What legacy are we handing to the next generation? The decisions we make today have a direct impact not only on our lives but also on our planet and the lives of our children tomorrow. Napoleon Bonaparte said “Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious that being able to decide..” We think we are… Read more »

by Galway Advertiser.   Inspiring You (the people who brought us the massive Galway Girl video and other inspirational (events) have joined forces with Salthill Village and Steeltech Garden Sheds to help raise awareness about plastic pollution in our seas and with your help, end it. They are asking primary and secondary school students across… Read more »

The Wind; In primary (grade) school I learned this little poem about the four winds …in Irish, or ‘as gaeilge’ as we say here in Ireland. The Irish or Gaelic it is written in, is lovely, rich and rhyming, in a kind of way. There’s a wonderful cadence to it and a predictable pattern, akin… Read more »

  Have your say on the regeneration of Nuns’ Island  Galway Advertiser, Thu, Feb 07, 2019   NUI Galway and Galway City Council have welcomed the commitment of the Government’s Urban Regeneration and Development Fund for the exciting regeneration of Nuns’ Island in the heart of Galway City. The commitment supports a major planning exercise,… Read more »

Dear Fellow Gardeners, We might not feel that spring is just around the corner during this cold spell.  It’s great to see some snow though – everything looks so pure and clean.  I just hope that nature didn’t get fooled as there were quite number of buds (including pear trees) bursting during the very mild… Read more »

Máistir Gaoithe National School in Kerry, one of the schools featured in the book By Seán Mac an tSíthighIriseoir Fise In an effort to preserve a forgotten part of Irish life, a Co Galway photographer has been documenting Ireland’s abandoned schoolhouses.Enda O’Flaherty has spent the last five years visiting more than 240 old schoolhouses. Over the course… Read more »

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 »