The commercial market throughout Galway city and the west of Ireland has proven to be resilient throughout 2023. In the first quarter of the year, the commercial market stabilised after an unprecedented 2022 which saw some major challenges as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. What began as a steady start in 2023 turned out to be one of the most active within the commercial section of O’Donnellan & Joyce in recent years, regardless of rising interest rates and market uncertainty.
Ireland’s premier Led Zeppelin tribute band, No Stairway, will play two shows in Róisín Dubh next Saturday - the first at 3:30pm is open to all ages, and the second is at 8.30pm, adults only. You can expect to hear some of the greatest hard rock and blues songs ever recorded.
Four out of 10 female executives in Galway believe they have missed out on a raise or promotion due to their gender, according to a new survey conducted by Galway Chamber.
Mitchell Henry’s final days in Kylemore were sad ones. His adored wife Margaret had died at 45 years-of-age, and rested in a simple brick mausoleum in the grounds of his palatial Kylemore Castle. His political life, into which he put a great deal of personal effort, advocating on behalf of all Irish tenants the rights for them to own their own land, was out manoeuvred by Charles Stewart Parnell and the Land League. Henry described the Land League methods as ‘dishonest, demoralising and unchristian’. He probably was not surprised to lose his Galway seat in the general election of 1885. He blamed ‘Parnalite intimidation’.
A new Plaza Group service station in Loughrea has opened its doors with the creation of over 60 jobs locally. The Loughrea Service Station consists of Supermac’s, a Supermac’s Drive Thru, Papa John’s, Mac’s Place Deli, Moo Parlour and a Bewley’s Barista.