Store with Barons Self Storage while you renovate your home and garden

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

If you are looking to renovate, Barons Self Storage has you covered while you work.

Get your dream garden with Keanes Garden Centre

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

The team at Keanes Garden Centre in Kilcolgan prides itselves on its quality, value and large range of stock available at all times of the year. They make shopping easy for you, from parking to shopping to loading your car. At present Keanes Garden Centre can offer you a huge selection of vegetable plants, fruit bushes, fruit trees, seed potatoes and much, much more.

DJI Air 2S drone lands at Harvey Norman

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Harvey Norman, Ireland’s largest retailer of appliances, technology, furniture and bedding is excited to announce they have the new DJI Air 2S drone available as part of their range.

G Conboy Electrical — open for business on New Road

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

G Conboy Electrical, a Galway institution is open during these current restrictions and offering call out services to repair appliances. Its New Road location is open for business providing a walk-in service for client's home appliances and has a large supply of spare parts including elements, pumps, motors, and belts. Manager, Jacqueline Conboy, says the staff is looking forward to seeing their regular and new customers. They also carry a wide range of new appliances; washer. dryers. cookers. dishwashers. vacumn cleaners. kettles. toasters. hairdryers and radios.

Chocolate berry meringue cake is the ultimate fruity indulgence

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Try this recipe for chocolate berry meringue cake, courtesy of Siúcra, for some weekend decadence. This heavenly dessert of gooey chocolate meringue sandwiched with seasonal berries is perfect for any celebration, or just some seasonal indulgence.

Serves eight to 10.

First quarter of 2021 saw massive increase in sales of fresh fruit and vegetables

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

New sales data for the first quarter of 2021, published by leading Irish retail group BWG Foods, shows that Irish consumers have embraced a healthier lifestyle this year by consuming record levels of fruit and vegetables.

Smoky chorizo mac 'n' cheese

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Add a little spice to your Thursday evenings with this delicious smoky chorizo mac 'n' cheese recipe made with chorizo, chili paste, and smoked paprika and filled with stretchy mozzarella and cheddar cheese.

This spicy twist on the classic mac 'n' cheese meal is packed full of flavour. The ingredients you will need are 1tbsp olive oil, 200g chorizo, 1 sliced onion, 1 crushed garlic clove, 2 tsp paprika, 1-2 tbsp chili paste, 1 tsp coriander, 400g chopped tomatoes, ½ tbsp light brown sugar, 400g mixed beans, and 400g macaroni pasta. And for the cheese sauce, 50g butter, 50g flour, 2 tsp English mustard, 1l semi skimmed milk, 250g mature cheddar, and 100g grated mozzarella.

Killeen Farmhouse Cheese’s Marion Roeleveld receives Lifetime Achievement award from Irish FoodWriters’ Guild

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

BY Declan Varley
‘The cheesemaker’s cheesemaker’ is a good description of Marion Roeleveld. In 2004, using milk from her partner Haske’s goats, she started making Killeen Farmhouse Cheese on their 50-acre farm near Portumna, Co. Galway. The main Killeen Farmhouse Cheese production is a semi-hard goats’ cheese Gouda, made from pasteurised milk and traditional rennet and available plain or with fenugreek.

Unleash your creativity: Get crafty and Dare to Paint at Home!

Wed, Apr 21, 2021

In these uncertain times, occupying the mind and hands by doing something creative is proving to be a most welcome and rewarding distraction. Painting is one of the most calming, stress-relieving, and relaxing activities, but many of us forgot about it when we headed into adulthood. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, or even falling into the lockdown boredom, Dare To Paint Ireland Paint-by-number kits might just be the perfect medicine!

Gardenwise | Black or White? It’s a thorny issue………..

Mon, Apr 19, 2021

On a country walk today the hedgerows are frothy with the prettiest of white blossom – up close it’s like miniature cherry blossom, and in fact it shares the same genus as cherry, Prunus. It’s our native Prunus Spinosa, or blackthorn, whose wood was traditionally used to make shillelaghs. I remember miniature versions of these varnished and sold as souvenirs to spendy tourists, but the shillelagh, Google tells me, was in former times used to settle disputes ‘in a gentlemanly manner’, and modern students of self defence practice its use as a martial art. Which probably says a lot about where we are as a nation when you think about it. But I digress.

Mayor offers help to young people as they return to school

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

With young people returning to school this week, the Mayor of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard, has offered help to those who are “anxious about going back to education”.

Claddagh Parade, c1910

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

An article that appeared in The Irish Times on January 7, 1861, was lifted from the Galway Press and started as follows: “Twenty years ago, this fishing village, for which outdoor relief is now deemed necessary, was the greatest source of profit and employment to the people of Galway. It was the wealth producing quarter of the town, and not alone the town of Galway, but many parts of the interior of Ireland felt the benefit of the successful industry of the Claddagh fishermen. The harvest fishing season, which began in August and ended in November, produced a very large accession of wealth to the country. The number of cadgers leaving the town for the interior averaged about 150 daily, and whilst these peripatetic dealers in fish were thus numerously employed, the foremost merchants we had were occupied in filling their stores with herrings, and even the Fishery Board on some occasions were known to barrel large quantities. So abundant frequently was the take that all the cargoes of salt provided by the importers of that article did not suffice, and it had to be brought overland from Limerick and other places.”

MacNeill feared a bloodbath if unarmed Volunteers came out

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

‘How did the Germans receive our plans? With polite incredulity’…..wrote Liam Ó Briain, the Galway professor who took part in the 1916 Rising, ‘ignorant of Ireland they viewed us as forlorn visionaries, and even doubted whether we would be rash enough to challenge the armed might of England’.

Summer is coming - lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

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Experts target new ways to encourage smoke-free homes

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

NUI Galway has joined a multidisciplinary team of experts across Ireland and the UK to devise new ways of supporting families to have smoke-free homes.

New digital courses in pelvic physiotherapy

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

Aoife Ni Eochaidh is a chartered physiotherapist and winner of the BPW and Irish Permanent Galway Young Business Woman of the Year Award. She is an experienced chartered physiotherapist who runs her private clinic from Suite 14, Bon Secours Consultant Clinic in Renmore, Galway. Ms Ni Eochaidh has announced new home pelvic routine courses, which are affordable digital learning courses for people worldwide with incontinence and pelvic conditions.

Calling all coffee lovers

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

Treat yourself this weekend with this quick and easy coffee cake recipe. This delicious cake consists of a light and fluffy coffee sponge base topped with a rich and creamy coffee flavoured buttercream icing.

Enjoy a seasonal meal of zesty spring lamb with cannellini beans

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

It's the time of year for spring lamb, and this scrumptious zesty spring lamb dish with cannellini beans is sure to impress.

NUI Galway to host information session on Access Programme for Mature Students this evening

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

NUI Galway will hold a virtual information session for those interested in the Access Programme for Mature Students this evening (Thursday) from 7pm to 8.30pm.

The application process for the Access Programme for Mature Students will open this month, and this evening's session will provide information on courses, the application process, and various supports available to prospective students aged 23 and over.

NUI Galway to host virtual MBA open evening

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

NUI Galway’s AMBA and AACSB accredited MBA programme, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, will host a virtual MBA open evening on April 21 at 6pm. The open evening is a great opportunity to learn about the programme and to meet MBA faculty, students, and graduates.

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