Children's swimming classes in Clarinbridge

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

Braemor Swimming Club has announced its return to classes in Clarinbridge on Fridays at 5.20pm and 6.10pm. The 5.20pm class caters for beginners and improvers. Under Braemor's expert care even the most nervous child can learn to swim. The club's experienced, qualified, teachers pay close attention to all pupils' technique, ensuring they learn to breathe correctly on front crawl.

The 6.15pm lane swimming class focuses on all four strokes and ensures pupils can swim for longer distances with ease. Swimming is an essential survival skill which all Braemor pupils can and do attain.

Kumon students receive awards at socially distanced ceremony

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

Blue balloons bounced at the Galway Greyhound Stadium on Sunday September 13 for the Kumon Galway 2020 Awards. Held outdoors with rigorous compliance to the current restrictions, each car served as a private auditorium for the event live streamed on YouTube by SoundtoLight. Families remained in their cars throughout except at their turn to collect their awards while distanced, masked, and sanitised. A socially distanced photoshoot followed with the Mayor of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard.

No more naked fries as Supermac's chips get dressed up for going out

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

I have always been partial to a dressed fry, feeling the naked chip alone is just crying out to be dressed up, dolled up and given star billing. For too long the humble chip has always been that reliable partner to all of the other goodies on offer. The reliable sidekick, the wingman to the array of burgers, and fish and luscious chicken. There have been many late work nights when I would fall into the arms of a hot chip dressed with colesaw as if it were some sort of illicit encounter.

It is as if the combination of some sort of accompaniment to the wonderful Supermac chip was a secret to be kept to oneself. The favourite Irish chip is the Supermac chip, a chunkier version that has claimed an undefeated title in Ireland for generations, and now, it is to be adorned with a variety of savoury toppings to give it new life.

Gardenwise | A Sense of Place for Perfect Paving

Mon, Sep 14, 2020

One of the more important principles of garden design is good flow – a well designed garden will fit in and sit well, not just with the home or building to which it belongs, but with the wider environment outside, whether that be town or country, seaside or city centre. It’s well worth keeping this in mind before you make your final choice of paving, as your patio or terrace, steps and paths are probably your largest investment in terms of outlay when you are planning changes to the garden or indeed creating a new one.

Fairies and pookas in The Claddagh

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

These two women are chatting at the doorway of a Claddagh house on Dogfish Lane c1920. The lane is cobbled, the geese and hens are pecking around, the thatch roof is perfect, there are flowers on the windowsill, everything is calm and peaceful, but what are they talking about? Could it be about piseógs, about the ‘good people’, the fairies, the banshee?

‘Ireland will be poor no longer’

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

From the comforts of Ballynahinch, such as they were at the time, William Makepeace Thackeray continues his exploration of the surrounding countryside as he gathered information for his successful Irish Sketch Book published some years after his tour in 1842.

Are you building or renovating? Then it is time to contact Dalgan Windows

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Dalgan Windows is a family run business manufacturing and installing windows and doors to an international quality standard. The company, which is based in Shrule, Co Galway, is one of the leading suppliers of windows and doors in the country.

The Dalgan Windows product range includes windows and doors in a choice of timber, uPVC, and aluminium. Dalgan Windows also specialises in commercial fabrication and installations.

Go to Peter Curran Electric for all your lighting and electrical needs

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Peter Curran Electric Ltd is one of Galway’s leading electrical wholesalers, providing a dedicated and flexible service to customers. The company has endeavoured to meet the requirements of the electrical industry by building long term relationships with its customers, suppliers, and employees.

Choosing a bed that is right for you

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Many of us will suffer a bout of back pain and if you are one of the unlucky ones, you will find that the state of your bed will quickly become a priority. A good bed, providing correct support and comfort, has an important role to play in relieving and preventing back pain. Here are a few tips.

Supplements on the go with Evergreen Healthfoods

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

The form of the supplement we choose is as important as every other factor, and buying a high potency liquid fish oil is pointless if you can’t stand the taste, or one-a-day formula tablets that you find simply impossible to swallow.

Physiotherapy appointments available to suit you

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Aoife Ni Eochaidh, chartered physiotherapist, provides face to face, telephone, and video call physiotherapy for pelvic floor muscle treatment for bladder and bowel incontinence from her clinic in Suite 14, Bon Secours Consultant Clinic in Renmore, Galway. She also treats sexual dysfunction, prolapse, and post-natal pelvic conditions and osteoporosis. People can choose to have their pelvic physiotherapy consultation by phone call, Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype, or Facetime or to attend in person. Patients can get a referral from their GP or self-refer.

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

The three keys to a genuine weight loss (fat loss) plan are diet, exercise, and metabolism correction. All three keys interconnect – one will not work without the other. Your metabolism is the most powerful of all the three keys – it is the ‘switch’ that controls everything else. In most people this switch is off.

Skills to Advance in the workplace with GRETB.

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) welcomes applications to the Skills to Advance scheme. This Government funded initiative aims to engage those already in employment to upskill or reskill through further education and training. With many workplaces facing unprecedented challenges through COVID-19, this initiative will support businesses and their teams navigate the challenging and rapidly changing business environment through a skilled and confident workforce.

Line interactive online English classes with John Conneely

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Covid-19 has caused our attitudes to many things to be re-evaluated and teaching and learning have not escaped. John Conneely regards the challenge as an opportunity to deliver classes in a different way so that individual students will be able to interface with the syllabus at a pace that suits them.

Socially distanced Gaeilge

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Are you ready to take your first steps into the post Covid-19 world? Conradh na Gaeilge is offering a chance to learn through its series of autumn Irish language classes. The classes are available across a number of platforms to enable you to join Imelda May in reclaiming your language. This year’s classes are available in Áras na nGael, 45 Dominick Street, and also online via Zoom.

Mindful self-compassion — live online group training for wellbeing and resilience

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Our mental attitudes, beliefs, and expectations can have a big influence on whether we thrive and prosper or stagnate and decline. Rick Hanson, an eminent neuropsychologist, describes how the brain has a negativity bias designed to keep us safe rather than happy. He says that this makes our brain like Velcro for bad experience and Teflon for good experience.

New free or ninety per cent subsidised programmes now open

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

There has never been a better time to invest in yourself by upskilling or reskilling in areas where skills are most needed in the Irish economy by enrolling in one of NUI Galway’s new free or heavily subsidised programmes.

Three new music hubs for Galway's young people

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

From September, children and young people in Galway will have access to three new music hubs – one in Ballinasloe, one in Clifden, and Wellpark Music Hub in Galway city. The new music hubs will offer affordable weekly music lessons to ages six to 18.

Study herbal medicine with The Herbal Academy

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

The Herbal Academy runs courses, which allow anybody to expand their knowledge of home herbal remedies and better understand how they enhance health and longevity.

A wholesome and nutritious breakfast is an essential start to the day

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Getting everyone out the door can take over family mornings, but it is vastly important to make time for breakfast. Many parents say they find it difficult to get their children to eat a proper breakfast, but, whatever their age, all the research shows that a nutritious breakfast is an essential way to start the day.

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