The CRAIC on
Saturday 4th October 2014
CRAICing News!!!
By Rebecca CASSERLY
• 9:45am: The Galway Bay 10K and half marathon takes place today. • 10am: Bake Fest takes place this weekend in Leisureland in aid of ACT for Meningitis. With shops, celebrity guests, a competition area and lots more for the baking enthusiast for a good cause. • 10am: Colin Farrell’s acting coach, Conal Kearney, is in town for a special two day actors workshop at the Town Hall Studio. • 2pm: A special talk takes place at An Taibhdhearc about Galway’s Famous Three-in-a-Row – when Galway beat Kerry in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship - with Jim Carney and a host of Galway players and fans on the 50th anniversary of this triumph. • 6pm: A leg wax for the Saving Grace fund takes place upstairs in Monroe’s Live with DJ, finger food and amazing spot prizes. • 6:30pm: The Lit and Deb Alumni Ball takes place at the Westwood Hotel for past and present members. • 7:30pm: ISOC and the Malaysian Society will celebrate Eid Ul Adha at Áras na Mac Léinn, NUIG. • 8pm: Defender of the Faith, by Stuart Carolan of Love/Hate, takes place at the Town Hall Theatre. • 8pm: Galway FC will be present the inaugural Tommy Keane Player of the Year award at Monroes Tavern, followed by a Galway FC race night. • 8pm: City Arts Officer, James Harrold will launch an exhibition by Denise Hogan Design at Renzo Gallery Café on Eyre Street. • Midnight: Join Able Archer and the Who Knows at Monroe’s Live to dance the night away.
Who will be Galway’s next Young Entrepreneur?
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CI (Junior Chamber International), Galway are on the hunt for the 16th Young entrepreneur winner. Applications are now being accepted for this award; the longest running awards of its type in Galway. They seek to recognise and reward the achievement of the county’s best entrepreneurs aged 18-40. “The competition highlights the accomplishments of entrepreneurs and rewards entrepreneurial endeavour in Galway, and thus acts as a means of encouraging and developing indigenous, sustainable employment, which is vital to the region”. Garry Lohan, JCI Galway President 2014 tells us. The 1st award was won by wellknown Galway businessman Gene Browne (The City Bin Co.) in 1999, and other past winners include Liam Dilleen (EZ Living), Kevin Nugent (Mr.
Waffle), Nicky Deasy (Foundation Nepal) and last years winner Patrick McDermott from Stocktaking.ie. Ronan Walsh, Finalist 2013 & JCI VP 2014 explains how the awards impacted on his business, “The awards give an incredible boost to a business, I was lucky enough to have been selected as a finalist in 2013. Entrepreneurship can be lonely at times and the JCI awards give recognition for your achievements and a fantastic media profile in the local press”. JCI (Junior Chamber International) Galway are currently finalising the prize fund and it’s shaping up to be a substantial fund in excess of €50,000. Applications for this year’s awards are now open, with businesses encouraged to complete the application process which can be downloaded from jcigalway.org or by sending an email to gye@jcigalway. org . Let’s see what CRAICing young entrepreneurs we have in Galway!