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Looking for a job in Galway or Westmeath? You may be in luck...

The jobs are being created by Irish courier company DPD and a German medical devices company.

SOME 265 JOBS are being created in Westmeath and Galway.

Courier company DPD is set to create 200 jobs in Athlone, 70 of which are expected to be filled before Christmas.

The company is investing €13 million expanding its headquarters in Athlone, with new roles for drivers, IT and administrative staff.

Meanwhile, a German medical devices company Phenox GmbH is to open a manufacturing facility in Galway next year with the creation of 65 jobs.

The company makes vascular devices which are used in the treatment of aneurysms and strokes.

The jobs will be in manufacturing, research, sales and support, and will be rolled out over the next five years.

It will set up the facility at Ballybrit Business Park and hopes to be running by early 2016.

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    Mute Dessie Deratta
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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:52 AM

    I like Stranger Things….better than the average series.

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    Apr 5th 2018, 8:27 AM

    @Dessie Deratta: they should use that quote in their next advertising campaign

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    Mute Ted Murray
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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:26 AM

    US TV programmes and Movies have been telling the same stories since the 1920s, and have just changed the time, the names of the characters, and the location, hoping that people think that they’re new ideas.

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    Mute Daniel Wilson
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    Apr 5th 2018, 8:28 AM

    @Ted Murray: you sure it wasn’t the 30s? Some pretty original stuff back in the 20s

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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:30 AM

    First series ok
    Second series sh!te

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    Mute Andy K
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    Apr 5th 2018, 7:20 AM

    @Robc: Second series was a huge disappointment.

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    Apr 4th 2018, 11:37 PM

    Awful programme. Whole thing felt like one big Stephen King ripoff.

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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:11 AM

    @A Piece of Chalk: explain… what Stephen King novels did it rip off exactly? Is it just because a lot of King novels were adapted into movies (albeit mostly poorly) in the 80s?

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    Mute Ted Murray
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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:20 AM

    @Stephen Boland: ___ Don’t forget the “like watching paint dry” TV “epic” – The Mist that had the plug pulled after one season.

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    Mute Dave O Keeffe
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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:38 AM

    @Ted Murray: the movie was good though.

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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:39 AM

    @A Piece of Chalk: wasn’t a rip off. The creators have a clue owledged a few hat tips to King’s work and he has in turn complimented the show and said he’s happy to have inspired

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    Apr 5th 2018, 12:51 AM

    @Dave O Keeffe: What?

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    Mute Andy K
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    Apr 5th 2018, 7:21 AM

    @Dave O Keeffe: Best ending of any movie. Ever. Better than the ending in the book.

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    Apr 5th 2018, 11:08 AM

    @Andy K: the tragic ending? There were a few endings filmed. I’ve definitely seen two.

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    Mute Dave O Keeffe
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    Apr 5th 2018, 11:09 AM

    @Dessie Deratta: sorry *acknowledged. New phone, same old problems

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    Mute Danny Rafferty
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    Apr 5th 2018, 5:52 AM

    Well I thought it lifted more from Lovecraft than King, and enjoyed it all the more.

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    Mute Andy Cahalan
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    Apr 5th 2018, 5:43 AM

    What about the two lads who actually made up the story back in the 80′s? Both parties involved are plagiarists anyway.

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    Apr 5th 2018, 1:01 PM

    One of the best shows of the past 10 years. Love it.

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    Apr 5th 2018, 2:27 PM

    Are his lawyers idiots? “Defendants have made huge sums of money by producing the series based on Plaintiff’s concepts”. I don’t even have a law degree and I’m coming right back with “a concept is not copyrightable intellectual property, only the expression of it is”, which is so basic a ‘concept’ it was a line in Fatal Attraction. (Bang the gavel sound). NEXT!

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