Children & Parenting
Choose the Harbour Hotel for your Communion or Confirmation celebrations
Thu, Apr 04, 2024
Treat yourselves to a family day out at the Harbour Hotel for your child’s special day by celebrating with lunch or dinner at Dillisk on the docks, offering personal service and attention to detail by professional staff.
Health, Beauty & Fashion
Top Irish skin expert Eavanna Breen outlines the most common causes of rosacea
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
Top Irish skincare expert Eavanna Breen has put together her ultimate guide below on rosacea: What is it? Why is it such an Irish problem? How do we successfully tackle it?
Home & Garden
Lawnmowers and garden machinery available at Ivors
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
When it comes to lawnmowers in Galway one name always stands out, Ivors.
Travel & Outdoors
Top tips to stay safe while solo travelling
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
Solo travellers have been urged to share their location and learn emergency phone numbers before embarking on a holiday alone.
Food & Wine
Imperial’s new menu is food fit for an emperor
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
There has been an hotel on the site now occupied by the Imperial Hotel since the era of the Napoleonic empire. It was Bonaparte himself who quipped “an army marches on its stomach,” and if he had had the services of the Imperial’s head chef Ben Duncan, then Old Boney’s legions might still be trotting along nicely today.
Education & Training
What’s new at Merlin College
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
Congratulations to first year student Oisin Flynn and his younger brother Tom Og for winning a bursary to exhibit their computer coding project Autistically Awesome at this year's Coolest Projects at DCU.
Old Galway
Our fortified city
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
The town of Galway was virtually an independent city state, self-contained politically and ecclesiastically, relying on its own resources as it was cut off from the central English authority until the 16th century. Then, the Tudors began to extend their influence westwards so that the city gradually came totally under their dominion. The real symbol of that growing influence was the fortifications, four in number, raised to defend this all-important location against all enemies, notably France and Spain.
