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Deciding where to chill out has become something of a national pastime in Ireland. Long days at work and even longer spells of rain have led us to seek our solace in the arms of the hospitality industry.

The countdown begins, with less than one month to go for the largest voluntary mission ever to leave Ireland with the Niall Mellon Township Trust Building Blitz.

IF YOU are going to get an endorsement, a presidential endorsement is the one to get - or at least from the man who went on to become president.

Who will be Galway’s 11th Young Entrepreneur of the Year? The success of the JCI Galway Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award can be seen from its 11 years in existence. The competition celebrates the entrepreneurial vision of budding young Galway entrepreneurs like past winners Mike O’Connor of Bellissimo, Liam Dilleen of EZ Living, Pearce Flannery of Pragmatica, and Declan Ganley of Rivada Communications. The diversity of business ventures has been the hallmark of the competition. It was the success of Joerg Mueller’s dream to turn herbal medicine into a profession that led him to win last year’s competition.

After months of thorough preparation, over 2,000 volunteers, including 48 volunteers from Westmeath, are preparing to leave today to work in the township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town, South Africa. 

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) Castlebar will host an enterprise evening in association with the GMIT Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC), on Monday December 8 from 5.30pm to 8.30pm.

Ruby Walsh adorns the cover of the Irish Racing Yearbook 2009, published this week — and the Galway Advertiser is giving away copies to racing fans in an end of year competition.

Arriving at Dublin Airport to fly with Ryanair without a pre-printed boarding has been an expensive mistake for many passengers this summer.

The former Irish rugby international Ciaran FitzGerald is among the 2009 NUI Galway Alumni Awards winners.

The great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Oct 27 1914 - Nov 9 1953) had absolutely no interest in school. He attended Swansea Grammar where his father, DJ Thomas, was the much feared English teacher. Both the boys and the staff were afraid of his temper, so much so that when Dylan, frequently bored with school, walked out murmuring that he was gong to write ‘bloody poetry’, if he met the headmaster on his way, the head would only nod, and say; “Don’t get caught, will you?”