ATHENRY NAMED AS NEW BASE FOR VEC MERGER

Date Published: 23-Sep-2011

Athenry is to become the new base for the merger of Galway city, Galway county and Roscommon Vocational Educational Committees.The news will come as a welcome boost to the local economy with almost 30 staff drafted in to join the Athenry workforce.The staff, from Galway county and Roscommon county VEC's are expected to move to the existing Athenry VEC headquarters by the end of the year.It's part of the Government's plan to cut the number of VEC's across the country from 33 to 16.