Combat insomnia with Care Cure Acupuncture and Chinese medicine

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

Do you find it difficult to fall asleep at night? Is your mind racing? Do you wake up and find you are unable to fall asleep again? Do you suffer from restless leg syndrome?

Renowned psychics come to Galway

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

Galway’s own School of Natural & Spiritual Science, Ireland’s premier new centre for personal/business development, will host two luminaries of the psychic world for an evening of mediumship on Friday September 23.

Urban wellbeing

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

The stunning Urban Wellbeing centre, owned and designed by the talented Tracy and Ed Dunbar, offers a five star health, beauty, and fitness experience all under one roof. With easy access to the city centre and ample free car parking facilities, this is a completely new health, beauty, and fitness concept designed specifically for the Galway community.

Exercise — medicine for your heart health

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

Exercise4Health is back this October, helping the people of Galway take control of their heart health. This programme, designed specifically for those who due to a number of health issues are reluctant to engage in exercise, those who are new to exercise, and those who see exercise as their medicine to engage in a meaningful, evidence based, fitness programme.

Curves Galway — real women, real results

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

After a gap of four years a mother and daughter team opened a brand new Curves in Liosban Business Park in late June, and Galway women have reacted positively to its return.

Fix your metabolism faults to lose two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

Your metabolism controls your health, weight loss, and body shaping “switch”. It is the foundation upon which the effects of diet and exercise are built. It opens the doors to getting way more results from any dieting or exercise you do. Nothing can compensate for a bad metabolism.

Short evening courses at NUI Galway

Mon, Sep 05, 2016

The Centre for Adult Learning and Professional Development offers a series of 8-week, non-accredited courses in a number of different subject areas including Archaeology, Writing, Drama, Film Studies, History, Art History, Languages, Health & Well Being, Literature & Poetry, Ecology & the Environment and many others.

Climbing and Rambling Roses

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

In Tralee last week for the Rose Festival I noticed a great many beds of roses in full bloom throughout the town, well looked after and flowering freely. Many Irish gardens feature rose bushes in one form or another, and the brightly coloured shrub roses, floribundas and hybrid teas brighten the front gardens of our towns and villages throughout the summer. But it’s the climbing and rambling roses that really seem to appeal to the romantics. Many of the clients who call me in to produce garden plans have visions of softly coloured roses tumbling over an archway leading into an idyllic cottage style garden, or gracefully clothing an old stone wall – pretty and nostalgic, it’s an image that’s hard to resist and it’s a great pleasure to help them achieve this.

Time to teach an old dog new tricks

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

They say you never stop learning as you grow and there are number of courses out there that one can avail of to upgrade the CV and enhance job prospects. Even the plain old satisfaction of acquiring new knowledge can be enough to tempt people to participate in a class while meeting new people and friends.

Lunchtime value at The Cellar

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

The Cellar has existed as a bar since the seventies when pubs were mostly for drinking in, and it was a more Bohemian place entirely then, a hotbed of music with Irish artists such as Mickey Finn and Frankie Gavin regularly playing there. It has changed hands a few times since then, in recent years becoming well known also as a casual restaurant which closed down at the end of 2010. It was not destined to stay closed for long and reopened in its current reincarnation in April 2011.

I have a soft spot for The Cellar Bar, and I doubt that I am the only one. I have been there during the last two refurbishments, seeing its transformation from a dingy watering hole to a modern venue offering good value food and lively nightlife. There can be few people who spent time in college in Galway in recent years who have not had the ‘all day breakfast’ at least once. The location makes it a great city centre meeting spot for lunch or for after-work drinks. And of course, most importantly, the food is that rare combination of good and fast.

New Sunday lunch menu at The Western Bar and Restaurant

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

The Western Bar and Restaurant is set in a beautiful Georgian building on Prospect Hill in the heart of Galway city. The family-run Western Hotel is a uniquely designed property, with the perfect blend of contemporary and traditional. From the striking historical exterior to the warm Irish welcome waiting inside, the emphasis throughout is on comfort, style, great service, and value for money.

The Western Bar and Restaurant is the perfect place to relax and spend some quality time with your family or friends. The team pride themselves on giving diners fine traditional Irish and European cuisine with a modern twist, created with the freshest in-season, locally sourced, produce. It is open for lunch and dinner each day with something to offer for everyone, with fresh local seafood, vegetarian options, scrumptious sandwiches, succulent Irish steak, healthy salads, and indulgent desserts.

The Ardilaun Bistro launches new seasonal menu

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

The Ardilaun Bistro as part of The Ardilaun hotel, a well known and much loved Galway landmark hotel and leisure club, has introduced new seasonal menus. The popular hotel, known for its service, family-run warmth, and its stunning location and grounds, with free parking, is the perfect stop for eating out. Nestled on leafy Taylor’s Hill on the edge of Galway city, The Ardilaun is one of Galway’s longest standing hotels and has been serving some of the finest food in the city for more than 50 years.

Sail away on board on a river cruise with Corrib Travel

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

Imagine yourself reclining under a deep azure sky, as the polished teak deck moves almost imperceptibly with the rhythm of the Mediterranean and a refreshing evening breeze ruffles the air.

Lindbergh

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

Out of the mists of the Monday afternoon of October 23 1933, there came to Galway a seaplane with a blue black fuselage, orange wings, and silver floats. She circled low over The Claddagh, swooped across the old Spanish Arch, and taking a wide sweep over Lough Corrib, swung around and landed near the lighthouse at 65 miles an hour with scarcely a ripple on the water. Claddagh boats put out in welcome, for it was Colonel Charles A Lindbergh who had flown alone from New York to Paris in May 1927, in 33.5 hours. He had come to Galway as a technical adviser of Pan-American Airways to see what facilities Galway Harbour had to offer as a seaplane base. The Claddagh boatmen towed his plane into New Docks where he was met by several local dignitaries.

Fr Peter Daly - ‘The warmest expression of our unbounded gratitude.’

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

Described as a ‘turbulent priest’, and ‘the dominant public figure in Galway during the 1850s’, who was ‘a stubborn, abrasive, guileful and egotistical populist,’* Fr Peter Daly was the principle mover and shaker behind Galway’s drive to become the main transatlantic port for traffic to America in the 1850s. As chairman of both the Town Commissioners and the Harbour Board, he supported J O Lever’s Galway Line, which was to run three state-of-the-art steam-sailing ships between Galway and New York, from a grandiose harbour to be built off Furbo. Passengers from Britain, and all over Ireland, would be delivered to the terminal by train. It was to be the most comfortable, and shortest, route to America.

Café Temple, Galway's new social café

Wed, Aug 31, 2016

It all began with an idea between father and son, Steve and Seb. What if business could be used in order to raise money for charity instead of just to make a profit? A whirlwind of seeking out Local and National Suppliers, Organic Produce and a mad rush Decorating, Up Cycling existing furniture and making what we could ourselves with Pallets and other Materials and finally in February 2016, Cafe Temple was born.

Maternity Cycle & Exercise

Wed, Aug 31, 2016

I was about to write a neat story about maternity cycle & exercise and then I just realised that hey, I’m no expert.

Beware of the Small Boutique

Mon, Aug 29, 2016

What is it about entering small retailers that makes us a little uneasy? Perhaps I should rephrase: what is it about exiting small retailers empty-handed that makes us feel dreadfully uncomfortable and apologetic? Why does this discomfort sometimes turn us off even entering small shops and boutiques in the first place?

The Fishmarket, 1908

Thu, Aug 25, 2016

“The Younger Women with their cloaks draped around their heads looked piquant enough, their faces had not unfrequently the sweetest expression of passion, and their lips pouted charmingly. The old fisher-wives, on the other hand, who sat near the casks and smoked damp tobacco in short clay pipes, had something witchlike and menacing about them.” So wrote Julius Rodenberg in 1860. He obviously had a thing for beautiful young Galway women as he also wrote about them elsewhere. As for the older women, I would say they just glared at him because he did not buy any fish. Otherwise, what he wrote could be true of our 1908 photograph.

Gold afternoon tea at the g

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

The g Hotel is bringing the Midas touch to Galway with its new signature gold afternoon tea.

The limited edition and luxuriously luscious gold afternoon tea at the g is available until the end of September.

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