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lway to mentor adam collison one of the finalists in this year s threesis a competition for postgraduate researchers to explain their work in 3 minutes on 3 slides in front of 3 judges in a way that is clear engaging relevant to a lay or public audience adam is a final year phd student in physics and his research focuses on evaluating the impact of energy retrofits on indoor air quality in public buildings specifically offices and schools he is passionate about his research as he said himself what excites me most about my work is that air quality affects absolutely everyone no one can survive without air yet the factors that shape it indoors are poorly understood by most air quality is something that i too have a strong interest in having being involved through insight research ireland centre for data analytics in citizen science projects such as the air we share part of decarbonising galway with liz coleman galway city council at the grand finale yesterday adam came second in a very strong field so a big bualadh bos to adam for achieving silver a well deserved award and recognition i ensured that i got my photo taken with him prof donal leech dean of graduate studies though not involved anymore in an organisational role i have had a long association with threesis having being one of its founding members in 2012 along with ann lyons dave finn ena brophy dr lorraine tansey louise nolan ruth hynes sarah knight valerie parker i got the idea for it from the national thesis in 3 that was then organised by sfi now taighde eireann specifically for research centres personnel which had started in 2010 with the first winner being eyal oren from my own nuig institute of deri i felt that we could do something similar in galway that threesis would be a catchy name the original committee comprising a fantastic lively bunch of visionaries agreed but we expanded it to include both students staff from across all disciplines ensuring too that the judging panel reflected the wider galway society in the early years we also hosted the finals in the city centre soon got gmit now atu involved in our first year 2012 the grand final see right image on dual photo was held in the galway building of the local branch of jigsaw the national centre for youth mental health the audio visual technical manager then now was the highly professional cormac staunton at the first final the 3 judges were liam bluett director of ballybane enterprise centre frances shanahan rte journalist prof terry smith vice president of research at what was then nui galway after 14 years it s so good to see the university of galway s office of research innovation team keeping threesis going from strength to strength maith daoibh no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels galway insight centre for data analytics ireland reserch ireland sfi threesis university of galway just 3 a wonderfully successful environmental partnership between university the wider galway community i was honoured to be with the wonderful international student officer louise kelly as we represented the university of galway s just 3 initiative at the finals of the all ireland education awards 2026 for the third level sector that was held last week in county meath we were present on the night in the companionship of a number of other great project nominees from the university of galway namely university of galway access centre erasmus pep project university of galway ideaslab it was the latter that ensured that galway took home a top prize being winners of the best collaboration award for its building the empathy studio through co creation collaboration so a big bualadh bos to natalie team though just 3 did not win the international engagement award this time around nevertheless we were proud that it received national recognition as it provides a unique meaningful opportunitiy for international students studying at our university to undertake weekly conservation activities in terryland forest park alongside members of the wider population of galway city volunteering activities include tree wildflower plantings removing invasive species developing eco heritage trails restoring rural features litter picking introducing sustainable farming there s also a very critical built in social dimension to just 3 as after every group work activity volunteers come together to share stories over coffee tea biscuits in a relaxed café setting participants gain essential social health environmental benefits from working with others in nature so even though the international students may only be 2 3 academic terms living in ireland nevertheless their legacy is a lasting one by planting trees wildflowers in our city they are putting permanent roots in irish soil helping make ireland a better place for both people for biodiversity the just 3 intiative was founded in 2024 by louise kelly myself assisted by the then students union president dean kenny who designed the eye catching poster the university society s officer rena hughes su environmental officer malena thren the then alive coordinator dr lorraine tansey so we were so delighted that the bubbly energetic ever so friendly lorraine tansey was present at the education awards to jointly receive the most innovative digital transformation award for the studentvolunteer ie website though lorraine is now helping in coodinating student volunteering nationwide in her capacity as programme manager at student volunteer ireland we in galway are still benefiting from her efforts for it is through the student volunteer website that students sign up for just 3 in order to undertake tuatha terryland forest park activities this registration process is coordinated locally by my good friend ann o brien as the university s community engagement officer no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest april another busy month mentoring schools even with the long easter holidays break for schools insight research ireland centre for data analytics still managed in april to host at the university of galway s data science institute dsi multiple primary secondary business and language schools as well as students from french swedish colleges for a combination of ai themed research talks coding workshops and guided museum tours we also provided stem workshops talks in classrooms from abbey in south galway to creggs in north galway and from galway city to ballinlough in county roscommon a total of 15 events so a big thank you míle buíochas once again to my insight galway colleagues who made all of this school mentoring possible namely alan reidy andrew simpkin alex acquier duc duy nguyen elizabeth hunter erik de jong finn krewer ghanshyam verma ifeoluwapo aribilola jim duggan kashif shaheed majjed al qatf muhammad yasar khan phd olusegun agbabiaka phd umair ul hassan ronan timon shunmuga priya mc and yang yang ag tosú ar an gcéad lá de bhealtaine déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall an beagán gaeilge atá agam a úsáid i mo chuid teagaisc i scoileanna i gcarna i ros muc agus i gcathair na gaillimhe tá súil agam go gcuideoidh sé liom feabhas a chur ar mo chumas múineadh trí úsáid a bhaint as an ngaeilge no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest galway city stakeholders united in demand for corrib cycling pedestrian bridge after a packed public meeting on the need for the long overdue construction of a pedestrian cycling bridge over the river corrib a multi sectoral delegation was set up to meet with senior management in galway city council on the issue this group comprising members with community business cycling waterways tourism heritage and environmental interests recently met with the council s director of services derek pender and project engineer micheál cormican we were informed that in spite of funding being withdrawn by the national transport authority nta which had previously been committed and which could have meant the death knell for the construction of a bridge on top of the former galway city clifden railway line the council undertook immediate decisive action to secure the agreement of the national urban regeneration development fund which was set up under the national development plan 2018 2027 for the local authority to progress the project through the relevant statutory planning process to continue with this process in a situation when there was no financial or policy support from the nta we were told that internally the local authority has transferred the project from its nta funded office for active travel projects to the newly established office for project management and capital delivery we commend city hall for taking this progressive course of action however it s important for the general public to realise that the funding currently in place is to bring the project through the statutory planning consent process only and there is currently no funding model in place when this planning and design phase is completed therefore there is still a serious question mark over whether this bridge will ever become a reality sadly we have been here before in 1999 it was declared that this bridge to be known as the millennium bridge would be open to the public by december 2000 acting as a hub connecting to the newly opened terryland forest park to the nearby developing cultural district and to a proposed series of recreational facilities and a network of paths along the river corrib and canals through no fault of the council at the time the bridge did not come to pass over a quarter of a century later though its importance as a vital piece of urban infrastructure has only grown in stature for it would provide a safe active travel route connecting people on both sides of the river corrib to their places of work including the planned urban village to be built on what is now the dyke road carpark and study as well as to hospitals leisure facilities and areas rich in biodiversity futhermore it would by directly connecting into the long overdue connemara greenway dramatically boost sustainable tourism and bring huge economic benefits to the region west of the corrib support for the bridge includes galway city council the urban regeneration and development fund urdf section of department of housing local government and heritage the university of galway community organisations such as the galway city community network in the city and the connemara greenway alliance in the county heritage waterways advocates such as corrib beo and businesses such as aerogen as well as multiple schools and health advocates in order to ensure that the bridge is built a newly formed multi sectoral grouping will amongst other actions be writing to all national political representatives for galway west as well as to all candidates in the upcoming by elections requesting their public support and asking to state what actions they can undertake to ensure funding is secured at a national level once the statutory planning process is completed we realise of course that there is wide political support but after so many delays over so many decades we need at this stage firm political action for the construction of what will become a icon and a symbol of a new sustainable galway photo shows attendees at corrib bridge meeting in city hall l r micheal o cinneide jen cunningham justine delaney brendan smith brendan mulligan freddy valla micheál cormican and derek pender not in photo bernadette mullarkey no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels active travel connemara connemara greenway corrib environment galway galway city sustainability google glasses a visiting german student at the museum today tries out the google glasses from 2014 why not come along to our fabulous technology heritage facility and try out these iconic glasses and mor of our latest additional artifacts this saturday april 4th we are open to the general public from 11am to 2pm eircode h91 aex4 register at https www eventbrite ie e 1985806304112 aff oddtdtcreator no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels computer and communications museum of ireland computer museum galway insight centre for data analytics university of galway 61 schools youth events organised in january march 2026 ever since our return from the christmas holidays it has been all systems go at the insight research ireland centre for data analytics as we continue to deliver a range of exciting meaningful educational programmes both directly in schools for those visiting the data science institute dsi of the university of galway whilst our engaged research projects involve partnerships with businesses local government state agencies health professionals farmers communities not only in ireland but all across europe we have always since our inception given significant attention to our irish school going population not only in upskilling them in technology skills that fit within the educational curriculum in providing role models in the form of young researchers in making them aware of career opportunities over our multiple research fields which align with the united nations 17 sustainable development goals sdgs but also in making them as well as their teachers parents fully aware of how to counter the dark side of the web especially now in an era of growing abuse of ai by major players our educational activities range from coding virtual reality digital local heritage workshops to research talks on ai data science to guided tours of the computer and communication museum of ireland and in providing age appropriate presentations on internet safety from early jan to end of march we will have organised 61 events for schools youth groups after school clubs university societies e g in engineering computing innovation in counties roscommon mayo offaly galway as well as in galway city i myself also got the opportunity to travel overseas in my epe role this month and last i mentored in the island school of inishbofin furthermore we make certain that we deliver programmes to delivering equality of opportunity in schools deis that have high concentrations of disadvantage thanks to insight galway volunteers we ve ensured that our educational public engagement epes programmes are as strong in 2026 as they were in proceeding years so a big thank you bualadh bos to our researchers abdul wahid al waskow alan reidy alex acquier carlos tighe duc duy nguyen ifeoluwapo aribilola jefkine kafunah katarzyna stasiewicz gaurav negi kashif shaheed lucas rabelo liz hurley luke porwol shakir bilal janak kapuriya jim duggan jefkine kafunah john andrew umair ul hassan muhammad sohaib ayub muhammad yasar khan phd prateek paul ronan timon tunde ajayi as well as to our great operations team of brian wall christiane leahy coen claire browne gerard conneely phd maria smyth michelle treacy tomas grigas phd psm i as 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