It would be an understatement to say Peter Malone has some experience of the business world. As well as his energetic and tireless work for the DEDG, he is also chairman of the National Roads Authority (NRA), CB Richard Ellis, the Business Tourism Forum and Hibernian.

“I take immense pleasure in chairing the Dundalk Economic Development Group as I believe this town has a competitive edge over others in the country.  Though I’m not from Dundalk, my links with the town have been vast.  I believe the town is a model for investment and modern living for the following reasons:

• Ideal location on the Dublin-Belfast economic corridor
• Excellent infrastructure-M1 motorway, AI/N1 Newry link road soon to be completed, easy access to Dublin airport, high quality rail service, port facilities, state of the art water and waste treatment facilities
• A designated Gateway town under the National Spatial Strategy
• Modern third-level education infrastructure at DkIT with expanding R&D facilities, high number of secondary schools
• High availability of skilled labour and a growing labour force
• Flagship business park and available land bank
• Cost competitiveness - low cost of housing, low labour costs, low water and waste charges
• Existing base of indigenous and foreign owned firms
• Range of leisure and recreational facilities- the country’s first all-weather racecourse and first Olympic size ice rink, leisure centres, proximity to golf courses, soccer dome and Sportsbowl Complex
• Modern retail experience at the Marshes Shopping Centre and Dundalk Retail Park
• Ideal base for exploring the Cooley Peninsula, Carlingford Lough and the Mourne Mountains National Park
• Excellent conference facilities and business tourism base
• Readily available energy supplies including renewable – location of the country’s first urban wind turbine

Let’s now make the wider public aware of the well kept secret that is...Dundalk.”