Local language teacher wins second award
A DEDICATED local language teacher has won a prestigious award for the second time in four years.
Georgia Gallagher speaks three languages and teaches extracurricular French and Spanish classes under her language school ‘Greystones Languages for Children’ through the award-winning La Jolie Ronde programmes at primary schools and open centres in and around County Wicklow.
Georgia recently won the much acclaimed La Jolie Ronde Licensee of the Year Award for Ireland for the second time in four years. She came first out of 30 licensees in Ireland and was rewarded for providing high-quality language classes, maintaining and developing her business and displaying effective marketing and promotion.
‘I am absolutely thrilled to have won again,’ said Georgia. ‘I first won it back in 2015 so to win for the second time is a great honour. Learning another language is even more important than ever in today’s increasingly interconnected world. Young children are highly adaptable so learning a new language is often very easy for them. With my classes I ensure my pupils are relaxed, having fun and under no pressure. I feel it is very important, if a child is to embrace languages, that any language experience becomes an enjoyable part of their life.’
Georgia’s passion for languages was ignited firstly at school where she studied both French and German at A Level. She then travelled back and forth to France and Germany: living, working and studying for some six years, before finally graduating from Wolverhampton University with a BA (Hons) degree in languages, business and information technology. She also went on to teach English and French at a finishing school in Switzerland and an English language school in New Zealand.
Today Georgia’s language business has gone from strength to strength. Together with two tutors, Rachel and Janine, they currently teach 15 weekly classes of both French and Spanish to almost 100 children in local primary schools in Greystones and Newcastle, as well as Patrick’s Parish Centre, Greystones. There are plans in the pipeline to open a new centre in Wicklow town this September.
Alan Cox, principal at Temple Carrig Secondary School, endorses the classes and is encouraging parents of children in primary school to get their children learning languages early. He is also fully supportive of classes being established in Wicklow town.
BASED in Ballinaclough, Co Wicklow, Gaelic Plant Hire has been announced as headline sponsor of the biannual Machinery Movers Industry and Operator Awards, which take place on March 21 at Lyrath Estate in Co Kilkenny.
The awards recognise excellence and reward outstanding achievements of individuals, operators and companies in the area of construction and quarry machinery.
The awards ceremony will be attended by over 600 construction, plant and equipment professionals, including manufacturers, dealers and construction and quarry companies.
Gaelic Plant Hire is an award-winning national plant hire company, with an range of premium brands and newest technology available in heavy and general plant and access equipment, providing best-in-class customer service and strategic agility.
Keith Manning, managing director of Gaelic
Plant Hire, said: ‘We are constantly reviewing and forecasting our clients’ future needs, branching out into heavy plant hire.
‘Gaelic Plant Hire is an avid supporter of continuous industry improvements and feel it is important to enhance awareness for the recognition of the great work and contribution of the plant industry, hence the reason we are the headline sponsor for the Machinery Movers Industry and Operator Awards.’
He said customer centricity is deeply rooted in the company’s business efforts, hence its All Ireland Business Finalist Accreditation. This is a quality mark to signify the highest standards of customer service and trust, which is based on customer feedback, a bespoke approach to clients, plus strategic leadership and agility.
The awards are open to all companies and operators in the construction and quarrying sector on the island of Ireland.