Briarhill Family Practice will open its doors this week

Tue, Jan 31, 2017

Briarhill Family Practice will open its doors this week, conveniently located in Briarhill Shopping Centre. This brand new GP service aims to be among the most respected and trusted primary healthcare providers to the people of Galway.

The Power is responsibility

Tue, Jan 31, 2017

We live in fearful times. Times of great uncertainty and unprecedented change. A time where many of our belief systems have been challenged and questioned. So how best can we deal with this?

Galway speech and drama school is creating a program that promises contagious creativity

Mon, Jan 30, 2017

The Réalta school of Speech and Drama which was established in 2016 by Speech and Drama Teacher Michelle O'Grady and specialises in one-to-one classes for both children and adults with Autism, Down Syndrome and other special needs and challenges.

Galway Food Festival returns for Easter weekend

Mon, Jan 30, 2017

The sixth annual Galway Food Festival returns from April 13 to 17, under the theme of 'Food and Community', with an increased programme of events, and the return of the festival village at the Spanish Arch.

Online PR Masterclass For Galway Businesses & Marketing Executives

Mon, Jan 30, 2017

Digital Training Institute CEO Joanne Sweeney-Burke is collaborating with Irish Blogger Agency for an exclusive one-day masterclass in Online PR Strategy in Galway.

So there I was; Moscow

Mon, Jan 30, 2017

Ever thought about going to Moscow for a holiday? No? Matt Cassidy tells us why you should reconsider.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year and a new chapter in Galway’s Noodle House

Fri, Jan 27, 2017

The Chinese New Year is upon us and celebrations will continue for around 2 weeks – more than enough time to try the amazing new menu at The Noodle House and get hooked on the freshest and tastiest hand-made noodles in town.

Learn how to win the cold war

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

If you managed to escape a cold this winter, then count yourself lucky. You are one of the few who is still standing while the rest of us are knocked sideways with headcolds, chest infections, nagging coughs, and flus.

Unfortunately for some, they fell victim to the sniffles in the run up to Christmas and spent most of the festive season sneezing and wheezing and generally unable to enjoy the turkey and plum pud.

PoppySeed Eyre Street launches new Grab and Go PoppySeed lunch boxes

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

PoppySeed Gourmet Cafés has launched a new Grab and Go lunch box range now available from its city centre branch in Eyre Street.

The team at PoppySeed has developed five different salads for the new Grab and Go lunch box range. The lunches will vary daily and will feature vegetarian and vegan options. The lunchbox choices include wholesome salads such as sweet potato, broccoli, and lentils with greens; spiced egg noodle with chilli beef; grilled Cajun chicken and buckwheat; Galway goat cheese with couscous; and beetroot hummus, roasted vegetables, and quinoa.

The food of love

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

Valentine's Day is the day of romance and passion, but that does not mean that you cannot make the day memorable if you are not in a relationship. Single guys listen to friends complain about having to buy gifts for their girlfriends on Valentine's Day, while wishing they had someone to buy for themselves. Boyfriend bonfires and copious ice-cream consumption are the yearly Valentine's Day prescriptions for single women. It might just be a silly holiday created by greeting card companies, but that does not dull the sting of Valentine’s Day for the newly, or perpetually, single.

Final week of sale at An Siopa Troscan

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

See the full range of quality Irish manufactured suites at An Siopa Troscan in Moycullen, where all suites can be made to order. The full range of styles covers everything from contemporary to traditional.

The sale ends on January 31, so make sure to order your suite now, to avail of the special offers available. Pictured is the Saoirse suite, available in any colour, now an amazing €1,769 (was €2,499).

Antique and fine art offerings from Galway Auction Rooms

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

The auction season begins again with Aidan Foley's antique and fine art auction, taking place at Galway Auction Rooms this Saturday.

Anti-inflammatory smoothies

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

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So many illnesses are caused by, or made worse by, inflammation; arthritis, psoriasis, and digestive issues to name a few.

Sleep advice for shift workers

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

Aim to have at least four hours sleep at the same time every night/morning (eg, 3am to 7am). This will help to keep your sleep clock regular. Use the weekend or days off to get in some extra “recovery” sleep. Make sure the sleeping environment is as conducive to rest as possible.

One cent laser hair removal sale has Therapie Clinic inundated with bookings

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

Have you been thinking about laser hair removal? Well, think no longer, laser hair removal has never been so affordable — Therapie Clinic is offering an amazing deal this January, b uy one area and get the second one for only one cent.

Fix your metabolism and lose two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Jan 26, 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.

New health programme will help you lose fat around the middle

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

Do you want to improve your health, shape up, and get your waist back in 2017? Then go along to Lose Fat Around the Middle and learn why carrying excess fat around your middle is not just a cosmetic problem but can increase your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s, and cancer. Glenville Nutrition will help you identify easy manageable steps to shape up without dieting.

Does mindfulness based stress reduction really reduce stress?

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

Manage the racing mind
Through mindfulness practices participants observe how the mind races into the future, filling them with stresses and anxieties about things that are yet to come, or they find their mind racing back into the past where they ruminate over things that they cannot change.

Galvia/Calvary Hospital

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

An interesting number of medical institutions were established in Galway in the 20th century. In 1908 the Port Sanitary Intercepting Hospital was built near the docks opposite Forthill Cemetery as quarantine for any suspected cases of cholera or smallpox that might have come in on board ship. It cost £1,000, had 20 beds, and happily it was never needed for its primary purpose and only ever housed three patients. It burnt down in 1966.

TB epidemic - getting the message across

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

It is no coincidence that the Regional (now the University College) Hospital and Merlin Park opened almost simultaneously in the mid 1950s. The Old Central Hospital, which had opened in 1922, became unfit for purpose, mainly due to overcrowding, and the difficulty accommodating long stay tuberculosis patients. Tuberculosis, or TB, was, in the early decades of the 20th century, at epidemic proporations. The same year that the Central Hospital opened, the same year as the foundation of our State, there were 4,614 deaths from TB; 611 were children under 15 years.

Even though the new Regional and Merlin Park hospitals had been at the planning stages for some years, it was the dynamic leadership of the newly appointed Minister for Health, Dr Noel Browne, which drove the buildings forward. Browne was haunted by the spectre of TB. His father, mother, and eldest brother Jody all died of the disease. When he was a medical student at Trinity, he contacted it himself. He was two years in a sanatorium. He suffered bouts of ill health all his life.

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