Managing your anger

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Do you get angry easily and tend to overreact to small things such as someone leaving the cap off the toothpaste, delays in the supermarket queue or minor traffic congestion?

If so, you may be more hotheaded than others and have a low tolerance for frustration or inconvenience.

The Aga experience

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Many people who have an Aga today lived in houses that had an Aga in the kitchen when they were children. There seem to be lots of pleasant memories from childhood that are associated with having an Aga in the kitchen, and for many such people it is top of their shopping list when setting up home. One friend of mine used to sit up on the shiny lid that is on top of the range (not recommended) when she was a child, and believe it or not she does the same thing some 30-plus years later. I was not brought up with an Aga in the house but both my grandparents and parents had solid fuel ranges and I still remember cooking breakfast in a big black cast iron pan on my grandmother’s red hot range. I also remember the constant need to get logs and logs and even more logs!

Tomato and basil soup

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

This delicious, hearty soup is the perfect counterfoil to the cold days ahead.

Sheridan’s launches new duck confit

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Sheridan’s Cheesemongers has introduced a delicious new duck confit to its artisan range of foods. Expanding beyond its fantastic range of farmhouse and European cheeses, the duck confit is a welcome addition for fans of the quality Irish cheesemongers. Sheridan’s premier range also consists of a variety of wines, cured meats, pastas, and olive oils among other specialities for cooking and eating. Sheridan’s was awarded Food & Wine magazine’s Hall of Fame award alongside Richard Corrigan at the annual Food & Wine awards in August.

Bags of style for breast cancer

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

This October designer Orla Kiely will launch a new exclusive accessories collection in Ireland to support Fashion Targets Breast Cancer in aid of Action Breast Cancer, a programme of the Irish Cancer Society and Europa Donna Ireland.

Greater Harmony for acupuncture clinic

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Harmony Acupuncture Clinic, formerly located in Flood Street, Galway has recently moved to new premises. The modern, custom designed clinic is now located in Charter House, Liosban Business Park, Tuam Road, Galway.

Linda Lyons, owner of Harmony Acupuncture Clinic, is a registered practitioner with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Council of Ireland. Linda studied with the Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland for three years and then undertook further practical training in the School of Chinese Medicine in Nanjing, China. After a decade in practice she is delighted to be able to provide the same level of care for her clients in the new and specially designed premises.

Get dressed for the new season at GM2

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Catch the latest trends in menswear for autumn/winter with a visit to GM2 in Liosban.

Visit Santa in Lapland

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Lapland promises fun for all ages. It's not just Santa Claus that makes Lapland so exciting — there is fun for all ages and a whole host of activities to enjoy in a snow-covered winter wonderland.

Buy beds and get free duvets and pillows at Better Bedding

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

A Galway bedding company is making sure that its customers are as snug as a bug in a rug this winter by offering free duvets and pillows with all beds that are sold.

New range as Gaeilge for Judy Greene

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

World renowned potter Judy Greene celebrates 26 years in business in Galway this year. To celebrate this incredible achievement, Judy Greene is currently producing a new range of pottery featuring the use of the Irish language in association with Gaillimh le Gaeilge.

Free composting demonstration in Clarenbridge this weekend

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Clarenbridge Lifestyle and Garden Centre will host a composting demonstration this Saturday. The event, organised in association with the Galway County Council and Clarenbridge Tidy Towns committee, follows a previous very successful composting event at the centre.

gardening with Anne McKeon

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

The winter garden can be a very peaceful garden offering a break from the routine gardening chores of summer lawn mowing, hedge cutting, weeding, etc.

The Spanish Arch, one hundred and seventy years ago

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Antique paintings can be very important documents of social history, giving us an insight into what life must have been like when the picture was painted. They can recreate for us the streets and scenes and buildings where our ancestors may have lived or worked, show us how they dressed, the games they played, etc, before the Famine or before photography was invented. Such images of Galway are rare, so it is a pleasure to come across this descriptive watercolour of the back of the Spanish Arch, which is in a private collection.

Some of the awful things George Moore said...

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

You might think that those at the core of the Irish literary renaissance at the beginning of the 20th century, were one big happy family beavering away in their rooms at Lady Gregory’s home at Coole, Co Galway. In those early days it was a house full of voices and sounds. Sometimes you heard WB Yeats humming the rhythm of a poem he was cobbling together; or the click-clacking of Lady Gregory’s typewriter as she worked on another play for the Abbey. There was the sound of the Gregory grandchildren playing in the garden; the booming voice of George Bernard Shaw, as he complains that he is only allowed to have either butter or jam on his bread, but not both to comply with war rations (He cheated by the way. He put butter on one side of his bread, and when he thought no one was looking, piled jam on the other!); or the voices of the artist Jack Yeats and JM Synge returning from a day messing about on a boat calling out to a shy Sean O’Casey to come out of the library for God’s sake and enjoy the summer afternoon.

And then there was the flamboyantly Bohemian Augustus John, who was her son Robert’s best man at his wedding. John was a bit wild, and loved to pinch maids’ bottoms as he swept by (“Oh! Mr John!”). It was unlikely, however, he ever pinched Marian. She was the kindly but formidable Lady Gregory’s right-hand ‘man’ in all domestic arrangements. Marian saw that guests dressed properly for meals, which were always served punctually. Despite his wickedness, she had a soft spot for Augustus. Augustus would climb to the top of the highest trees at Coole, and lie on the uppermost branches swaying in the breeze. Marian’s voice could be heard shouting up to him to come down or he’d be killed, and that dinner was on the table.

The time trap

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

“Oh, look at the time, where has the day gone?” or “How am I going to get all these jobs done before bedtime?” are familiar moans.

Introducing Coole Desserts

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

A selection of signature sweets created exclusively for Coole Swan

Gourmet dinner on a budget

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

A lot of people are complaining that they cannot afford to eat out as often as before, prices are too high, less money in the home budget, cost of babysitting, etc. The cost of eating out is indeed high and that is why I recommend that you take great care when planning a meal out.

Hotel Meyrick - a fine dining gem in the heart of Galway

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

If you thought that a well cooked meal complete with great service and relaxing atmosphere was near to impossible to find in Galway these days, well look again, because there’s still a gem of a restaurant to be found at the Hotel Meyrick in Eyre Square.

Lipsy collection now available at Anthony Ryan’s

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Lipsy, the red carpet label of choice for celebrities in the know, is now available at Anthony Ryan’s.

Kate and Ava unveil autumn/winter 08 collection

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Kate and Ava’s autumn/winter collection hits the shops this month and is being sold in a large number of stockists due to the popular demand of their stylish designs.

Madison, Upper Abbeygate st, Galway, will showcase the designers’ autumn/winter collection, which has promised to be their most interesting and wearable yet. The collection will still maintain their design ethos of classic shapes with intricate detailing, while using high quality fabrics. 

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