Designer Group is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Vienna Gaels GAA Club, reinforcing its commitment to supporting community, inclusion and grassroots sport.
Based in Vienna, Austria, Vienna Gaels has been the home of Gaelic games in the city since 2004, welcoming players of all nationalities and backgrounds through a shared passion for sport, teamwork and community. The partnership reflects Designer Group’s commitment to initiatives that promote diversity, inclusion and community engagement through sport.
Supporting Gaelic Games in Austria
Over the past two decades, Vienna Gaels has established itself as one of the leading Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) clubs in mainland Europe. The club offers opportunities for players of all ages and experience levels to participate in Gaelic games, including Ladies Football, Men’s Football, Hurling, Camogie and Handball. Competing regularly in European GAA tournaments, Vienna Gaels travel to cities across the continent while also welcoming visiting clubs to Vienna. Through these activities, the club continues to strengthen connections between communities and promote Gaelic games across Europe.
A diverse and inclusive sporting community
What makes Vienna Gaels unique is its strong sense of community. The club brings people together through Gaelic games, creating an inclusive environment where members build friendships, stay active and feel part of something bigger than the sport itself.
The inclusive culture fostered by Vienna Gaels aligns closely with Designer Group’s values, creating a partnership founded on shared principles of teamwork, respect and community.
Investing in communities through sport
Designer Group is proud to invest to organisations that create positive social impact and strengthen local communities. By supporting Vienna Gaels over the next three years, the company aims to help the club continue providing opportunities for participation, personal development and community engagement through sport.
This partnership reflects Designer Group’s ongoing commitment to investing in the communities where it operates while helping Vienna Gaels continue to grow participation, strengthen community connections and ensure Gaelic games thrive in Vienna for years to come.
Photography: @iamsmoloney
Designer Group is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Vienna Gaels GAA Club, reinforcing its commitment to supporting community, inclusion and grassroots sport.
Based in Vienna, Austria, Vienna Gaels has been the home of Gaelic games in the city since 2004, welcoming players of all nationalities and backgrounds through a shared passion for sport, teamwork and community. The partnership reflects Designer Group’s commitment to initiatives that promote diversity, inclusion and community engagement through sport.
Supporting Gaelic Games in Austria
Over the past two decades, Vienna Gaels has established itself as one of the leading Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) clubs in mainland Europe. The club offers opportunities for players of all ages and experience levels to participate in Gaelic games, including Ladies Football, Men’s Football, Hurling, Camogie and Handball. Competing regularly in European GAA tournaments, Vienna Gaels travel to cities across the continent while also welcoming visiting clubs to Vienna. Through these activities, the club continues to strengthen connections between communities and promote Gaelic games across Europe.
A diverse and inclusive sporting community
What makes Vienna Gaels unique is its strong sense of community. The club brings people together through Gaelic games, creating an inclusive environment where members build friendships, stay active and feel part of something bigger than the sport itself.
The inclusive culture fostered by Vienna Gaels aligns closely with Designer Group’s values, creating a partnership founded on shared principles of teamwork, respect and community.
Investing in communities through sport
Designer Group is proud to invest to organisations that create positive social impact and strengthen local communities. By supporting Vienna Gaels over the next three years, the company aims to help the club continue providing opportunities for participation, personal development and community engagement through sport.
This partnership reflects Designer Group’s ongoing commitment to investing in the communities where it operates while helping Vienna Gaels continue to grow participation, strengthen community connections and ensure Gaelic games thrive in Vienna for years to come.
Photography: @iamsmoloney
Designer Group is proud to announce that we have been awarded the Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer Standard for a further three-year period, recognising our continued commitment to professional development, engineering excellence and investment in engineering talent across the business.
Awarded following an independent audit by Engineers Ireland, the accreditation recognises organisations that demonstrate strong and structured practices in Continuous Professional Development (CPD), mentoring, technical training and employee career progression. The audit commended Designer Group’s “excellent, well integrated CPD systems, process and practices” together with “clear evidence of top level and cross functional commitment to CPD.”
The successful accreditation reflects Designer Group’s ongoing growth, international project delivery capability and expanding expertise across digital engineering, BIM, sustainability and HV/MV infrastructure projects. Current projects span 10 countries and include major works for global clients across data centre, building services, power generation and industrial sectors.
Investing in people remains central to Designer Group’s long-term strategy. Through structured mentoring programmes, graduate development initiatives, performance planning and continuous technical training, employees are supported at every stage of their careers. Engineers Ireland also recognised the company’s strong culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing and learning, with dedicated mentoring and CPD programmes helping engineers gain exposure to innovative projects and emerging technologies.
The audit further acknowledged Designer Group’s investment in future-focused engineering capability, including digital project delivery platforms, AI learning initiatives and sustainability-focused development pathways. Our focus remains on creating an environment where engineers and technical professionals can grow, develop and build long-term careers in a dynamic and innovative industry.
As the business continues to grow its international footprint and technical expertise, supporting the development of the next generation of engineers and technical professionals will remain a key priority.
Last week we were delighted to attend the DCD Awards 2025 in London, one of the most significant global events in the data centre calendar. Held at Grosvenor House, the awards brought together operators, designers, contractors and technology partners from across the data centre sector to recognise innovation, excellence and leadership.
Proud Sponsors of Mission Critical Tech Innovation Award
This year, we were honoured to sponsor the Mission Critical Tech Innovation Award — a category that closely aligns with the work we deliver every day across complex, high-availability data centre projects.
Our Group Managing Director, Paul Nicholls, had the pleasure of presenting the award on the night to Ciena Data Center Out-Of-Band (OOB) Management, developed in collaboration with Meta. The winning solution demonstrated a forward-thinking approach to out-of-band management, using passive optical network technology to improve resilience while significantly reducing cabling, space and power requirements.
Recognising innovation of this calibre reflects our ongoing commitment to supporting technologies that strengthen reliability, scalability and operational performance in mission-critical environments.