Delicious food for all tastes at Taste Matters

Thu, Feb 06, 2014

Taste Matters opened in Loughrea in November 2010 with the aim of serving honest, good, food in a casual and friendly setting.

Brendan Loughnane Butchers for quality and value

Thu, Feb 06, 2014

Brendan Loughnane is very experienced in the meat business, and comes from a family with a long tradition in the industry.

The view from the distillery, c1885

Thu, Feb 06, 2014

Towards the end of last year, we featured a series of articles on the building that is now occupied by the students’ bar in NUIG. The building started as a jute bag factory, then was converted to a bonded warehouse for Persse’s Distillery, later became the National Shell factory during World War I, was occupied by the 17th Lancers and the 6th Dragoon Guards, before being converted into the ammunitions factory known as IMI.

Hollywood came to Galway

Thu, Feb 06, 2014

The renowned film actor, and patron of the Galway Huston School of Film, Anjelica Huston, was born in Los Angeles on July 8 1951. The news of her arrival was promptly cabled to the post office of Butiaba, in western Uganda. Two days later a barefoot runner bearing a telegram finally arrived at Murchison Falls, on the Nile, deep in the heart of the Belgian Congo, where The African Queen was being filmed.

Get ready for spring by taming your wardrobe

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

The arrival of spring brings new season collections and the chance for a wardrobe update. There are easy steps to tame your closet and create flattering, practical, looks for everyday and special occasions. Follow these key tips to update your wardrobe for the months ahead.

Galway’s Quincentennial, 1984

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

On January 1 1984, President Patrick Hillery officially launched the Quincentennial, a year long celebration of 500 years of civic independence unique in western Europe. In 1484, a number of Galwegian merchants persuaded King Richard III to grant the city a charter which made the town a mayoral city. In the same year Pope Innocent VIII granted them the power to nominate their own warden and priests.

The realities of War

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,

Louis Copeland Galway sale ends this weekend with fifty per cent off lines

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Louis Copeland, the menswear specialist located on Merchants Road, concludes its winter sale this weekend with 50 per cent off all casual lines and coats this Thursday to Saturday.

Ditch the razor, start laser

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Now even more affordable

Forty per cent of women feel nervous letting a handyman in

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Forty per cent of women would feel some degree of apprehension letting a handyman or tradesman into their homes, according to a new poll from AA Home Insurance. In comparison, 20 per cent of the men polled said they would have cause for concern.

Out of the Chi pan...

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Since 1997, Da Tang Noodle House on Middle Street had served the people of Galway with thousands of steamy bowls of comforting noodles, dumplings, and legendary spicy salad. But Da Tang hung on the shoulders of an individual and when the time came for him to retire, Da Tang retired also. Their sister business, Chi Asian Take-away, a little takeaway in Westside, took over the space in the middle of November. Chi promises healthy convenient food choices using locally sourced fresh ingredients. Chef Andy Bandara uses the highest-quality local produce to create Asian dishes from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China, and Vietnam. Known for good food, great flavours, and a mean nasi goreng, how does this takeaway translate into a sit-down restaurant?

Walkers invited to sample the thrills and beauty of Europe and Africa

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Have you ever dreamed of walking the Camino or climbing Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain? Why not make 2014 the year that you do it?

Run by avid hiking enthusiast Mark Reynolds, Into the West Adventures provides hillwalking and trekking holidays in the west of Ireland and abroad. From the stunning beauty of the islands off our west coast, to the Camino in Spain, and the Monti Sibillini National Park in Italy, Into the West Adventures has a great selection of trekking trips in Ireland, Europe, and Africa. It has organised hugely successful treks to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (on a lot of walkers' bucket lists) and to the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia.

We take your health and beauty questions and put them to the experts at Therapie Clinic

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

We take your health and beauty questions and put them to the experts at Therapie Clinic, Shop Street, Galway. If you have a skin question, email us at

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks with the System 10 weight loss plan

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

System 10 has developed a weight loss plan that offers support, fast weight loss, food plans, and much more, and also provides you with a full assessment of your metabolism.

Anton's — a hard habit to break

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

For me, it all started with a tuna sandwich. There was a time that I lived just round the corner from Anton's and was as comfortable there as in my own dining room. Anton's has been deservedly rewarded with many years of success on Father Griffin Road.

Learning how to bounce back from adversity

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

Many people have had the odds stacked against them at some stage in their lives. We may have been hit by tragedy, hardship, injustice, illness or loss of some sort but manage to cope. In fact some emerge from major challenges stronger and go on to surmount even greater obstacles.

Results made easier at the Coast Club

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

Set on the Connemara Coast overlooking Galway Bay, the Coast Club leisure centre is the ideal place if you want to improve physical fitness, pamper yourself, or simply escape the pressures of modern life. The club is packed full of activities and services that make it a pleasure to visit for both young and old. Opening at 6.30am, the Coast Club can accommodate early birds.

Herbal remedies for everyday health

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

What are the benefits of herbs and how can we use them in everyday life?

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

There are three keys to a genuine weight loss (real fat loss) plan — diet, exercise, and metabolism correction. All three keys interconnect — one will not work without the other.

Healthy weight loss with Care Cure acupuncture

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

Successful long-term weight loss can be difficult to achieve. Many people have tried diets and later gained back the weight they lost plus some additional pounds.

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