How to choose a good babysitter

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

1. If you are new to an area or just do not know anyone who babysits start by asking around. Find out from friends and neighbours who they get to look after their children. If you draw a blank here try advertising. Put a notice in your local shop/library or in the small ads section of this newspaper.

New wonder product in fight against wrinkles

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

New to Therapie Clinic, Shop Street, in Galway, is the Rapid Collagen Infusion from skincare genius Dr Howard Murad.

This fast-acting, wrinkle-fighting, and collagen-building formula promotes healthy collagen and hydration levels to plump skin and smooth fine lines and wrinkles. It is loaded with clinically-proven ingredients to immediately reveal a more youthful appearance and feel within two hours.

New technology for Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

It is great to see the introduction of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) in the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. While this is an expansion on what families are already doing, we need to revolutionise our interventions to the highest possible levels.

Expand your life in three weeks

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Harvey Wasserman’s Expand Your Life In Three Weeks workshops have one major purpose — to demonstrate that many emotional problems can respond to simple techniques. Wasserman will present exercises that help with depression, anxiety, and other emotional problems. They will help identify negative thinking and the many beliefs and experiences that limit personal growth and expansion.

Why you can't lose weight — what foods are making you fat?

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

The IgG weight loss system is a revolutionary way to lose weight using blood analysis. Did you know that despite all your efforts to work out and lose weight, if you are eating foods you are allergic or intolerant to it can make you fat? When an intolerance has developed, for example to wheat, the body will hold onto fluids to protect any potentially vulnerable areas, such as the intestinal tract. This water retention causes puffiness and weight gain.

Fitness run by fitness people at The Ardilaun Leisure Club

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

The Ardilaun Leisure Club is a well established leisure facility and a prominent figure in the fitness industry of Galway. At the Ardilaun the homely, friendly, atmosphere lays a great foundation for you to feel at ease and achieve your goal. The club promotes all aspects of training; whether it is functional, flexibility, mobility, strength, stability, or suspension training, the team at The Ardilaun strive to be at the top of their game.

Quality and care go hand in hand at Roscam Family Dental Practice

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Roscam Family Dental Practice believes that first impressions begin with a smile. With this in mind, the aim of the team is to give patients a beautiful smile that is as unique as the person wearing it. When it comes to looking after your smile, a dental health check-up is the best starting point to kickstart your dental health.

Put a spring in your cleaning

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

A full spring clean can be a daunting task, so here are some tips to help make the job easier.

Irish Isle Stoves open weekend show

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Irish Isle Stoves, Unit 41, Ballybane Industrial Estate, is having an open weekend show on Saturday March 1 from 10am to 6pm and Sunday March 2 from 12 noon to 6pm. During the open weekend Irish Isle Stoves is offering all stock models at 20 per cent discount. A discount will also be available on new orders

Quality Irish manufactured suites at Siopa Troscán

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

All Siopa Troscán suites can be made to order with prices starting at €1,799 for 3+1+1 and styles covering everything from contemporary to traditional.

A celebration of sandwiches

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

We are a nation of sandwich eaters. Every cafe, counter, and hatch does its own variation, with ingredients ranging from withered lettuce to flash fried steak, from slathered 'spread' to flavourful aioli. But which is the best?

Book now at Taste Matters for your child's Communion or confirmation

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Taste Matters in Loughrea is a cheerful and hospitable bistro-style restaurant with friendly, welcoming, staff, great food, and a excellent list of natural, organic, and biodynamic wines, craft beers, and ciders.

The food is a fusion of various cuisines with influences mainly from Irish, French, and Italian cooking, although their inspiration can come from anywhere. Among the dishes you may find delicious chowder, brie melt, grilled breast of duck, seafood medley, folded chicken, grilled salmon, or rib-eye steak.

The Central Hospital

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

“The newly constituted County Hospitals and Dispensary Committee met for the first time on the 25th of February, 1922, in the boardroom of the old gate lodge of the old workhouse to organise the transfer of the Galway Hospital (Infirmary) on Prospect Hill to the workhouse site.” The hospital (which was where the county council buildings are today) had come under the control of the county council the previous year and it wisely decided that it should be closed and the workhouse developed as a central hospital to serve city and county. The Prospect Hill unit was phased out and ultimately closed in December 1924.

‘Mr Huston would you like a little night-cap?’

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

It was John Huston’s wife Ricki, who first saw St Clarens, a large Georgian house, and gardens near Craughwell, Co Galway. She had been staying with Derek and Pat Trench at Woodford House for the Galway Races. When she heard the house was coming up for sale by public auction she went to check it out. Once owned by the O’Hara Burkes,* it was then a virtual ruin, and in the hands of the Land Commission.

Edward VII in Galway, 1903

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

At the beginning of the last century, the Prince of Wales would have been one of the most famous personalities known to most Irish people. He had been to County Galway on a few occasions hunting, but when it was announced he was going to make an official visit, it aroused very mixed emotions. There were a lot of objections locally, led by an umbrella group known as the National Council. They disrupted preparatory meetings by shouting and heckling. Nationalists were not impressed either and other objectors included Edward Martyn, WB Yeats, Maud Gonne, and George Moore.

Ricki Soma - Anjelica’s beautiful mother

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

Anjelica Huston’s mother, Ricki Soma, grew up over a popular Broadway Italian restaurant called Tony’s Wife on West Fifty-Second Street in New York. At 14 years of age she was already a beauty, and a ballet dancer. She looked like the Mona Lisa, in fact she was considered so beautiful that a few years later her photograph appeared on the cover of Life magazine.

From Communions to christenings, here is what to wear

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

In this week’s column I want to focus on the conundrum of dressing for Communion, christening, and confirmation. I believe that if you look the best you can and feel good in what you wear, you will be confident.

Time for tea at The Ardilaun

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

It is no secret that the Irish love their tea. The Irish drink more of this hot beverage per capita than any other country. The presence of tea making facilities is considered essential in any hotel or bed and breakfast room and is offered at breakfast, 'elevenses', lunch, dinner, and any time in between. Lately we have even begun to embrace that very English tradition of afternoon tea. Legend has it that the ritual of afternoon tea owes its origins to Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford. As a young women in the early 1800s at this time, it was common to eat only two main meals a day, with breakfast scheduled in the morning and dinner taken late in the evening. When kerosene lamps were introduced in wealthier homes, eating a late dinner became increasingly fashionable, widening the long wait between meals.

Experience the benefits of nutritional therapy and iridology

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

Denise Coyle comes to the Elmtree Clinic in Oranmore with full qualifications in both nutritional therapy and iridology. As a nutritional therapist first and foremost, she works with clients to create diet, supplement, and lifestyle plans to suit individual needs and goals. Nutritional therapy can assist in easing and regulating a wide range of acute and chronic conditions. Nutritional therapy can also help with needs such as weight loss, increasing energy levels, general wellbeing, and improved health outcomes.

Expand your life in three weeks

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

Harvey Wasserman’s Expand Your Life In Three Weeks workshops have one major purpose — to demonstrate that many emotional problems can respond to simple techniques. Wasserman will present exercises that help with depression, anxiety, and other emotional problems. They will help identify negative thinking and the many beliefs and experiences that limit personal growth and expansion.

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