The ultimate summer cocktails

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

As soon as the sun makes an appearance, so should your favourite summer cocktails. And with all of the ingredients for these summertime cocktail recipes available at your local Joyce’s supermarket, it couldn’t be any easier.

GP Deli launches at The Galway Plate

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

The newly opened GP Deli is situated at The Galway Plate on the Tuam Road and is now open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 3pm.

Is sitting too much causing my back pain or sciatica?

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

A major manufacturer of workstations reports that 86 per cent of work computer users have to sit all day, and when they do rise from sitting, more than half (56 per cent) use food as the excuse to get up and move. In addition to sitting at work, for meals, and commuting to/from work, 36 per cent sit another one to two hours watching TV, 10 per cent sit one to two hours for gaming, 25 per cent sit one to two hours for reading/lounging, and 29 per cent use their home computer for one to two hours. In summary, the average Irish person sits for 9.5 hours a day and sleep for eight hours. That's a total of 17.5 hours a day off their feet.

Get your garden blooming with Madden’s Nurseries

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Located in Frenchfort, Oranmore, Bill Madden Landscaping and Nurseries is one of the oldest nurseries in Ireland, offering generations of experience under one roof. What's more, with a full landscaping service and 33 acres of plants and a knowledgeable team on hand to help, you will find everything you need for your garden here.

G Conboy Electrical - open for business

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

G Conboy Electrical, a Galway institution, is open for business and offering call out services to repair appliances in your home. Now operating exclusively at its New Road location, Conboy Electrical is providing a walk-in service for clients' home appliances and has a large supply of spare parts including elements, pumps, motors, and belts.

See your dream home come to life with Komandor

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

It is an exciting moment when you receive the plans and renders of your forever home. But you still have a journey ahead before you can finally turn the key and move in.

Old Galway newspapers

Wed, Jun 09, 2021

The first book printed in Ireland was The Book of Common Prayer in 1551. As printing became more sophisticated, newspapers became inevitable. The first gazettes were published originally in manuscript – the word gazette being derived from gazetto, a coin of Venice, the amount paid for reading the news. The earliest printed newspapers began to appear around the end of the 16th century. These were small, quarto in size, printed on one or both sides of the page, or of four pages containing intelligence of public interest which were variously called 'Books of Newes', ‘Newe Newes’, 'Wonderful Newes', ‘Bloody Newes out of Ireland’, etc.

A magnificent man and his cycle machine

Wed, Jun 09, 2021

John Henry Bailey was a well known business man in Galway at the close of the 19th century. He was a rate collector and an auctioneer but was better known for his selling and repairing Morris cars from his garage on the east side of Eyre Square, on a site now remembered as the former Odeon Hotel. He also had the distinction of being the first man in Galway to ride a bicycle.

Gardenwise | Born to be Wild

Tue, Jun 08, 2021

The glorious clouds of cow parsley along the roadside verges this month have got me thinking about wildflowers. They can be fleeting, but en masse they are certainly beautiful. If you’d like to recreate this wild look in your garden, a wildflower meadow area could be the way to go.

Enjoy the delights of Sligo's Clayton Hotel!

Tue, Jun 08, 2021

Being invited to spend the weekend with my family at the the four-star Clayton Hotel Sligo was such a treat.

The ‘amusements’ in the Fairgreen

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

It is good to see the funfair being set up at the moment along the Prom, a sure sign that the summer is on the way. There has been a history of summer funfairs in Galway for well over 100 years, though they were always known here as ‘the amusements’. In the early days, the Toft family used to organise them in Salthill Park. Occasionally, the neighbours used to object to the noise and the traffic, and on at least one occasion, they were invited next door on to the site in front of Dr O’Beirne’s house (where Leisureland is today).

All that is left is ruins and a photo album

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Whether it was to defuse the call for Home Rule, or whether Chief Secretary Arthur J Balfour was genuinely moved at the shameful poverty that existed among the western counties of Ireland, his ‘walkabout’ among the people was generally very well received.

Meet Galway SISU doctor – Dr Alex Quinn

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Dr Alex Quinn graduated medicine from Semmelweis University in Budapest in Hungary and has worked in NCHD Mater Hospital as a general practitioner. Dr Quinn has always shown interest in aesthetic medicine, hence why the role of a lead doctor of SISU Galway was a natural progression of his career in aesthetic medicine.

Your guide to interval training

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Do you want to train yourself to run faster? Intervals are hard but these example sessions could be just what you need to run better times.

Ivors for top quality garden machinery to give you the garden of your dreams

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Gardens are our little place of sanctuary from stresses and strains of the outside world, and keeping them neat is important so they can be enjoyed to the fullest when they are looking their best in summer. Ivors on the Rahoon Road, Shantalla, is the place which can help fulfil customers' garden needs.

Bord Bia to get the nation growing this ‘Bloom Bank Holiday’ weekend

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Bord Bia is encouraging people to embrace their gardens and outdoor spaces this summer. For the second year in a row, the public can take part in #BloomAtHome this weekend via a series of virtual initiatives and events providing gardening advice and inspiration.

Enjoy a Galway city tour

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

As we roll into the June Bank Holiday Weekend, we can almost taste the summer, those long bright evenings spent with friends and family, the hustle and bustle of Galway city streets, a drink sitting outside Taaffes as we watch the world go by or the luxury of a 99 from the Bon Bon while sitting on the Prom in Salthill.

Picturing all that, you’d be forgiven for thinking the world was as it once was, and although the prospect of jetting off to an exotic land for a week’s sun, sea and sangria may be off the cards this year we have this wonderful Island we call home offering some of the greatest holiday options around. We are lucky enough to have the greatest little city in the world right here to explore and experience this summer, so is it time to be a tourist in your own town?

Dunguaire Castle - a picturesque stop along the Wild Atlantic Way

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Rumoured to be Ireland’s most photographed Castle, Dunguaire Castle, located just outside the picturesque fishing village of Kinvara, sits perched on the shores of Galway Bay.

One of the 10 best things to do in Connemara this summer…

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Farm Tours and Oyster Picnics serving up a Taste of the Atlantic

The best things in life are sweet

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Treat yourself this Thursday to a delicious, sweet treat from home, the perfect end of week pick-me-up. And with all of the ingredients for these Thursday night treat recipes available at your local Joyce’s supermarket, it could not be any easier.

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