Need for new jobs in north Offaly highlighted during Coveney's visit

THE need for new jobs in north Offaly was highlighted when the Minister for Minister, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney when he visited the area recently.
The Minister was joined by his local Fine Gel colleagues Cllr Noel Cribbin and Cllr Neil Feighery.
Speaking in the wake of the visit Cllr Cribbin told the Tribune “it was great to meet and welcome Minister Coveney in Offaly where both my colleague Cllr Feighery and myself gave him a broad outline of of the issues in Offaly where new investment, new jobs together with the lack of delivery from the state agencies including the IDA is a real issue.” Cllr Cribbin claimed Offaly is being left behind in the jobs market “despite the fact that we are more than delivering in this new era of renewable power with wind farms and solar farms to be seen all over the county and particularly in north Offaly.”
“ I pointed out this to the Minister and the great opportunity there is now for big industry to be located in north Offaly where we have a massive renewable energy platform, comprising a three thousand acre site at Derrygreenagh.”
The Edenderry based councillor described it as being situated in a great location on the M7 motorway only 45 minutes from   Dublin.
“Our neighbours in Kildare, Meath and Westmeath are well catered for in industries and jobs and it's high time that the people in Offaly got opportunities to work in their own area rather than spending hours on a daily basis commuting to work outside of Offaly,” he added.
Concluding Cllr Cribbin said the visit “was a great opportunity to get our message across to Minister Coveney and he was very interested in what we discussed.”