Connemara West plc welcomes the inclusion of its education-led development strategy as one of the case studies in the government’s National Planning Framework, which was launched as part of Project Ireland 2040 in Sligo Institute of Technology by Taoiseach Leo Varadakar TD on Friday February 16th. Project Ireland 2040 is the government’s overarching policy initiative to provide comprehensive social, economic and cultural infrastructure for Ireland up to 2040 and has [...]

Ministers Michael Ring and Sean Kyne and Hildegarde Naughton, T.D. visited  Tullycross last Friday  to discuss Connemara West's ambitious plans to develop  a International  Residential Education Centre in Tullycross.  The Minsters also met with Professor Mike Lorr, Director of the Aquinas College 2018 Ireland Programme and Michelle Plumsted, Assistant Director and the Aquinas 2018 student group.

The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, visited the GMIT Letterfrack Friday 10 November to mark the 30th anniversary of the partnership between Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Connemara West plc. This partnership has been responsible for the establishment of Ireland’s leading education and training facility for furniture design, wood technology and teacher education. Over that time more than 1,300 graduates have emerged from the campus which was designated The [...]

Seán Kyne, TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Gaeltacht and Natural Resources, unveiled the corner stone of Connemara West’s ambitious International Residential Education Centre, in the village of Tullycross, County Galway, today. The Centre will consist of a state-of-art newly built education hub with a 50 seat auditorium; a wifi-enabled library; group study/breakout rooms; video conferencing facilities; meeting rooms; a conference room; community meeting rooms and a [...]

Aquinas College from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA officially launched their new Ireland Study Abroad Programme in Tullycross, Co. Galway, today April 4th 2017. Although Aquinas College have brought students to the Connemara village for 44 years, 2017 marks a change in the structure and delivery of their Ireland programme, changes that will ensure that the programme continues to flourish in the coming decades. The new programme has been restructured to [...]

New England College from New Hampshire, Greater Boston Area brought 12 students and 3 Professors to Tullycross, Renvyle, Co. Galway from 7th to 19th March as part of a global learning programme. The programme, ‘Live Local – Think Global’, sought to immerse students into a small village with a unique environmental and economic model. New England College, which is a private, non-profit college, located in the quintessential New England town [...]

Connemara West included in the Action Plan for Rural Development launched by the government on Monday January 23rd. Action 165 of the Plan is based on Connemara West's plans around the provision of Education Services to US colleges as an innovative model of local development. This project underpins Action 165 of ‘Realising our Potential: Connemara West plc together with other stakeholders is responsible for the delivery of the action.

In November 2015, Michael O’Neill was presented with an Hononary Fellowship by GMIT President Dr Fergal Barry at the GMIT Conferring Ceremonies in Galway. Michael O’Neill, one of the founding Directors and first company secretary of Connemara West, has an unparalleled record and legacy in community activism. He has held the position of Secretary of Muintir na Tíre Community Council, Chairman of the Galway County Federation of Community Councils, Founding [...]