- Two support schemes from the Dept of Social Protection available to Employers and potential Employees.
1st October 2021 - New Technological University of the Shannon TUS is launched today
1st October 2021 - Minister Troy meets with the chair of the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan to discuss their progress.
15th September 2021 - Midlands JTF Job Vacancy: Business Development Manager - Midlands Network of Co-working Facilities
3rd August 2021 - Midlands JTF Job Vacancies: MidlandsIreland.ie Marketing & Communications Manager and Marketing & Communications Executive
3rd August 2021 - Ministers Robert Troy and Damien English have announced €10m in government funding available under the Regional Enterprise Transition Scheme
29th July 2021
Welcome to MidlandsIreland.ie
The Midlands of Ireland is a thriving, vibrant region with opportunities for living, learning, enterprise and tourism. Encompassing the counties of Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath, it is home to almost 292,000 people.
The landscape of the Midland Region is diverse, dominated by the River Shannon and its callows along the western boundary, interspersed with the lakes, wetlands, bogs, agricultural lands and eskers throughout the central area, the upland area of Slieve Bloom Mountains to the south and the rolling landscape of the Barrow and Nore valley to the south east.
The Midland Region has much to offer the tourist, from both a land based and water based perspective, natural heritage, archaeology, architecture, festivals and food are important land-based associations. Water based visitors can enjoy the River Shannon, the Grand and Royal canals, and the numerous lakes throughout the region which offer opportunities for outdoor activities and pursuits including boating angling, canoeing, cycling, walking and wildlife watching. Associated attractions include Lough Ree Environmental Summer School and the monastic sites of Clonmacnoise, Fore, Ardagh and the islands of Lough Ree. The wetland areas of Lough Boora Parklands and the Slieve Bloom Environmental Park present an innovative way for tourists to interact with the unique landscape of the peatlands.