Children & Parenting
School of Rock returns
Thu, Jun 13, 2024
Galway’s famous School of Rock returns on July 1, 2024.
Education & Training
GRETB calls on Government to tackle inequalities in education sector
Thu, Jul 18, 2024
Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) is calling on the Government to commit to tackling inequalities in the education sector by supporting the priorities laid out in the #SupportYourLocalETB campaign. Representatives from Galway and Roscommon ETB met with members of the Oireachtas at a briefing event in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, recently where they expressed their concerns.
Home & Garden
How to paint kitchen cabinets like a pro
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
By John Kavanagh, manager,
Pat McDonnell Paints – Galway
Food & Wine
Giddy up neighbours, dinner is served at Elephant & Castle
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
Wondering where to eat during the Galway Racing Summer Festival? Look no further than The Dean Hotel's Elephant & Castle restaurant.
Travel & Outdoors
Shannon Airport records eight per cent passenger growth during first six months of this year
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
Shannon Airport has recorded an eight per cent increase in passenger figures during the first six months of 2024, when compared to the same period last year.
Health, Beauty & Fashion
'Hold your horses', the annual 'Pink Friday' charity event at The Ardilaun Hotel returns
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
Promising fun, food and racing in support of National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI), 'Pink Friday' at The Ardilaun will take place from 12 noon on Friday, August 2.
Old Galway
Seapoint Ballroom
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
Last week we were writing about Cremen’s Health Spa and Sea Baths at Seapoint, and how the complex was bought out by Salthill man, Noel Finan in 1944. He closed down the baths in 1946. He realised that young Galway people wanted something more than the clean invigorating air and to be clean, so he sold the family pub (now Killoran’s) and borrowed heavily from the EBS to build a first class ballroom and restaurant. The restaurant was 4,000 square feet, had 90 tables and could seat 350 diners. Attached to it was a kitchen with the most modern steam and electric equipment. The ballroom had a floor area of 5,200 square feet and was laid with a specially sprung maple floor capable of accommodating more than 2,000 dancers. It also had a balcony which could seat a few hundred people and from which patrons could spot the talent and could, from a distance, comment safely about them.
