Dear Fellow Gardeners, We would like to thank all our seed customers and newsletter readers for your support and wish you a wonderful and happy new year.  The year 2018 was challenging for many gardeners while others were quite lucky and had one of their best gardening years.   This is what makes gardening exciting –… Read more »

H e a r t f u l n e s s  I r e l a n d   N e w s l e t t e r December 21st  2018 Issue 26 Newgrange Winter Solstice “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love… Read more »

The dedicated service that Phelim Murphy gave to Galway GAA was acknowledged when he was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Law by NUIG at a special ceremony last week. Thankfully Phelim, who is now in advanced years and in poor health, was able to attend this special event and was joined by his family… Read more »

Here in Qatar we celebrated Qatar National Day on the 18th December. Businesses and schools closed in honour and there are events planned for a four-day period around the celebrations. Compounds, walled-in housing estates behind gates and a guard, are decorated by the property management companies. Qataris spray paint their cars in the maroon and white of… Read more »

€350k for Claregalway & District Day Care Centre! THE planned expansion of the Claregalway and District Day Care Centre is to benefit from a capital allocation of €350,000 towards the cost of its new purpose-built day care facility and independent living units. Construction is currently underway on a site in the village, which was generously… Read more »

There was stunned silence as news spread of the untimely and unexpected passing of Agnes Lenihan of Claregalway.  Just over twelve months ago the family and friends gathered to pay respects to her husband tom who lost a long battle with cancer, and the passing of Agnes came as a huge blow to the entire… Read more »

Dear Fellow Gardeners, The year 2018 has been a very busy and exciting year for me travelling and discovering new (or old) vegetable crops from the Andes and trialling them here. Apart from the Inca crops we also trialled a North American crop that has been grown in Europe since the 1700’s but has never… Read more »

GIY Weekly Column November 24th 2018 Pretty much every taxi journey I’ve ever been on has resulted in the driver telling me how his Dad or Grandad grew all their own food. It’s a common theme whenever I tell people what I work at.  It always strikes me just how many people in my generation… Read more »

Preaseisiúint ó Chomhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe & Gaillimh le Gaeilge                                                                                                 English version follows LÁNCHOSC GO DTÍ:  DÉ LUAIN 26 SAMHAIN 2018 @ 8.00R.N                                                                                                                                                   Plean Teanga do Chathair na Gaillimhe Déanfaidh an Oifig Taighde, laistigh d’Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, plean teanga seacht mbliana (2019-2026) a ullmhú agus a sheachadadh do Chathair na Gaillimhe. Sna míonna amach… Read more »

The last days of October are cold and confusing. The Autumnal colours are gone, the trees are bare and the air is damp. The clocks are set back hour making the days short, and the nights long and lonesome. The grass won’t grow again until Spring, and so livestock are taken in from the fields… Read more »

High-profile business women urge others to join development programme for ambitious female entrepreneurs 30th October 2018 L-R: Olivia Lynch Partner KPMG; Mary O’Brien CEO videoDoc and Julie Sinnamon CEO Enterprise Ireland Going for Growth launches call for applicants for the 11th cycle of award-winning programme  Susan Spence and Marissa Carter among Lead Entrepreneurs  Focus on ambitious… Read more »