2010 — a good vintage for fabrics
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
Pierre Frey 75th birthday
For 75 years family firm Pierre Frey has maintained its independence and inventiveness in textiles. The company, which celebrates is 75th anniversary this year, is known for its unlimited palette, joyous colours, and artistic patterns. In that respect nothing has changed in the three generations since the firm was established on January 1 1935. Furnishing fabric is not a fickle fashion. People choose a fabric because they like it and want to live with it for years. It is not a caprice; it is a choice and the reflection of a culture. That is why Pierre Frey looks at the past, the present, and the future, drawing inspiration from everything, Indian and Ottoman, silk or cotton damask, cloth woven with metal threads.
For 75 years family firm Pierre Frey has maintained its independence and inventiveness in textiles. The company, which celebrates is 75th anniversary this year, is known for its unlimited palette, joyous colours, and artistic patterns. In that respect nothing has changed in the three generations since the firm was established on January 1 1935. Furnishing fabric is not a fickle fashion. People choose a fabric because they like it and want to live with it for years. It is not a caprice; it is a choice and the reflection of a culture. That is why Pierre Frey looks at the past, the present, and the future, drawing inspiration from everything, Indian and Ottoman, silk or cotton damask, cloth woven with metal threads.
Read more ...Successful parenting
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
Parents want to do the best for their children. They shower them with love and attention and worry when they are unwell or unhappy.
Read more ...Tackling tiredness
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
When you wake up in the morning do you wish you could stay in bed? Do you feel tired and weary with little appetite for a new day?
Read more ...The Malt House Restaurant
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
The Malt House Restaurant has always had a great reputation for serving good food consistently over a great many years. Just over a year ago the restaurant transformed itself into a slightly different, less formal, dining room and focused on creating a menu using the very best of local ingredients. It even has very large pictures of some of its suppliers on the walls, which gives an indication of how seriously the company takes finding the best produce. I called in on a very wet Thursday at 7pm and there were quite a few tables filled with diners. It seems to attract a cross section of tourists, locals, and parties out for the night. While somewhat less formal than before, the service is as polished as ever, and throughout the night it was impressive to watch all the tables being looked after in an efficient, but not pushy, manner. Service is not something to be overlooked when choosing a restaurant for a night out. There is nothing worse than to have an otherwise good meal spoiled by poor service; however I think that recently the standard of service generally has improved in restaurants.
Read more ...Steak Steaks with plum sauce
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
A delicious recipe from www.bordbia.ie
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Turning our life around
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Dr Eva Orsmond, who has become a household name, is probably best known for her role as RTE’s hugely popular Operation Transformation diet and nutrition expert. The programme sees a group of people put on a rigid diet and exercise programme in a bid to lose weight. But behind the scenes, Dr Eva’s battle to re-educate people on health fitness is changing hundreds of people’s lives every day.
Read more ...New season, new you
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
As the summer has come to a close, for most of us we are left with good memories of our holidays and the not-so-good extra holiday weight. All the overeating and partying has left us feeling sluggish and our skinny jeans are a little too snug. However there is a solution.
Xipisan™ weight loss programme is a revolutionary slimming aid supplement which is available through pharmacies nationwide and is dedicated to help you combat those stubborn pounds in a safe and healthy manner without causing the body any undue stress.
Read more ...Red Barn colour scheme helps nursing home clients
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
The Red Barn in Briarhill Business Park is always evolving and coming up with new ways and ideas to transform homes and improve upon ways of decorating, painting, and window dressings. The crew recently undertook a renovation to a nursing home, where the owner wanted the rooms updated and modernised but had to conform to standards and be very functional, with of course cleaniness and comfort a high priority.
Read more ...Balance is best in early stimulus for your baby
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Parents of small babies know that it is important to stimulate their children from an early age by providing opportunities for them to explore their environments.
By stimulation we mean all the things parents naturally do with young children — talk, sing, play with them, tickle them, and cuddle them.
Read more ...Pioneers of industry in Galway
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
There were very few industrial plants in Galway in the 1950s. Galway Textile Printers, known locally as the cotton factory, had just opened; there was the hat factory, and there were some small units around town, but that was it. Then the Lemass era arrived, and there was a change in government policy as the government began to actively encourage industries from abroad to locate here.
Read more ...Is Ms Jennifer Sleeman a bit of a crackpot?
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
I have always thought it strange why so many women feel isolated from the Catholic Church, when it has at its centre a woman, Mary - the Mother of God. It is not right that many women feel they are ‘second class citizens’ within a church that attempts to reach out to all. Surely without Mary, the New Testament would be worthless. Surely after the Nazarene Himself, the Mother of Jesus, who is venerated by the Catholic and Orthodox churches, is the first and greatest saint in heaven. Mary is revered by all Christian churches, and honoured by Islam. At the very first council of the Church, at Ephesus four hundred years after Christ, she was declared to be the Theotokos, Mother of God (the actual God bearer). But even before that her image, holding the Child, was etched into tombs in the Roman catacombs. Being the Theotokos, Mary could have become remote, unreal from the human experience. After all we are told that she was born free from Original Sin, which as a total ‘theological illiterate’ I don’t fully understand; but I accept the logic that if Mary was not the mother of God, then Jesus was not God. I believe that He was. Yet despite the supreme position of Mary many women feel isolated, uninvolved, as if they have no contribution to make.
Read more ...No more sleepless nights
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
You’ve just tucked them in bed, sung a soothing lullaby and dimmed the bedroom lights. You are looking forward to a quiet evening toasting your toes in front of the fire or catching up on the latest news with your friend on the telephone.
Read more ...Free heart health talk in Galway next week
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
The Irish Heart Foundation will hold a free public talk called ‘Heart Health – What Women Need to Know’ at the Salthill Hotel on Wednesday September 22.
The IHF, a national charity fighting heart disease and stroke, is promoting this month as a red alert to all Irish women to make themselves aware of the risks and signs of heart disease. As many women (5,000) as men die from cardiovascular diseases and the Irish Heart Foundation is encouraging people to Go Red for Women and take action to reduce their risk.
Read more ...Bright ideas from B&Q
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
Want to lighten up your house and brighten your mood this autumn? Then look no further than B&Q’s new lighting range.
Read more ...Hosting Chernobyl children 2011
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
Local charity, Camp Claddagh, the Galway branch of the Adi Roche-founded Chernobyl Children's Project International, has launched its annual drive to recruit new families to support its rest and recuperation programme.
Read more ...Dinner for a tenner
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
Everywhere you look there are deals to be had for eating out but Charlie Chan’s new menu in the Royal Villa in Oranmore must be the best value out there. His 12 most popular main courses with a choice of chicken, beef, pork, or prawns cost €10 including rice, chips or fried noodles.
Read more ...Homefarm Butchers opens in Oranmore
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
Staying with Oranmore, I called in to see the newly opened Homefarm Butchers shop. It is located to the side of the astroturf pitch on your way to Scoil Mhuire girls’ school.
It is a traditional type butcher’s shop selling locally sourced products such as Kinvara lamb and great value free range ducks, also from Kinvara (currently out of stock now due to demand and back in a week or so). It sells free range chickens, beef finished on Homefarm’s own farm, and potatoes from Kinvara, Ardrahan, and Tawin Island. It has a really good se
Read more ...Potatoes
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
New potatoes in a creamy chive dressing
Wonderful with poached salmon or chicken.
Must-haves for your autumn wardrobe
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
The new season is just around the corner and it is time to update your wardrobe. The process of updating your wardrobe is easy (assuming that you have undertaken a wardrobe makeover beforehand). Simply get key pieces that will go with clothes in your wardrobe. You can also get complete new looks. The good news is that many designers have made beautiful clothes that women can actually wear.
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