‘Deep humiliation and bitterness’

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

Despite the crucial role many women played in the 1916 Rising, very few were given the credit they deserved. In fact some women were refused a pension for many years because they were not men.

On Easter Monday 1916, Brigid Lyons, a young medical student at Galway University, was at home in Longford when news came that the Volunteers had staged a rebellion in Dublin.

Thirty years of mayhem and magic

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

MACNAS, noun: the frolic-like behaviour of a young calf let out to grass for the first time after being kept inside all winter; joyful abandonment; dalliance; wantonness.

Lunchtime at the Maldron Hotel

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

The Maldron Hotel occupies an imposing three storey redbrick building, set back from the busy road that feeds into the city on the Carrowmoneash roundabout. It is a short distance from here to the pretty village of Oranmore with its variety of bars, restaurants and shops. It enjoys all the peace and quiet of the countryside and is still just a 10km drive from the hustle and bustle of Galway.

Joyce’s Supermarket Group win five awards in Best in Fresh awards

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

Joyce’s Supermarket Group were again celebrating their success in this year’s Best in Fresh awards. In total the group won five awards with the Knocknacarra store beating strong competition from Dublin to win the overall Best in Fresh Deli offering in Ireland and with comments from the judges panel saying it is up with the best in Europe. This is a magnificent achievement and honour for our team of dedicated hard working staff and to our customers for supporting us by choosing us as their destination shop. The Knocknacarra store was overall winner for bBest in Fresh (non affiliated) again seeing off strong competition from around the country.

The Custom House

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

In 1232 AD, the Anglo-Norman De Burgos came to Galway where they ruled for a period of time. They built a castle and defensive fortifications including the old city walls and a medieval hall, the Great Hall of the Red Earl, Richard De Burgo. The street we now know as Flood Street was originally named Earl Street or Sráid Tobar an Iarlaigh, and the lane beside it was known as Red Earl’s Lane or Boaher an Iarlaigh.

‘No time for fainting’

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

‘The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the creature’s head. And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.’

Julian Bradfield is putting his stamp on Maldron Hotel Oranmore

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, Galway, has opened the doors on its new restaurant Grain & Grill, a stylish and relaxed eatery perfect for a breakfast meeting, a lunch time catch up with friends, or a leisurely weekend dinner. The man at the helm is head chef Julian Bradfield, who has recently joined the team from the Maldron Hotel Sandy Road (formerly Pillo Hotel Galway).

Delicious summer lunch dining at The Connacht Hotel

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

The new summer lunch menu at The Connacht Hotel in Renmore, is sure to refresh your palate just on time, as we welcome the summer to Galway. The new lunch menu, which is available daily in the hotel's spacious Bar Solo, is sure to appeal to everyone. It is an extensive and carefully planned menu by the hotel's executive head chef Regis Herviaux.

Supermac’s launches fresh chicken sandwich

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

Supermac's continues the charge to end the race to the bottom for fast food in Ireland, by continuing to take the public's need for transparency and provenance into account.

St Nicholas’ Garden Fete this Saturday

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

It's that time of year again — the annual St Nicholas' Garden Fete takes place on June 11 from 2pm to 5pm at The Rectory on Taylor’s Hill. Everyone is invited to the fun-filled day, which has become one of the milestone social occasions in Galway life. As in previous years, parking will be available at St Mary’s College. All proceeds will go to maintain Galway's fabulous mediaeval heritage church, St Nicholas', in the heart of the city.

He went to jail to save his father

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

Hubert Reynolds was born in St Patrick’s Avenue in 1902 and shortly afterwards his family moved to Queen Street. He followed a family tradition when entering the service of the Railway Company as a 15-year-old in 1917. He was a boy porter and earned 10 shillings for a 60 hour week. From his boyhood, he took an active part in the National Movement and joined Fianna Éireann. During the War of Independence, he was engaged on communications work.

The woman who threw a hatchet at the prime minister

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

There was hardly a marriage of two minds greater than that between Hanna Sheehy and Francis Skeffington, who were married in Dublin in 1903, and who committed their lives to many causes, particularly feminism, pacifism, socialism, and nationalism. Hanna was one of the founders of the Irish Women’s Franchise League, determined to win votes for women. As part of its disobedience campaign, women were urged not to fill in the 1911 Census form correctly. Her husband Francis, totally supportive in all her endeavours, and as head of the household, submitted the following:

Summertime at the Connacht Hotel

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

Situated on the Dublin Road a stone’s throw from the Bon Secours Hospital, the Connacht Hotel plays host to a vast number of visitors to Galway each year. Set back from this busy street and nestled in a leafy suburb, it has the advantage of being just minutes from the centre of the city.

Swimming made easy for teenagers and children

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

A great way for children and teenagers to make fast progress at learning and improving their swimming is in Braemor Swimming Club's daily swimming classes, with one-week courses commencing Monday July 4 and also Monday July 11.

Children from as young as three years of age can, and do, learn to swim. Braemor SC believes having a teacher in the water and also one on the side helps young children overcome their fear and successfully learn to swim. At Braemor SC classes they then progress to becoming confident and very competent when swimming in deep water. Swimming promotes health, fitness, fun, and relaxation. Teenagers and children should continue to attend classes until they reach a level where they can swim 10 lengths of a 20 metre pool, they then have every chance of survival should the need arise. Braemor SC is also including an introduction to lifesaving in the advanced class this year.

What foods are making you tired, bloated, and overweight?

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

There is no secret potion, shake, or pill that will help you lose weight faster than boosting your metabolism. But do you know what foods speed up your metabolism and what foods slow it down? Knowing what foods boost or slow your metabolism is now proving through medical research to be the most successful way to lose weight.

Osteoporosis Clinic Ireland

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

Osteoporosis is a silent disease affecting one in two women and one in four men over the age of 50 in Ireland, although all age groups can be affected.

World’s number one weight loss tea now available exclusively at Therapie Clinic

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

The world’s number one celebrity weight loss tea has just arrived exclusively at Therapie Clinic. The media is buzzing and sweeping the country with talk of Yo Tea, the hottest all natural weight loss solution.

Lose two stone in 10 weeks with diet, exercise, and metabolism correction

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

There are three keys to a genuine weight loss (real fat loss) plan – diet, exercise, and metabolism correction. All three keys interconnect – one will not work without the other. Your metabolism is the most powerful of all the three keys – it is the ‘switch’ that controls everything else. In most people this switch is off.

Release and connect with your throat chakra

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

The throat chakra is one with which many people have problems. Associated with the colour blue, it allows free expression, speech, communication, and sound. There are many crystals for the throat. Blue lace agate, sodalite, lapis lazuli, blue moss agate, and blue topaz are very helpful for throat chakra problems.

Curves Galway grand opening

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

It was by chance Catherine Walding realised Curves was not in Galway. She was searching for Curves for her daughter Cara, who is doing a business degree in Galway and was looking to join a gym. "Cara had been to curves with me while in transition year and had thoroughly enjoyed it," Catherine Walding said. "The rest is history as they say."

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