Irish language summer camps launched

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Conradh na Gaeilge has launched this year’s new Irish summer camp schedule for County Galway.

Chinese catering in your home and traditional dining in Oranmore

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Last week, I was at the launch of a great idea by The Three Gorges Oriental Restaurant in Abbey Trinity, Tuam. Their idea is to bring authentic Chinese restaurant food to your home if you are having an event such as a 21st party or indeed any birthday, anniversary, confirmation, Communion, a wedding with a difference, or perhaps the afters of a wedding party. Traditionally there have been other options available such as cold meat platters, cold fish platters, beef stroganoff, chicken curry, and I am sure most readers have had these types of dishes at many functions. The possibility of having your favourite Chinese food at an event will, I believe, appeal to many.

Rolling on the river with Corrib Princess and Cava Outside Catering

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

The Corrib Princess is sailing in a new direction, opening each Wednesday evening to pleasure-seekers with a penchant for fine food and wine.

Jamie at Home has arrived in Galway

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

For an exclusive preview of the gorgeous Jme collection and share in Jamie Oliver’s passion for beautiful products why not invite your friends and family round to your own Jamie at Home party?

Whether you want to give your kitchen a new look and feel, to get green fingered in the garden, or to indulge yourself in the stunning Scent & Savour collection, everyone at your party will go home with something to savour. As the host of the party, you will get your home updated for free! Every Jamie at Home host receives 15 per cent on party sales to spend on the collection.

Choosing the right window treatments

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Curtain types
The tops of curtains, called curtain headings, are a way of customising and styling blinds and valances so that the fabric forms a range of pleats and/or folds. You can create a great custom feel by experimenting with these different types of curtains.

Bloom to focus on growing your own

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Sustainability, local food, and ‘grow your own’, are central themes to this year’s Bloom festival, which will take place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

Stepping stones to style for men

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

1. While you cannot buy style - it really is a combination of what you wear and how you carry yourself - you can make smart sartorial decisions which will ensure you look good, even if you are on a tight budget.

Galway hurlers, 1949

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

There is no game on earth to compare with hurling, for speed, skill, artistry, movement, and athleticism. Fitness also plays a big part in the game. The Galway teams who played in the 1923 and 1924 finals spent an incredible almost 13 weeks together in Rockfield House, between Craughwell and Athenry. There, they lived like Trappist monks with a 6am reveille sounded by team manager and county board chairman, Tom Kenny, who arrived each dawn in his pony and trap from Craughwell. Out of bed and into a cold bath was the order of the day, and the first exercise was followed by a drink of cold water laced with ‘health salts’ before a solid hour’s toning up physical exercises supervised by trainer Jack Berry. Breakfast of the plainest food, with brown bread the major ingredient, followed at 10am. After an hour’s rest, the team and substitutes played and practised hurling with the free-takers perfecting their art with countless shots at goal from all distances and angles.

A landscape treasure on our doorstep

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

On several occasions I have purposely let myself get lost along the narrow roads of the Sliabh Aughty (Echtge*) uplands which extend over some 250 square miles over the southeast Galway and west Clare borders. It’s a territory way off the tourist trail. On either side of the road hedgerows are positive gardens of wild flowers in June. In August they collapse drunkenly along its edge.

Lose weight for good with System 10

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Do you struggle for weeks to lose a few pounds, only to have the weight pile back on again once your diet ends? System 10, a new approach to weight loss, offers permanent results by speeding up the rate at which your body burns fat.

Among other things, your metabolism controls the rate at which you burn energy. No amount of dieting or exercise can make up for a sluggish metabolism, and conventional starvation diets can slow your metabolism even further, causing you to pile on even more weight after dieting.

Healthy options at The Health Store

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Galway's newest health food venture, The Health Store, is situated in the Briarhill Shopping Centre.

Believe it and achieve it this spring

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

With so much emphasis on the importance of regular physical activity these days, we are more aware of the benefits of exercise than we have ever been. The Kingfisher Club can assist you in making exercise not only purse friendly, with membership starting from as little as €9 per week, it has also introduced a special welcome pack worth some €200 that will help kickstart your fitness regime. The fitness starter pack is available to the first 50 new members that sign up during April to avail of free classes and personal training, so no more excuses!

Rollercoaster

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Must have handbags for spring

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

This spring there are certainly plenty of handbags to pick from whether they are sleek, sexy, cute, or casual. Check out these must haves for this spring.

Salsa Slims shape up for summer

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Stepping Out has just announced the course dates for its shape up for summer programme, which is available at a recession busting price of €100.

“I‘m delighted to be able to launch the course at such a good saving for people,” Stepping Out founder Sharon Tinkler said at the launch of the programme. “Everyone has money on their minds at the moment so we are trying to make the course as affordable for as many people as possible.

Choosing the right window treatments

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Part one: blinds

Free landscape design at Coole Gardening Complex

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

If you are thinking about how to make the best of your outdoor space around the house this spring, then think about a trip to Tobermore Paving and Walling and Coole Gardening Complex, Gort.

Save on heating costs with Solar Home Ireland

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

With home heating oil having increased 30 per cent in the last six months and a further eight per cent expected over the comings weeks with the new carbon tax, there has never been a better time to consider installing solar panels on your home. A system, if properly specified, will generate 65 per cent of your home’s domestic hot water requirements free from the sun.

Solar Home Ireland was established in 2005 and is exclusively involved in the sales and installation of solar water heating systems for the domestic and commercial market throughout Ireland.

Modern Homes and Building exhibition celebrates twenty one years

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

The 21st Galway Modern Homes & Building Exhibition was a great success last weekend. A large crowd attended the event over the three days at Leisureland, Salthill, which was an ideal venue to host the 21st anniversary celebration for Modern Homes & Building Exhibitions.

Exhibitors and visitors were very happy with the show as it was an excellent way to view the latest products and services available relating to every aspect to the house and home. It was a chance for visitors to thoroughly explore the items and services with trade professionals who had vital first hand knowledge to share. There were lots of bargains for visitors, including special discounts on offer by most exhibitors every day.

Congratulations to McGrath’s butchers, Mervue

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Late last year McGrath butchers in Plunkett Avenue, Mervue was destroyed by fire and as it was near Christmas they knuckled down to get it refurbished and ready for the big Christmas trade, a good plan you might say. However all the good work was destroyed when another fire broke out and gutted the shop once more.

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