Time to experience the magic of Thailand

Wed, May 03, 2017

With over 16 million visitors every year, Thailand is easily South-East Asia's top destination. From delicious street food and bedazzling Buddhas to stunning beaches and famous full moon parties, Thailand has something to tickle every traveller's fancy.

Confidence boosting for Children!

Tue, May 02, 2017

This July, Réalta School of Speech and Drama will be running a Speech and Drama workshop in Our Lady’s Boys Club, which is situated on Sea Road, Galway. This workshop will run over five mornings. The focus is on building confidence while having lots of fun!

Education beyond the classroom

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Education doesn’t stop when your child leaves school each day. Children are naturally curious and there are many interesting and fun ways we can help educate them beyond the classroom so they don’t even realise they are being educated.

Entertaining indoor party games for kids

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

If you decide to have your child’s party at home it can be difficult to think up ways to entertain the children. We have put together some entertaining indoor party games for kids to help you out. The list includes some old favourites and a few you may not have considered.

Moving house with children

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Moving house is up there with some of the most stressful situations you will face in life. For children it can feel overwhelming, upset that they are leaving behind what they know and excitement about living somewhere new. We have a few tips to try if you are moving house with children.

Nutrition secrets for anti-ageing

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

The College of Naturopathic Medicine is hosting a health talk on the important role nutrition plays on how we age.

CNM graduate and founder of GLOW, Maya Flynn, will be discussing simple and practical strategies to reduce wrinkles and cellulite, improve skin tone, and restore passion to live a healthy, vigorous, life.

The Coast Club celebrates twenty five years of premium fitness facilities

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

June 2017 marks 25 years in business for the Coast Club Leisure Centre. In those 25 years, the team at the Coast Club, located in the Connemara Coast Hotel, have helped more than 3,000 people reach and exceed their fitness goals, along with providing a haven of relaxation, recuperation, and tranquillity.

Droserin cream health benefits

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Breathing problems and respiratory conditions are notoriously hard to treat but a solution could lie in something as simple as an organic herbal cream, or droserin cream, to be specific. Made from natural ingredients, including thermal water from the Podhajska hot spring, its most important components are Rosa centifolia and the bio-information of Drosera rotundifoli — both have excellent effects on the lungs and skin.

Fix your metabolism and lose two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Your metabolism is by far the most critical and powerful key to weight loss. It is with you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The potential for calorie burn and weight loss is huge. It even controls the results from your diet and exercise. By combining a great metabolism with balanced food and exercise, System 10 brings you the best weight loss plan of all.

We all have metabolism faults of varying degrees and are not aware. Signs of a weak metabolism include undiagnosed sluggish thyroid [40 per cent of people], hormone imbalances, nutritional deficiencies [70 per cent of people], elevated blood sugars [50 per cent of people], sluggish liver, or digestive disorders including constipation [60 per cent of people].

Porridge bread

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Everyone seems to be making porridge bread lately, and when you taste it for the first time you will know why. The team at Evergreen Healthfoods love trying out new recipes so you can imagine their delight when they tried and tasted this bread. Here is Evergreen's super easy and wickedly tasty porridge bread recipe.

Relieve hay fever and sinus with Care Cure Acupuncture

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

For many summer can be a worrying time, bringing with it sudden attacks of sneezing, blocked noses, itching of the roof of the mouth, and red, watery, and itchy eyes.

Hay fever is considered to be a hypersensitivity of the nasal mucus to substances such as the pollens of grasses, trees, and flowers and can sometimes trigger sinusitis and sinus headaches.

Cherrymore Kitchens & Bedrooms celebrates twenty one years

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Cherrymore Kitchens & Bedrooms is one of Ireland's premier kitchen and wardrobe manufacturers. This summer Cherrymore celebrates 21 years in business. Throughout this time the company has been continuously expanding and is always at the forefront of new door styles and designs.

You can have a lovely lawn

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

With the sun shining and the weather warming up, it is time to think about stepping outdoors and making the most of the garden. Maybe you have a special event on the horizon where a beautiful lawn would add to the splendour of the occasion, or perhaps you would just like to light the barbecue, sit back sipping something cold, and look out over a beautiful weed-free lawn while the sausages and burgers sizzle on the grill.

Tile store in Oranmore – Spellman TBW really is a one-stop shop

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Spellman Tiles Bathrooms and Wood Flooring in Oranmore invites people to visit its showroom where they can view a wide range of wall and floor tiles, bathroom suites, and shower enclosures as well as a wide range of solid, engineered, and laminate flooring.

The Corpus Christi procession

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

“Upwards of seven thousand people took part in the annual Eucharistic Procession through the streets of Galway on Sunday, when one of the greatest demonstrations of faith in recent years was seen. Practically all of that part of the city’s population which did not take part, thronged the footpaths, and when the procession arrived at Eyre Square at six o’clock, upwards of ten thousand people knelt on the green sward in front of the specially constructed high altar for the final Benediction, which was imparted by his Lordship, Most Rev Dr Browne.

The Bishop’s blanket

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Fr Pat Connaughton, Bishop Casey’s secretary for a while, recalled a time when he and the bishop were going to a meeting in the archbishop’s house in Thurles. “Our car broke down. No matter. We were near Thurles. We left it on the side of the road, and walked the rest of the way, the bishop’s arms swinging by his side. We were passed by Bishop Kevin McNamara, in many ways the very antithesis of Casey. McNamara looked out the window, and remarked to his driver: ‘There goes Eamonn in drama again.’

Summer art classes with Beechmount Art Studio

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Multi award winning Beechmount Art Studio is springing into summer with new terms of art classes in Lackagh and a new location of The Glassroom at Brazco Coffee Academy, Oranmore.

New Spanish courses starting soon at the Spanish Institute

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

The Spanish Institute is offering two eight week courses starting on the week of May 9. These courses are specially designed for those who want to spend their summer holiday in Spain or Latin America and would like to have some basics of the language.

Summer courses at the French Institute for adults and secondary school students

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Would you like to make the most of the long summer days while learning, refreshing, or practising your French?

The French Institute is running summer courses this year starting on May 15. There are courses for adults at all levels, from beginners to advanced, and a choice of morning or evening classes. The courses last six weeks, for two hours a week. They will end on the last week in June, just in time for an enjoyable holiday in France.

People of the Tribes : Meet Michelle

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

   
''I'm a Leitrim lass living in Galway! It's my second home now and this city has always been good to me so I try to be good to it! I love having the Atlantic right beside me and take advantage of that everyday be it hitting the prom or getting into the sea itself ( when I'm feeling brave!)

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