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Nolan Transport turned into Santa HQ for our first annual Christmas Jumper Day in aid of the Wexford Marine Watch organisation ( http://www.wexfordmarinewatch.com/ ) The Christmas Jumpers came in all shapes, sizes, price ranges and DIY specials;   We sold an array of cupcakes, minced pies and mulled wine (also had a few gluten free option for the gluten intolerant folk in the office) and have raised over €350 for the cause so far. About Wexford Marine Watch ‘Wexford MarineWatch’ was established in December 2012 primarily to try and combat a long epidemic of suicides in the  Wexford Harbour and Bridge areas – one of the longest bridges in Ireland today at over 580 metres. Most of these individuals are not recovered in time and get swept away by the very strong tidal flows in the Harbour. This often results in drawn out lengthy searches, sometimes without success – resulting in distress for the families, the relatives, the search teams and the wider community....

For years Nolan Transport could only train up to 6 drivers at a time in our small driver training room. To train all our drivers more efficiently we decided to build a dedicated training academy. This academy has been in place since the beginning of the year. We have conducted hours of training which include; Driver Induction Training GDP Training Air freight Training Manual Handling Training

Our New Ross office staff got taken out on a lovely restaurant cruise last Friday on the Galley Cruising Restaurant, New Ross. We all had a lovely time on the boat and had a lovely evening, the rain stayed away this year. A big thanks to all at the Galley Cruising Restaurant for their hospitality. Thanks to Deborah for the pics

St James GAA under 16's christened their new jerseys in a win in Ferns on Monday.

Nolan Transport proudly sponsors St James GAA under 12's team. 

Irish Seafood Exports Ireland's seafood industry has the potential to achieve €1 billion in sales by 2020, according to a BIM conference organised in March this year, entitled "Irish Seafood - Becoming a Global Player". The Irish seafood sector is currently worth €822 million to the economy, employs approximately 11,000 people and is showing phenomenal growth on the export market with sales up 18% on 2011 to €493 million in 2012. 67% of seafood exports are to Europe with France being the largest market, followed by the UK, Spain, Germany and Italy. (BIM, www.bim.ie ) The South East The South East has a long tradition of fishing for European markets. Kilmore Quay is one of the main fishing ports in the country and Rosslare Europort provides direct access to UK and mainland Europe markets. It is, therefore, an ideal location for the many seafood processing companies located in the region. The sector is strong and local seafood companies have experienced s...

It was great to see a picture of Daithi at the Men's Shed using the PC we donated in the New Ross Standard this week. Daithi Brindley at the computer which was kindly donated to the chairman of the Men's Shed Lalo Malone By Nolan Transport