As 2023 pulls slowly into focus, the growth of the Portershed over the past year is amazing to think about. In 2022, we opened two brand-new hubs in the heart of Galway city, our team grew, and we welcomed more and more start-ups through our doors. We also re-adjusted to life after Covid and started […]
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Our Galway Summer is well and truly here, and I am grateful to see that the energy, enthusiasm, and fun are back and in full swing. At the PorterShed, we’ve had many tech events, community get-togethers, and gatherings happening in recent months, and there’s no sign of things slowing down, which is pretty inspirational! It’s
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A recent poll carried about by the Western Development Commission revealed some of the most attractive destinations that people who are currently remote working are looking to relocate to – and Galway was right at the very top of the list. According to the National Remote Working Survey with the National University of Ireland Galway
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This week, Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, announced a raft of initiatives to support remote working. Among the key highlights were a voucher scheme to promote working from hubs as well as a €5 million investment under Connected Hubs to improve 81 remote working facilities nationwide. With news of these updates, it’s
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On Friday, June 3rd, Republic of Work hosted First Fridays for Start-ups in the heart of Cork City – and it was an outstanding success! The PorterShed team paid a visit to the Rebel County hub to soak up the atmosphere, meet some people, and get to grips with Cork’s start-up ecosystem. It was a
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Carol Ho is the Chief Operating Officer of Baseworx, a company that helps hubs to better manage their co-working spaces. Their easy-to-use software means that hub managers can seamlessly oversee the day-to-day operations from their own devices. All across Ireland, the hubs on the ConnectedHubs.ie platform benefit from Baseworx’s solution – helping many of them
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Originally from Limerick, David McMahon has spent the best part of his life living outside Ireland, in England. A recent return visit to his home country saw David reconnect with places his family have ties with, and it also saw him continue his journey towards rejecting the traditional 9-5 framework. An experienced professional, David works
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As part of our Galway’s Calling jobs newsletter, each month we’ll be bringing you a chat with one of our PorterShed members to talk about what attracted them to Galway and what they love so much about living and working in the City of Tribes…and this week we have Ty Brush, A-LIGN Sales Director, EMEA
A-LIGN Sales Director Ty Brush: “We’ve built a community base in Galway” Read More »