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According to the latest residential market review and outlook from leading property advisors DNG, house prices are set to continue rising this year, following the strong growth in values recorded in 2021. At a national level (excluding Dublin) the DNG National Price Gauge (NPG) recorded an increase in the average price of a second hand home of 13.6 per cent last year, a marked acceleration in the rate of inflation compared to 2020 when prices rose by 1.4 per cent. At the national level (including Dublin) the overall rate of price increase last year stood at 12.0 per cent. The NPG, which tracks house prices across the country on a half yearly basis, recorded growth of 5.3 per cent in the six months to December 2021, compared to an increase of 7.9 per cent in the first six months of last year.

The Cormac Trust, set up in the name of the late Tyrone footballer Cormac McAnallen, is to support research at NUI Galway into Sudden Adult Death Syndrome and the development of future genetic cures.

When Desmond Kavanagh came to Galway in 1972 to commence an orthodontist practice at the Crescent, not only did he have to apologise for his quiet, lilting Donegal accent, but also for his medical qualification.

SOMETIMES A chance event can dictate the entire course of a life, one random instance can establish a pathway and a pattern to follow.

Post-pandemic, fitness and lifestyle coach Alan Quin has developed a programme that will appeal to busy people who may have concerns about safety and privacy or may not favour the conventional gym.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has announced 17 new apprenticeship programmes will be developed during 2022.

SCCUL Enterprises CLG has been awarded Social Enterprise of the Year 2022 by the All Ireland Business Foundation. In a virtual ceremony just before Christmas the local social enterprise were announced as top of their category for the year.

While three in 10 people say their spending has disimproved since Covid-19 began, a similar number have actually improved their financial behaviours.

Commenting on the most recent CSO Residential Property Price Index for October IPAV, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, said one-off houses are driving the strong growth especially in desirable areas such as the South East within reach of the capital, which saw an increase of 18.6 percent.

The basic income guarantee scheme for artists and arts workers being piloted this year, will be “a stabilising and supportive financial measure to those who give so much to the public”.