Day 04

Louth

Galway

12 hr 34 min

TRAVEL TIME

203

DISTANCE

155

FUEL AMOUNT

UNIT

Thursday 8 September 2022

Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Roscommon & Galway

Sights to see in Louth and Galway

The Road to Ireland’s first morning waking up outside Dublin. While the others caught up on some sleep (and work) Phill, George, and Mark were excited to breathe in the fresh Irish country air. An early morning wander through the Dundalk countryside led the guys to the ruins of Castle Roche, the Hill of Faughart, and the Proleek Dolmen. After a morning filled with sightseeing, it was time to pick up the rest of the crew and set out for the day. The team’s first interview of the day was at Wuxi Biologics’ beautiful brand new facility in Dundalk. There we had the pleasure of interviewing Brendan McGrath, the Ireland Site Head and VP of Manufacturing. Brendan was kind enough to walk the team around Wuxi’s campus, and we even got a few snaps of the DeLorean looking nice and shiny. As the team traveled to Galway, Nigel and Lucas learned of one of the DeLorean’s shortcomings: no AC. Luckily their next stop would make them forget all about their travel woes. With the crystal blue sea behind them, we couldn’t have dreamt up a more stunning backdrop for our interview with Hi-Tech Health’s Managing Director, Brian Harrison. After enjoying the view it was time to head to that night’s resting spot: Galway City.

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Brendan McGrath, Vice President of Manufacturing and Ireland Site Head at WuXi Biologics, talks to Nigel Walker about WuXi Biologics’ mission to locally replicate existing technology from China in other markets, closing the distance between suppliers and the market in order to reduce long supply chains and make treatments more easily available worldwide.

Louth Stats

Louth

In Irish / As Gaeilge

An Lu

City / County Nickname

The Wee County ('wee' meaning small, as Louth is the smallest county)

City / County Slogan

Master of All Arts

2022 Population

139,100

Average Age

36.4

# Of Hospitals

PUBLIC 2

PRIVATE 0

# OF GPs

GP CENTRES 48

OUT OF HOURS GP CARE 1

Meath Stats

Meath

In Irish / As Gaeilge

An Mhí

City / County Nickname

The Royal County

City / County Slogan

Together Strong

2022 Population

220,296

Average Age

35.2

# Of Hospitals

PUBLIC 1

PRIVATE 0

# OF GPs

GP CENTRES 51

OUT OF HOURS GP CARE 1

Westmeath Stats

Westmeath

In Irish / As Gaeilge

An Iarmhí

City / County Nickname

The Lake County

City / County Slogan

Noble above nobility

2022 Population

95,840

Average Age

36.8

# Of Hospitals

PUBLIC 1

PRIVATE 1

# OF GPs

GP CENTRES 36

OUT OF HOURS GP CARE 2

Roscommon Stats

Roscommon

In Irish / As Gaeilge

Ros Comáin

City / County Nickname

The Rossies

City / County Slogan

Steadfast Irish heart

2022 Population

69,995

Average Age

39.7

# Of Hospitals

PUBLIC 1

PRIVATE 0

# OF GPs

GP CENTRES 26

OUT OF HOURS GP CARE 1

Galway Stats

Galway

In Irish / As Gaeilge

Gaillimh

City / County Nickname

The Tribesmen

City / County Slogan

Righteousness and Justice

2022 Population

276,451

Average Age

38.1

# Of Hospitals

PUBLIC 2

PRIVATE 2

# OF GPs

GP CENTRES 121

OUT OF HOURS GP CARE 9