Editorial

Making lemonade

Editorial Posted on 16/05/2012 by Hilary Martyn
@galwayindo
When life gives us lemons, we are advised to make lemonade, but sometimes it is difficult to identify the key ingredients that will turn something sour into something sweet, while more often than not we are so brow beaten and despondent we probably don’t even value the one ingredient we have. That said, the business community has always been ready and able to adapt when times gets tough, putting out feelers for new business or cutting back so as to hold on to what it has.
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  • Into light

    Editorial Posted on 09/05/2012 by Lorraine O' Hanlon
    @galwayindo
    A very special event takes place this Saturday morning at 4am, when Pieta House holds its annual fundraiser Darkness into Light. The 5km walk, which starts and finishes at Blackrock, is symbolic of the work of that the suicide and self-harm crisis centre does; providing a service to those in crisis and helping them through their darkest time.
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  • Maintaining advantage

    Editorial Posted on 02/05/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    Cisco’s announcement this week that it is to invest €26 million in its Research and Development facility here in Galway, creating 115 new high-quality jobs in the process, is great news for the local economy, coming as it does on top of numerous jobs announcements locally this year.
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  • Giving them vigour

    Editorial Posted on 25/04/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    You don’t have to see Damien Hirst’s ‘A Thousand Years’ installation, cow's head, maggot flies and all, to appreciate that everything has a life cycle, but you might agree with his sentiment, ‘You can frighten people with death or an idea of their own mortality, or it can actually give them vigour.
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  • Cutting our cloth

    Editorial Posted on 18/04/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    The confusion earlier this week over whether the Irish public would be made pay for their water meters exposes a Government that now seems to be implementing policies that it neither wants or wants to stand over.
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  • Painting the town red

    Editorial Posted on 11/04/2012 by Lorraine O' Hanlon
    @galwayindo
    Following the success of the inaugural Galway Food Festival over the Easter weekend, Galway City looks set to become a hub of a very different sort of activity this weekend, when the Labour Party National Conference rolls into town.
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  • Light it up

    Editorial Posted on 04/04/2012 by Lorraine O' Hanlon
    @galwayindo
    Odds are that we all know someone with an autism spectrum disorder, with researchers suggesting that the prevalence of autism is on the rise.   It is estimated that one in 110 children and one in 70 boys will be diagnosed with autism in the US and, although there are no comparable studies on autism in Ireland, researchers believe the prevalence here is similar to that found in the US.
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  • Forgive us their trespasses

    Editorial Posted on 28/03/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    There aren’t many times that the electorate would call for a referendum or state that they would welcome one, but the Government could be pretty sure of maximum turn-out on election day if they had the guts to put the issue of removing State pensions from corrupt politicians to a national vote.
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  • Women’s work still not done

    Editorial Posted on 07/03/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    International Women’s Day is a good time to take stock, to reflect on what women have achieved since the day was first celebrated back in the early 1900s and to see if life has actually improved for the fairer sex.
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  • Student disservice

    Editorial Posted on 29/02/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    If he deigned to set foot in Eyre Square last Wednesday night, Republican US presidential hopeful Rick Santorum would have had fuel for his claim that third level institutions are little more than ‘indoctrination mills’ intent on destroying Christian belief.
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  • Making contact

    Editorial Posted on 22/02/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    When Galway City Councillor Michael Crowe became mayor in 2010, he set out his agenda for the year ahead, citing among his proposals his ambition to see Chinese taught in Irish schools. His left-of-field proposal raised a few eyebrows at the time, but there wouldn’t be many people scoffing at the idea this week, as the country played host to Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping and the notion of establishing proper Irish-Chinese relations really took hold.
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  • Improving conditions

    Editorial Posted on 15/02/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    As with so much going on in the country as a whole at the moment, it is hard to reconcile a report on Galway’s business health status with the announcement of further expansion and job creation at one of Galway’s major employers.
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  • Worrying developments

    Editorial Posted on 08/02/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    Developments at Galway Airport last week, which have now led to workers staging a sit-in amid concerns over redundancy payments, sets a worrying precedent for business in this country and will leave employees in private enterprise wondering their position on the food chain when it comes to rights.
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  • Diversionary tactics

    Editorial Posted on 01/02/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    How many of us know what it is like to have a child with a learning disability?
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  • Electing women

    Editorial Posted on 25/01/2012 by Hilary Martyn
    @galwayindo
    “Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”   The Iron Lady may be making it big at the box office and on the awards circuit at the moment, but her opinion on women in politics seems to get short shrift in most political party circles come election time.
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