Industry
Asahi manufactured acrylic fibre from acrylonitrile which was transported to Ballina railway station by rail from Dublin Port. The former Midland Great Western Railway line to Killala had been dismantled and built over prior to the factory's establishment south of the village in the 1970s so the remainder of the journey was completed by road. This facility closed in 1997. A proposal to handle asbestos waste at the Asahi site was withdrawn in 2005 due to strong local opposition.
A 50MW combined heat and power plant using biomass fuel is planned for the former Asahi site.
Killala harbour has a pier which is the subject of a renovation project by the local Community Council.
A transatlantic communications cable is expected to come ashore at Killala in 2013 en route to the north of Ireland as part of Project Kelvin
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Famous quotes containing the word industry:
“The reason American cars don’t sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That’s why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.”
—Karl Lagerfeld (b. 1938)
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—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
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—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)