Castlebar is looking create new employment opportunities in the town.

Report shows interview with Paddy McGuinness on closure of Travenol and setting up of new industries in Castlebar.

Cable Products (Ireland) Limited premises at the Breaffy Industrial Centre.

Interview with Donald Payzant, Cable Products, on how and why they chose to establish a plant in Castlebar.

Ecumenical blessing and opening ceremony for the Cable Products plant.

Interview with Minister for the Environment Pádraig Flynn on the opening of the new Cable Products plant and the high rate of unemployment in Castlebar.

Interview with Tom Hyland, Industrial Development Authority (IDA), on the investment made by Cable Products and the decision by Travenol to stay on in Castlebar.

People touring the Cable Products plant during the opening ceremony.

Interview with Jude Ainsworth, Chairman, Urban District Council (UDC) on the need to create more employment in Castlebar.

The reporter is Jim Fahy.

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