PETER HUGHES
A major new initiative to restore vigour to the Monaghan furniture industry, involving significant marketing and training developments and the strengthening of a new national representative organisation for the sector, was formally launched by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys, in the Hillgrove Hotel last Friday afternoon.
The “Whither the Furniture Industry?” action plan is the product of the development phase of the Wood FootPrint Project undertaken over the past two-and-a-half years with support from the EU’s URBACT programme.
It …