Galway Girl is 100% Irish owned brand.

This exclusive designer label has been inspired by Galway native Sarah O’Toole.

In her creativity and with the subtlety of her designs and branding Sarah has captured all that is unique about the spirit of Galway and its people. It is only by experiencing the softness and unique qualities of our different fabrics that one can truly appreciate this unique style.

Extensive research has been under taken in bringing our Galway Girl products to the market. We have gone to great lengths to ensure that our Galway Girl products are of the highest ethical manufacturing standards.

Our suppliers do not contribute to the social injustice seen in manufacturing, commonly known as sweatshop labour, even unwittingly, since 2006 they have made transparent their manufacturing supply chain with independent audits by the non-profit NGO the “Fair Wear Foundation”.

The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) exists to promote fair labour conditions in the garment industry worldwide. Our supplier signed up to the FWF’s Code of Labour Practices, and thereby has committed to monitor the factories of their suppliers. The Fair Wear Foundation verifies that the Code of Labour Practices is implemented and respected at the factories. They were also the first company in the UK to become a member.

Under the Global Organic Textile Standard, farmers and field workers are protected by stringent social criteria and by the ban on the use of poisonous chemicals that can severely damage the health of farmers and their families. Textile workers are protected by the same criteria and also by total traceability across the entire supply chain, from farm to distribution.

Since 2007, our supplier has been licensed by the Soil Association as suppliers of authentic organic cotton garments. Our supplier proudly labels its organic garments with the Soil Association’s organic certification mark.

Our products are certified to the Oeko-Tex 100 Standard, Class I (highest). The Oeko-Tes Standard is a guarantee of the safety of textiles and dyestuffs to human health and to the environment. The standard ensures compulsory wastewater treatment processes protect local watercourses.

They have also measured their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduced them to net zero through internal change and externally, through carbon offsetting in accordance with the requirements of the Carbon Neutral Protocol 1 for our type of activity.

Designed to reduce the carbon footprint.

Domestic machine washing and tumble-drying time and time again will contribute up to 80% of the energy used by a conventional cotton garment in its lifetime, which will in turn contribute to climate change. By lowering the temperature of your wash from 40 ˚C to 30˚C you can save around 40% energy per wash, or 160g CO2. Line drying rather than tumble-drying saves another – 2000g CO2. Ironing will further add to the carbon footprint.

Our supplier has embarked on an ambitious programme to calculate, reduce and eventually, neutralise all the green house gases emitted in the process of producing a cotton T-Shirt.

To reduce your impact:

• Wash Less
• Wash at Low Temperatures
• Use eco-friendly detergents.
• Line dry
• Cool iron if necessary
• Save the Climate – Wash Cool – Line Dry