New networking group doing the business in assisting unemployed

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

A new networking forum for unemployed professionals and entrepreneurs has been launched by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton.

WIN – West of Ireland Networking - is a volunteer organisation that hopes to play a substantial role in getting unemployed participants back into the work place while providing further supports to those seeking to start their own business or already running a small enterprise.

Galway man’s new book on Irish entrepreneurship

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

A new book aimed for potential entrepreneurs and business people has been written by Galway's Bernard O'Hara.

BPW conference to hear from Galway-native expert on family law

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

The question of whether Irish legislation is sufficiently robust to protect families will be one of the topics discussed by the chairman of the Adoption Authority, Geoffrey Shannon at the upcoming BPW National Conference on the Family.

CPM interview open day to be held next week

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

CPM, one of Ireland’s leading field sales companies, will be hosting an interview open day in Galway on September 15 in the Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, from 4pm to 8pm. The positions on offer will be field sales roles for eircom, selling products and services door to door in the consumer market.

These roles come with an array of attractive benefits such as competitive base salary, uncapped commission, car allowance, mileage, lunch allowance, PDA and mobile phone.

NUI Galway lecturers publish new edition of economics textbook

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

NUI Galway lecturers, Dr Gerard Turley and Maureen Maloney of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, have just completed the fourth edition of the successful textbook Principles of Economics: An Irish Text, with co-author Dr Francis O'Toole of Trinity College Dublin.

Principles of Economics: An Irish Text introduces the theory and practice of economics within an Irish and European context. There is reference to both recent and current economic conditions, including reflections on the post Celtic Tiger years, the economic downturn caused by the international recession, the banking crisis and the property crash, and the latest on the eurozone and sovereign debt crisis.

Galway Rotary Club raises thousands for VdeP

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

Galway Rotary Club raised € 6,000 in aid of St Vincent de Paul at a recent Rotary dinner meeting.

Applying artificial intelligence the theme of NUI Galway events

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

The seventh Reasoning Web Summer School, bringing together an international group of postgraduate students and renowned lecturers, which commenced this week at NUI Galway, will be followed next week by the fifth International Web Rules and Reasoning Conference. Both events are organised by the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway.

Local company supplies Dundrum Town Centre

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Galway-based company Footfall Ltd. has won a much coveted supplier contract with Ireland’s largest shopping centre, Dundrum Town Centre.

Footfall, a member of the Galway Chamber of Commerce which specialises in entrance matting and carpet tile installations nationwide, were recently selected as Dundrum Town Centre’s preferred fixed entrance matting supplier, and has successfully carried out a series of high performance installations at the Centre over the summer months.

Student life is big business for city and families

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

THE business of accommodation, feeding and educating students is a big business for cities like Galway and for the families who have to finance them.

As students around the country receive their CAO offers, the Irish League of Credit Unions has announced the results of a study into the cost of third level education in Ireland in 2011. In addition to looking at the issue of financing education, the study also highlights how the current financial crisis has impacted how students view the current jobs market and their future career prospects in Ireland. The survey also focuses attention on parental concerns for their college-going children in terms of finances and future job opportunities.

Local company takes on global deals giants

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

A new Galway-based deals company has entered the growing online deals market dominated by a number of large global players. Through their website www.livingitup.ie the Galway company offers deeply discounted deals to subscribers in the Galway area. They are based at the Innovation in Business Centre at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, a hub for Innovative start-up businesses.

Your Career, Your Choices

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Q: In a job interview last week, I was pushed quite hard by the employers on the question of what I knew about the company. The business in question is a reasonably large supplier of products to the business sector. I was surprised that they seemed to think I should know all about their product lines and target markets? (Joe, email)

Bizcamp 2011 seeking entrepreneurs for a conference with a difference

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Entrepreneurs, innovators and people with creative ideas are invited to get involved as both speakers and participants for an upcoming conference with a difference.

Taking steps to give yourself an edge on jobs front

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Q: I have just qualified as a teacher, and, like so many others, I am trying to get on the employment ladder. I realise it is a very difficult task right now, given the economic circumstances. What advice would you give me? (Teresa, email)

Danish delight for Barna basketballers

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Pictured are players from Barna Basketball Club who represented Ireland and won gold in u-16 girls basketball at the World Youth Games held in Aalborg, Denmark, last week.

Argos launches new look store in Galway

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

Argos is launching a further 21 new look stores across the country this August, including one store being unveiled in Galway, continuing the roll out of a new image for Argos in Ireland.

NUIG scholarship for unemployed and low incomes groups

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

This year, as a further effort to enhance access and participation opportunities for unemployed and low income groups, NUI Galway has approved a Scholarship Scheme to reduce fees for applicants in receipt of Job Seekers Benefit, Job Seekers Allowance and One-Parent Family Payment, who wish to enrol for part-time degree and diploma courses provided by the University, and who meet Department of Social Protection income thresholds.

One of the programmes to benefit from this welcome announcement is the BA in Community and Family Studies. This distance learning programme is a four year, part-time honours degree programme in Community and Family Studies.

Rate of decline in retail sales increases to six per cent

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

Irish retail sales levels continued to fall in the second quarter of 2011 according to Retail Excellence Ireland’s (REI) Irish Retail Industry Performance Review Q2 2011.

Overall, year-on-year sales levels fell by an average of six per cent during the second quarter of 2011, increasing from a rate of decline of three per cent in the first quarter. Unsurprisingly, this continued the longstanding trend of falling sales in Ireland’s retail industry and saw June 2011 recorded as the 40th consecutive month of sales decline.

Cannon to chair key committee as Government agrees to wind down FÁS

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., yesterday announced that a new further education and training authority called SOLAS (Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna) is to be established.

Marathon man local elected head of CIMA West

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

Brian Duffy FCMA of Maree Road, Oranmore has been elected chairman of the West of Ireland branch of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Eighty nine per cent of Irish office workers want a ‘greener’ office

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

Eighty nine per cent of Irish office workers would like their office to be more environmentally friendly, according to a recent survey by Epson Ireland. Ninety two per cent said the main driver in their wish for an environmentally friendly office is concern for the environment with only five per cent citing cost saving from green IT as a motivator. Despite Ireland’s current economic condition, Irish workers still chose a genuine concern for the environment over any financial consideration.

Of these green-friendly office workers, 12 per cent said they wanted to ‘help save the environment’ while 72 per cent of those surveyed said ‘it’s important to have a responsible approach to the environment’. Despite this concern for better environmental practice, the majority of companies which they work for do not have basic environmental policies in place.

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