Take a journey into the past at the National Famine Museum

Thu, Jul 07, 2022

By Una Sinnott
Strokestown in Co Roscommon is far from a typical rural Irish town. At the end of the broad main street - the second widest in the country - grand arched gates mark the entry to a wonderful time capsule - Ireland’s National Famine Museum, which has reopened following a €5 million redevelopment.

Cruise the Med for a week for €799

Thu, Jul 07, 2022

Cruising the Mediterranean with MSC Cruises means coming within reach of the best in culture, tradition and monuments that have for centuries enriched its shores.

Are you ready for the Joyce Country Challenge?

Thu, Jul 07, 2022

How about a wonderful chance to adventure in some of the country's most beautiful mountains here in the west?

On Saturday July 16, the Joyce Country Challenge takes place with walks for all ages and abilities.

The Boys' Club

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

“There is nothing as Galway as Our Lady's Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore, Shantalla, and ‘The West’. The club provided these and has been a source of guidance and inspiration to thousands of young men and boys since, especially those from a working class background. From that first day of nervous membership, right through their teens, and even after they had taken up the challenges of adult life, the spirit and watchful eye of the Club is ever with them.

Alternative route to education a hit with Galway teens

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

"In your own time" could be the motto at Galway Community Training Centre (CTC), where early school leavers who, for a variety of reasons, find mainstream education a less than perfect fit can access a practical, creative, two year accredited alternative.

Official opening of sensory walkway in Esker National School

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

Junior Minister for Health, Frank Feighan, visited Esker National School, Athenry, recently to officially open the school's new sensory school walkway, outdoor classroom, and sensory gardens.

Improve your Irish and have fun with Ógras

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

Ógras is an Irish-language youth organisation for young people from eight to 19 years old. It offers a wide range of youth services and activities including clubs, camps, trips, projects, workshops, and international exchanges, all through Irish.

Hyperbaric oxygenation for thermal burns

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

Burn injuries are among the most painful and difficult to heal injuries, and unfortunately incredibly common in both adults and children.

New study reveals living with a food allergy costs an average €1,600 a year

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

New safefood funded research that looked at the cost of living with a food allergy or coeliac disease in Ireland has estimated that the average cost burden for a child with a food allergy is €1,439 every year, rising to €1,602 for an adult.

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

With total focus on fixing your metabolism, System 10 can help you transform your weight loss, energy, sleep, health and much more. A good metabolism is the foundation of everything you are. A good metabolism gets you burning more fat every hour, 24 hours a day. Nothing can beat it for results. It is your weight loss master switch.

Incontinence and erectile dysfunction after prostate surgery

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

Incontinence and ED can be extremely debilitating for men, until now. BTL Emsella is a breakthrough treatment for incontinence and confidence. This technology revolutionises intimate health and wellness by providing those suffering from incontinence (treating both faecal and urinary incontinence) with a completely non-invasive option. This treatment is for both men and women.

Dubbed the “Kegel throne,” Emsella was featured in the The Irish Times, and on radio stations such as Newstalk and 2fm recently. "The device is getting a lot of press coverage in recent times and we are so delighted to be the first clinic in the west to bring this medical breakthrough to the public," says Elaine Joyce, owner of Chez Elaine.

EZ Living Furniture launches live in-store remote shopping

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

EZ Living Furniture has partnered with Go Instore, one of the world’s leading live video chat platforms, to bring you the ultimate remote shopping experience.

Making the most of your summer garden

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

When it comes to design, a garden is similar to an open-plan room: it is one space in which you will relax, entertain, eat and even cook.

The Boys' Club

Wed, Jun 29, 2022

“There is nothing as Galway as Our Lady's Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore, Shantalla, and ‘The West’. The club provided these and has been a source of guidance and inspiration to thousands of young men and boys since, especially those from a working class background. From that first day of nervous membership, right through their teens, and even after they had taken up the challenges of adult life, the spirit and watchful eye of the Club is ever with them.

The Bish

Thu, Jun 23, 2022

The Patrician Brothers, at the invitation of the last Catholic Warden of Galway, arrived in Galway in 1826 and a month later they opened St Patrick’s Monastery and School on Market Street. They initially had 200 pupils but this figure rapidly grew so that during the Famine, there were more than 1,000 boys being educated, fed, and many of them clothed there every day. The school was a major success but there were no educational facilities for older boys in the ‘lower orders’ in Galway so Bishop McEvilly invited the Patrician Brothers to set up a secondary school.

SmartFit Hearing brings something new to Galway hearing aid wearers

Thu, Jun 23, 2022

SmartFit Hearing has opened a six-day-a-week audiology centre in Galway. The company aims to provide the people of Galway with an alternative to high priced hearing solutions. Its business model is simple, the company engages with the large hearing aid manufacturers to get the latest hearing aid technology at reasonable prices. Then it passes these savings on to customers.

SmartFit has provided the answers some of questions most frequently asked by customers below.

It takes two - couple in Castlegar GAA Slimming World group lose five stone between them

Thu, Jun 23, 2022

A couple from Castlegar GAA Slimming World Group who have turned their lives around by losing a combined five stone in 19 weeks have bagged a life time free membership.

How to organise your wardrobe

Thu, Jun 23, 2022

"I have nothing to wear" — something we all think to ourselves weekly. This is not due to our lack of clothes, but because of their chaotic arrangement we don’t know what we have in our wardrobe.

To prevent this, you should declutter, preferably at least twice a year, in spring/summer and autumn/winter.

NUI Galway celebrates twenty years of biomedical engineering

Thu, Jun 23, 2022

NUI Galway recently celebrated 20 years of graduates from its biomedical engineering programme with a special event on campus.

Book now for Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe summer camps

Thu, Jun 23, 2022

Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe summer camps will take place in Scoil Bhride, Shantalla, next month with a great choice of camps for all ages.

The music school is currently accepting bookings for three camps running in July.

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