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BIA Innovator Campus: Ireland’s first National Centre of Excellence dedicated to emerging food businesses opens in Athenry
26 January, 2024
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Levelling Up: Driving Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Creation in the Northwest
19 January, 2024
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Western Development Commission releases new report on the impacts of remote work on relocation patterns in Ireland
18 January, 2024
