GMIT students to be laid to rest
by Ailbhe Nally
Two Irish students who died while away on Erasmus in Belgium are due to be laid to rest later this week.
The two GMIT students, Dace Zarina and Sara Gibadlo were killed in a house fire in their college accommodation in Leuven on Friday morning.
Both girls were second years students in the Bachelor of Business degree in hotel catering management in GMIT.
They had began a 30-week Erasmus work placement in January.
The girls will be flown home to their family’s home countries. Zarina will be buried in Latvia while Gibadlo will be buried in Poland.
A book of condolences has been opened at GMIT’s Galway campus while the college also plans to hold a memorial service for the two students as soon as the funeral arrangements have been decided.
Eight other students survived the fire in accommodation associated with the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe.
Students at GMIT said that Zarina and Gibadlo were two ‘very popular students’ and they are devastated by the tragedy.
It was first thought that safety checks were not carried out in the building but the college later on expressed a statement to prove that it followed the instructions with all necessary safety regulations.
Two Irish students who died while away on Erasmus in Belgium are due to be laid to rest later this week.
The two GMIT students, Dace Zarina and Sara Gibadlo were killed in a house fire in their college accommodation in Leuven on Friday morning.
Both girls were second years students in the Bachelor of Business degree in hotel catering management in GMIT.
They had began a 30-week Erasmus work placement in January.
The girls will be flown home to their family’s home countries. Zarina will be buried in Latvia while Gibadlo will be buried in Poland.
A book of condolences has been opened at GMIT’s Galway campus while the college also plans to hold a memorial service for the two students as soon as the funeral arrangements have been decided.
Eight other students survived the fire in accommodation associated with the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe.
Students at GMIT said that Zarina and Gibadlo were two ‘very popular students’ and they are devastated by the tragedy.
It was first thought that safety checks were not carried out in the building but the college later on expressed a statement to prove that it followed the instructions with all necessary safety regulations.
Road Buddy To Save Lives
by Ailbhe Nally
GMIT students have developed a mobile phone application which may save lives.
The Road Buddy app has been made to send a text message automatically to emergency services if there is a sudden collision on the road and there is no reaction from the user within 20 seconds.
The students who developed the app have won the Students Enterprise Award at the SCCUL Enterprise Awards. The award is aimed at celebrating entrepreneurship which will allow them to bring the design to market.
Gerard Nee, Alan O’Connor, Paula Kelly and Aisling Kenny are the four GMIT students who developed the app. The students are in their final year of software design and business degrees.
GMIT students have developed a mobile phone application which may save lives.
The Road Buddy app has been made to send a text message automatically to emergency services if there is a sudden collision on the road and there is no reaction from the user within 20 seconds.
The students who developed the app have won the Students Enterprise Award at the SCCUL Enterprise Awards. The award is aimed at celebrating entrepreneurship which will allow them to bring the design to market.
Gerard Nee, Alan O’Connor, Paula Kelly and Aisling Kenny are the four GMIT students who developed the app. The students are in their final year of software design and business degrees.
Charity Fundraiser
by Ailbhe Nally
The beauty therapy class in GTI are holding a ‘fundraiser’ tomorrow for 9:30am until 1pm.
Half of the money raised will be donated to the Galway Hospice Foundation while the other half will be used towards the defibrillator which will help serve the local community.
There will be a range of hair and beauty treatments and holistic treatments that will take place upstairs in GTI in rooms 9, 10 and 11.
Please come and support a good cause.
The beauty therapy class in GTI are holding a ‘fundraiser’ tomorrow for 9:30am until 1pm.
Half of the money raised will be donated to the Galway Hospice Foundation while the other half will be used towards the defibrillator which will help serve the local community.
There will be a range of hair and beauty treatments and holistic treatments that will take place upstairs in GTI in rooms 9, 10 and 11.
Please come and support a good cause.
Secrets To A Long Life
by Ailbhe Nally
Loughrea native Johanna Connaughton celebrated her 103rd birthday this week and said that the secret to a long life is to “live happy and sing a song.”
Mrs Connaughton, who has lived in Loughrea in Co. Galway for more than a century, celebrated her birthday with a party for family and friends, including her 19 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Mrs Connaughton was born in 1910 in Kilkee, Co Clare but moved to Gort with her family when she was only 9 months old.
In 1934 she married Paddy Connaughton and they had eight children – 6 boys and 2 girls – before Paddy passed away in 1991.
She told the Irish Independent about her love for telling stories and that her favourite songs to sing are Galway Bay and Kevin Barry.
Mrs Connaughton has many memories that include her ration book during the war years and even the black and tans threatening people around Galway.
She said that the reason she has lived a long life is because she does not drink or smoke, another factor to her longevity is her love of singing, reading and “being happy every day of your life.”
She spends some of her days living at her own home in Loughrea and other days living with her son Gerard and daughter-in-law Josephine.
Her daughter Dympna Conway said “She’s never had an ache or a pain in her life and her good health is because she was blessed with good genes.”
Loughrea native Johanna Connaughton celebrated her 103rd birthday this week and said that the secret to a long life is to “live happy and sing a song.”
Mrs Connaughton, who has lived in Loughrea in Co. Galway for more than a century, celebrated her birthday with a party for family and friends, including her 19 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Mrs Connaughton was born in 1910 in Kilkee, Co Clare but moved to Gort with her family when she was only 9 months old.
In 1934 she married Paddy Connaughton and they had eight children – 6 boys and 2 girls – before Paddy passed away in 1991.
She told the Irish Independent about her love for telling stories and that her favourite songs to sing are Galway Bay and Kevin Barry.
Mrs Connaughton has many memories that include her ration book during the war years and even the black and tans threatening people around Galway.
She said that the reason she has lived a long life is because she does not drink or smoke, another factor to her longevity is her love of singing, reading and “being happy every day of your life.”
She spends some of her days living at her own home in Loughrea and other days living with her son Gerard and daughter-in-law Josephine.
Her daughter Dympna Conway said “She’s never had an ache or a pain in her life and her good health is because she was blessed with good genes.”