DES is an enterprise led training body set up to provide training to start up enterprises, family run businesses as well as SMEs in the manufacturing and hospitality sectors in the Border , midlands and West of Ireland. Skillnets is an enterprise-led support body dedicated to the promotion and facilitation of learning as a key element in sustaining Ireland’s national competitiveness. Skillnets is funded from the National Training Fund. (more…)
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Sean Gallagher supports Developing Enterprises Skillnet on visit to Galway
Developing Enterprises Skillnet in association with WIN – West of Ireland Networking will host a workshop open to the public on ‘Strategies for Irish Companies Entering the US market’ which will also have Sean Gallagher in attendance on July 15th from 10am to 1pm in the Clayton Hotel, Galway. (more…)
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Three Galway rowers were in action at the prestigious Lucerne Regatta, third of the World Cup series, this past weekend. Tribesmen’s Siobhán McCrohan earned a Bronze medal in the Lightweight Single Scull; NUIG’s Niall Kenny was one place off bronze in the Lightweight Quad Scull, and Tribesmen’s Lisa Dilleen featured in the Double Scull.
The Lucerne Regatta, set in a scenic sheltered valley in northern Switzerland, has garnered the reputation for being possibly the most prestigious regatta in the world. As a result, it attracts the best of the best from across the globe.
Into that scene is competing a young Irish squad whose members are mostly in the 22-24 age-group. Their objective was to see how they matched up to the world’s best in preparation for the World Championships in August and the U23 championships in July. (more…)
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On the 19th and 20th of June the Claregalway Scouts took part in a county overnight hike in Killaloe, Co Clare. This was the first time the county used this route, in previous years they have been to Connemara and Mayo. Saturday morning was spent hiking to and setting up a base camp, then going off on the pre-planned course to arrive back in camp later that evening. They then hiked back out on the Sunday morning.
The Cubs took part in the county camp on the 10th-12th June in Portlick, Co Westmeath. The camp was a fantastic success, with over 320 cubs from around Galway attending. We also had the privilege of the Chief Scout visiting the site. The activities included kayaking, archery, zip wire, crate stacking, water activities, and an obstacle course. There was also hammock making, wall climbing, games, survival shelter building, making ropes from nettles and cups from coconuts. On Saturday evening each group put on a culture fair and a talent show representing different countries from around the world. The night finished up singing around the camp fire.
The Beavers finished up their year with a visit to Claregalway Castle, where they were given a guided tour of the building and a party afterwards. (more…)
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Hi everyone,
I hope things are good with you.
I have decided to run in the Ethiopian Great Run on Sunday the 27th of November 2011 in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and I am looking or asking people to join me in this run or walk or if you want to crawl to raise funds for an irish Humanitarian Charity, Self Help Africa who have been working in 9 countries in Africa for the past 28 years. See www.selfhelpafrica.org for further details. We wil be going to Ethiopia for just about a week (23rd of Nov to the 29th of Nov 2011) and we will be visiting some of the Self Help Africa Projects in various parts of Ethiopia to show you how Self Help Africa spends your hard raised funds and also to see how successful these projects are and how your funds are (more…)
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Thought for the week – Paving the way
One thing that I have noticed from my many years living in Africa and Asia is that in tribal cultures the elderly play an important role. They are the keepers of that cultures memories and the holders of wisdom. As such, the elderly are honored and respected members of those societies and cultures because they have paved the way for the future for their young.
Valuing our Elderly
In many modern cultures, however, this is often not the case, especially when we see and read lately of how some of our elderly have been treated so appallingly in some elderly homes or establishments. (more…)
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MINISTER CONFIRMS CLAREGALWAY SCHOOL TO OPEN IN 2013
Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, has confirmed the long-awaited secondary school for Claregalway will open in two years time.
Galway West Labour TD Derek Nolan today received confirmation that the school will be opened in September 2013.
According to Deputy Nolan, around 1700 children are attending primary schools in Claregalway and surrounding areas.
These children traditionally go on to attend secondary schools in Athenry, Oranmore and Galway city.
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Fine Gael Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has urged Galway companies to get involved in the Government’s new internship scheme, which will provide 5,000 places for people who are unemployed and are struggling to access the jobs market.
“In the current climate, you can’t get a job, without experience, and you can’t gain experience without getting a leg in the door of a company – this scheme breaks that vicious cycle. On the other hand, companies will benefit from the new blood, creativity and enthusiasm coming into them.
The range of companies and organisations based in Galway – either community, voluntary, private or public – (more…)
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The Callino Quartet will be joined by Ronan Dunne (double bass), Sarah Beaty (clarinet), Stephen Stirling (French horn) and Peter Whelan (bassoon) for a performance of Schubert’s Octet in St.Mary’s Catheral Tuam on Wednesday 13 July at 8.00pm.
This concert is presented in association with Galway Arts Festival and will be followed by a ‘Meet the Musicians Reception’ in St.Mary’s Synod Hall.
Tickets €25 (€23 concession) are available from www.galwayartsfestival.com and in the Festival Box Office in Bord Fáilte.
A special offer of tickets is available from Madeleine Flanagan at €21 in the month of June.
Contact:
info@classicallinks.ie or
091 799258
www.classicallinks.ie
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June 27, 2011,
Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has announced this morning that a new CLAREGALWAY second level school will go ahead in a priority list of new schools issued by the Dept of Education. The new schools, including the Claregalway secondary school are to be built over the next 6 years.
In welcoming the announcement; Senator Healy Eames paid tribute to the trojan work done by Committee members, led by Mr. Paddy Tobin, and the long standing commitment of the parents of the area.
“This is the fruition of a long campaign and is a testament to the community in Claregalway. The Department have identified Claregalway as a growing area and have responded to the need for a secondary school there. The school comittee, which held numerous and well attended public meetings over the years must be congratulated. In addition, the future patron of the school, Galway VEC, will be part of an exciting project ” (more…)
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Galway has a multiplicity of festivals, all honed over the years into something special. But none of these made the instant impact that the Galway Garden Festival did when it was inaugurated last year, over two days of differing climatic conditions at the beautifully-restored Claregalway Castle.
The thousands who thronged to the Castle for that event knew it was something special – for the first time in centuries, people moved in droves on its grounds and now it is to happen all over again with this year’s festival to run over two days on Saturday July 9 and Sunday July 10.
It was a tremendous event which breathed new life into the village, but which also created a wealth of funding for the Irish charity which treats blindness and debilitating eye conditions in many areas of the developing world. (more…)
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HOPES are high that Claregalway could have a Community College by 2013 but many factors, including getting a site and jumping the hurdles of any planning objections, will determine if this deadline is met.
A Community College has been mooted for several years to cater for 850 to 1,000 students in an area of rapid population growth.
Campaigners met with local politicians in the Claregalway Hotel on Monday the 20th June last and the matter was also raised at a meeting of County Galway VEC (Vocational Education Committee) earlier that day.
Speakers at both meetings expressed the hope that enrolment in the Claregalway School could begin in September 2013.
The meeting heard that a letter from Labour TD Derek Nolan had indicated that the school would open in September 2013. But it was hoped that this could be confirmed in writing by the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn as soon as possible. (more…)
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