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A diabetes educator from Galway has received a prestigious international award. Ciara Heverin, who delivers Type 2 diabetes courses under the DESMOND programme, has been presented with the ‘Educator of the Year’ awards in the inaugural Celebrating DESMOND awards.

Mary Golden from Carrowholly, Westport, recently enjoyed a VIP trip to London in recognition of her 20 years’ service with Sodexo Ireland, one of the country’s biggest food and facilities management providers. Mary is one of the Sodexo staff based at Allergan in Westport and she joined over 120 colleagues from across Ireland and the UK for lunch on-board the Bateaux London Symphony, the city’s largest restaurant cruise vessel, taking in the famous sights of London along the River Thames. Following the cruise, Mary and the other recipients enjoyed a celebratory dinner at Madame Tussauds and a presentation of their chosen gift in recognition of their many years of service by Debbie White, chief executive of Sodexo UK and Ireland.

More than 50 employers and universities will exhibit at AIT’s careers fair, an increase of 20 per cent on 2013. The fair takes place from 10am-2pm on Thursday November 13.

The former chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling on Health Minister Leo Varadker to ensure a successor is appointed promptly to fill the position being vacated by the head of the West North West Hospitals Group.

Embo Medical, an early stage medical device company based in NUI Galway’s Business Innovation Centre and focused on developing technology to shut down blood flow in blood vessels, has secured €3 million in seed-funding.

KPMG is the leading business advisory firm in the West of Ireland with a presence in Galway which is now in its 35th year. The Galway office has over 70 professionals providing audit, tax and advisory services to a wide range of clients in the BMW and Mid West region.

Insider is, this week, looking at the contest for the Labour leadership, from a Labour perspective, in the aftermath of what was a disastrous election for the party in which it lost three seats on the Galway City Council.

boost to the Ballina area when he announced that Hollister Incorporated, a speciality medical products company, is to invest €80 million at their facility in Ballina. Hollister is one of the largest employers in Ballina and contributed more than €60 million to the Irish economy in 2013. Hollister Ireland was established in Ballina in 1976. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hollister Incorporated and currently employs over 500 people in both new product development and manufacturing.

Health Care Informed (HCI), based in Galway and Dublin, international provider of patient safety and quality improvement support services, has been appointed as advisor to the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), Qatar.

The sale of Eyre Square Shopping Centre represents a rare opportunity to not only acquire income from a prime shopping centre located in Galway city centre, it also provides redevelopment prospects which will be greatly welcomed by the numerous tenants currently seeking to acquire retail accommodation in the popular Galway retail market.