As part of the Government’s Initiative to get jobs to Ireland, they have appointed Connect Ireland to work with:

-           communities,

-          businesses,

-          agencies

-          sports groups

-          and our diaspora

to identify opportunities where jobs may be achieved for Ireland. It is part of the initiative whereby a “Job Finder” will get a monetary reward if they find a job for their county. To explain the initiative further and to get the message out to as many people as possible,  an information evening in conjunction with Connect Ireland is being held at:

6.30pm on Wednesday, April 4th

in the Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo.

Here’s a new opportunity launched by the Irish Government where everybody in your community can participate, be rewarded and at the same time support Ireland.

Hollywood stars Martin Sheen, Saoirse Ronan & Michael Flatley are calling everyone to get involved with a smart new Irish initiative to create jobs. Watch the video.

ConnectIreland.com gives everybody the opportunity to help Ireland and earn a Government Reward. Through your extended family and friends, help us find companies that are expanding into or around Europe. We’ll take it from there, and if that company creates jobs in Ireland, you will receive a reward of €1,500 per job created, for you or your charity – (eg €30,000 if 20 jobs are created).

How can you help Ireland?

1. Text or email this message to everyone you know.
2. Register on ConnectIreland.com and we’ll call you back.
3. Ask your employer to inform all staff & suppliers.

That’s 3 ways you can help Ireland recover. Let’s get this started.

ConnectIreland.com has been appointed to implement the Government Succeed in Ireland Initiative. Connect Ireland is a new government and IDA backed initiative to engage the 70 million strong Irish diaspora around the world to create jobs in Ireland. Connect Irelands mission is to attract companies which are expanding internationally to locate in Ireland and create new jobs for the Irish economy. ConnectIreland.com is calling on the people of Ireland to use their contacts to open up new avenues of communication to ultimately lead to job creation in Ireland. Under the initiative, any person who introduces a company to ConnectIreland which creates jobs will be paid a minimum of €1,500 per job, up to a maximum of 100 jobs. The reward is payable in two stages – 50 per cent after one year of the job being created, and 50 per cent after two years. Connect Ireland will be paid by the State on a success only basis, for each job created through ConnectIreland.

Assume one unemployed person gets a job in a company that came through ConnectIreland. The Connector will receive a reward after one year. However the State will save on reduced social welfare costs immediately. The average annual cost to the State of one unemployed person is €18,000, (€36,000 over two years). In addition, the State will accrue taxation on the new employment, through income tax, PRSI, plus vat on fuel, food, etc. We have a dedicated professional team of 30 based in Kilkenny who are the central point of contact for all introductions. Our team also includes experienced foreign direct investment specialists to work with companies and help them understand why they should choose Ireland. If you are a small internet company in the US or China or Brazil and you are told that Google, Yahoo, YouTube and Facebook have all their European operations in Ireland, you are going to take interest.  We just need to get that message out there. This initiative is open to ab!
solutely everybody; there are three million Irish people above the age of 18. Together we all know a huge amount of people.

In order to help bring clarity to and facilitate a better understanding of waste water and the Septic Tank issue Irish Rural Link are hosting a series of local information evenings in County Leitrim
Venues and dates for the information evenings are as follows;

Monday 19th March               Ballinamore Community Centre                 9.00pm – 10.30pm
Tuesday 20th March              Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon               8.00pm – 9.30pm
Wednesday 21th March         Glens Centre, Manorhamilton                    8.00pm – 9.30pm

All welcome
The objective of the information evenings is to bring some clarity to the debate on waste water/environment and to assist with understanding the details in the recently released draft standards.
The draft standards just released by Minister Hogan, Dept of Environment sets out in full the details of what his department proposes to include in standards for the operation and maintenance of septic tanks and other waste water treatment systems.
The document was drafted in consultation with officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities and the Minister as part of the consultation process promised, is now inviting submissions from the public for a one month period up to and including Friday, 30 March 2012.

Further Information:
For further details please contact Irish Rural Link at info@irishrurallink.ie or on 09064 82744
About Irish Rural Link:
Irish Rural Link represents the interests of locally based rural groups in disadvantaged and marginalised rural areas by highlighting problems, advocating appropriate policies, sharing experiences and examples of good practice. It has a membership of over 600 rural community groups dedicated to sustainable rural development and represents rural communities at a national and international level.
Consultation Document available here:http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/Water/WaterServices/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,29546,en.pdf

Attendance at these information evenings is free of charge made possible through sponsorship from Local Agenda 21-Environmental Partnership Fund 2011, – an action plan of the United Nations (UN) related to sustainable development.

Well known Leitrim local historian Fr Liam Kelly will give a talk on ” The Barony of Mohill in two decades before the Famine” in Mohill Library on the evening of Thursday March 15th at 7.45 p.m. This is one of a series of History Lectures organised by the County Leitrim Library over the winter period. Admission is free and all are welcome.