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1520 Bar, a jewel in the heart of Galway’s Latin Quarter, has just launched a mouthwatering new food offering. Combining the best of local produce in a new tapas style menu, head chef Nicolas Betts, who has recently returned to Galway having worked in Spain for more than 20 years is bringing a Latin influence to the venue with pinchitos, gambas al ajilio, croquetas de jamon serrano, and tortilla con chorizo among the delicious additions to the menu.

1520 Bar, a jewel in the Heart of Galway’s Latin Quarter has just launched a mouth-watering new food offering. Combining the best of local produce into their new tapas style menu that embraces it’s the Latin theme, and Ideal style for Head Chef Nicolas Betts who has recently returned to Galway having worked in Spain for over 20 years. With Pinchitos, Gambas Al Ajilio, Croquetas de Jamon Serrano, Tortilla con Chorizo to name a few delicious additions to the tapas style menu.

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.

Between the years 1845 and 1855 more than 2.1 million people emigrated from Ireland. They streamed into Liverpool, Manchester, Boston and New York. Many were diseased, hungry, dirty, broken spirited, with barely any personal belongings. Some embarked actually naked.

A revolutionary telecoms cable connecting Galway to Iceland will begin being laid underwater this year with the final section to be pulled ashore over a five-day period at Balloughane Beach in the next two years.

You might remember me mentioning last week that I’d been ordering tulips, so just to remind you, you still have several weeks to plant the bulbs if you haven’t already. As they originate in the Middle East (not in Holland – the Dutch are just brilliant at growing and breeding them), they really need baking heat in summer, after the flower and foliage has yellowed and died down, in order to flower the following year. (Don’t we all.) This not always being forthcoming in Northern Europe, for every dozen you plant you could be lucky if two or three bother to show up in year two. That said, nothing else makes such a colourful display in late spring – so if you’re thinking of indulging, here are a few suggestions.

Galway has been designated as a landing location for international telecommunications cables with increased availability of terrestrial networks across the country enabling this. Farice, which is fully owned by the Icelandic Government and currently owns and operates two submarine cables that connect Iceland to Northern Europe, has been undertaking preparatory work for a new submarine fibre cable from Iceland to Europe via Galway since early 2019.

Portwest has announced an investment in Italian company Base Protection footwear, a premium safety footwear brand.

Royal Caribbean has launched its new 2020/21 brochure featuring countless amazing ideas to inspire your next adventure. For a limited time only, the company is offering buy one cruise fare, get one 60 per cent off, on selected sailings worldwide. Cruises must be booked by December 16 to avail of this offer.

Are you thinking of a cruise in 2020? For a limited time only, MSC is offering a free upgrade from an interior cabin to an ocean view balcony cabin. Cruises must be booked by November 24 to avail of this offer.