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A total of 95 projects in Galway City and County have received more than €9.6million from the bequest to the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) from the will of the late Maureen O’Connell former owner of O’Connell’s pub in Eyre Square.

OCC Construction based in Galway which undertakes commercial building contracts has donated over €90,000 to charity organisations within Ireland since its inception in 2010. As a team of 12 OCC employees each nominate a charity to share a pot of over €20,000 donated by OCC construction.

Based on greater than anticipated calls in the lead-up to Christmas, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) is expecting no slowdown in the calls for help it will receive in 2019.

The reliance of thousands of Irish families on the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has remained consistently high over the past five years, and the numbers show no sign of decreasing in any significant way, said SVP Galway as it launched its annual appeal this week.

Back for a second year the AtlanTec Festival 2017 is a series of live events across the city, showcasing and celebrating the best of technology the city has to offer whilst providing networking, social, learning and business opportunities.

The perception of charity shops has changed over the past few decades.

To the children who sat through school this morning with empty rumbling tummies, the talk of the return of property boom means nothing. To the people who walk through town this week, staring at the windows, eyeing things they know they cannot afford, talk of a recovery means little. They stumble on, upright but overwhelmed by a sense of helplessness.

A local charity which is dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage in Galway spends more than €1 million a year on direct assistance. And the St Vincent de Paul charity says that despite the signs of economic recovery calls for help to the organisation show no sign of decreasing.

IT and network management software company Ipswitch has opened a permanent EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) centre of excellence at Citypoint, Prospect Hill. The permanent office locations signifies a substantial investment for the company and supports its EMEA growth strategy. Twelve research and development, sales and technical support team members will initially move in with a plan to increase headcount up to 60 in line with the positions announced last March.

Innovations in technology for the agricultural and defence sectors are being explored by the newly announced TechInnovate fellows at NUI Galway. The names of the entrepreneurial individuals who have been accepted onto the fellowship programme have been released.