Tips for Interior Decorating this Winter

Thu, Nov 01, 2018

With the coldest months of the year on the way, it can be hard to keep the chill out of everyday life. One way to warm up the winter days is sprucing up your home’s interior design. By bringing cosy, trendy and classic styles to your home, you can welcome warmth and life that you never had before, to the pre-holiday season!

GET AHEAD OF THE CROWD AND BUY YOUR LOVED ONES A HARBOUR HOTEL VOUCHER THIS CHRISTMAS!

Wed, Oct 31, 2018

With so many voucher options available, from a relaxing night's stay to a Dillisk Dining Voucher or a delicious Afternoon Tea, there is sure to be something for everyone!

Come to try The Full Duck Salthill!

Wed, Oct 31, 2018

The Full Duck Café in Renmore has proven to be a big success, since it’s opening in January 2016. Providing fresh, cooked to order food & expert barista coffee, The Full Duck have established a well-respected reputation within Galway City. They have decided to expand our business, due to popular demand, to the seaside of Salthill. A large number of their customers have put forward requests for an extension of our high-quality café, and as the Renmore branch is quite small, there is often ques out the door. They thought they would carry on with our quest out here, and hope to provide delicious, wholesome & local food to the people of Galway. Salthill is a fabulous location for families to dine out for breakfast & lunch, and they have full advantage of Salthill’s view of the Atlantic Ocean! They serve 'top-notch' breakfast & lunch, with artisan barista coffees until 6 pm every day! Come to try out The Full Duck Salthill!

People of the Tribes: Meet Barry.

Tue, Oct 30, 2018

Hi, I'm Barry, a native of Co. Mayo originally studied Television Production in Dún Laoghaire and Theatre Performance in Galway. However, it was in the Tour Guiding course with Fáilte Ireland in Limerick in 2012, that I found the perfect way to combine my love of performance, storytelling and history. Walking tours around Galway City were I first foray into guiding, and later, the ol flair for performance and comedy came to the fore as a performer on the Galway Gravedigger Ghostbus Tour. Finally, I joined the team at Adventure Trails Ireland: What I love about tour guiding is connecting with amazing people from all around the world and being able to explore and share Galway's rich heritage through food, drink and storytelling. It's great to be able to offer something unique and off the beaten path. Adventuretrails.ie is a company that specialises in Irish food tours, whiskey tours and day tours in Dublin and Galway. Give me a call if you want to say hello or join me around the city- 00353 85 774 7005.

VINYL NIGHT - Listen to your favourite artists as they were meant to be heard!

Tue, Oct 30, 2018

On Sunday, 18th November join The Skeff Bar for the first of their Vinyl nights. Two classic albums will be played in their entirety on vinyl in the cosy surroundings of The Skeff's impressive decor. The first two classic albums that will be played are:

Bonfire Glow

Tue, Oct 30, 2018

Fancy some flaming autumn colour in the garden? This is a good time to choose trees and shrubs for autumn leaf colour. The hot, sunny summer and mostly dry autumn have allowed deciduous plants to appear at their best this year, and you can view them in all their blazing glory till the leaves come down and they nod off to sleep for winter. Here are a few of my favourite picks for a bonfire blaze at this time of year, with something included for all garden sizes:

Liquidambar styraciflua – also known as the sweet gum tree, a group of these stopped me in my tracks recently on the NUIG campus. Even on a drizzly, grey day they seemed lit from within.

Galway City Museum to mark the end of WWI

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

On Saturday November 10, the eve of the centenary of the armistice which ended WWI, Galway City Museum will host a special lecture on The Great War of 1914 to 1918.

The Columban Hall

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

The Columban Hall is described as a bizarre high-Victorian building with a gabled facade of opus incertum with a small porch, polychrome arches to the windows, a star shaped west window, and a curious chunky top-knot. It was originally built as a Congregational Church, designed by Raffles Brown and completed in 1863. Our photograph (courtesy of the National Library) was taken just a few years later.

The awaking of Augusta …A creative life

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

Augusta Lady Gregory, and her husband Sir William, were away in Italy in May 1888, when her former lover Wilfrid Scawen Blunt was imprisoned in Galway for participating in an anti-eviction rally at Woodford the previous October. I described last week, that within two days of her return to Galway she visited his empty cell, and remained sometime.*

At this period Augusta was still very much a Unionist, and the chatelaine of a large estate. Later that summer when Sir William was involved in a dispute with the tenant, Patrick Spelman, who occupied the Ballylee Castle holding (which would later become a holiday home for WB Yeats and his family), she acted as his secretary, and was closely involved in all aspects of the process.

Food On The Edge 2018 brings global food conversations to Galway

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

The two-day international food symposium Food On The Edge took place in Galway this week, with chefs and other food leaders from around the world descending on the city for the event.

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Nathan Drake's final adventure

Games Reviews Thu, Oct 25, 2018

From the depths of Panamanian jail and the beauty of Scottish highlands to the colours of Madagascar and the mystic of Libertalia, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End takes the gamer on a wonderful adventure as Nathan (Nate) Drake finally calls it quits on his swashbuckling, treasure hunting, escapades.

People of the Tribes: Meet Bryna

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

My name is Bryna Milton, a 16-year-old student living in Galway. I live in Clarinbridge, the home of the oyster, and I absolutely love it. Clarinbridge has been my home for 13 years now and my heart swells with pride when I say I’m from there. It’s a 10-minute drive from Oranmore, where my school, Calasanctius College, is based. I’m in Transition Year now and couldn’t be happier. I’m here doing my work experience at the Galway Advertiser which I love. There’s always an interesting project for me to work on and everyone is lovely. I’m ecstatic for the year ahead because I get to take part in many activities that I am very privileged to do, like charity work and Chinese.

Kiddie Kouture is Galway's only clothes store for 0-12 years.

Wed, Oct 24, 2018

Kiddie Kouture is Galway's only clothes store which caters solely for children aged 0-12 years. Situated in the Town Park Centre, Tuam Road, the store offers a wide selection of children's clothing.

Taste the difference

Tue, Oct 23, 2018

At an apple tasting in Cheshire recently, my eleven year old couldn’t get enough of the heritage varieties of apple being offered to visitors by a group of National Trust volunteers. Although delighted he was packing in his five a day in as many minutes, I couldn’t hide my surprise, as when offered an apple at home, he typically reacts as though I were trying to poison him. The difference, I suspected, was in the taste – confirmed when I nibbled a few samples myself.

People of the Tribes: Meet Stefan.

Mon, Oct 22, 2018

Eat, Drink & Be Scary this Halloween at The Skeff

Mon, Oct 22, 2018

It’s the scariest time of the year and The Skeff have a Spooktacular weekend of entertainment lined up! Dress to impress in your Halloween costume and be in with a chance of winning a cash prize over the weekend- 1st Prize €250, 2nd Prize €150 & 3rd Prize €100.

Skin Health – with Omega-3!

Mon, Oct 22, 2018

Whilst expensive creams often promise to deliver miraculous results, there really is no better way to target optimal skin health than by working from the inside. It’s important to remember that our largest body organ, the skin, needs a constant supply of essential nutrients in exactly the same way as other organs do. Omega-3s are incorporated into cell membranes in the the top layer of skin (the epidermis), forming a protective coat around them, helping to stop moisture being lost, and giving skin a healthy appearance. But Omega 3 fish oils also work deeper in the dermis (skin’s lower layer) to control inflammation. So whether you have acne or eczema, want to find a natural psoriasis treatment or are simply looking for a plumper, firmer complexion, you should consider adding extra omega-3s into your daily plan.

Top tips to get fit this winter

Fri, Oct 19, 2018

Staying indoors and staying warm is probably what most of us wish to do during Winter but while that might be good for keeping the tootsies toasty, it is not good for our waistbands.

Brown Thomas Goes Pink!

Fri, Oct 19, 2018

Jianbing Bar - a cafe like no other

Fri, Oct 19, 2018

Quay Street has a new member of the family - Jianbing Bar. The cafe, whose sister restaurant is the hugely successful Xi'an Street Food, is the only one of its kind in the west of Ireland which specialises in the Chinese dish Jian bing. Jianbing is a traditional Chinese street food similar to crepes. Created more than 2,000 years ago in the Shandong province, Jian bing is generally eaten for breakfast and is known as one of China's most popular street breakfasts.

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