The Galway Volunteers

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Just a few weeks after the Irish Volunteers were formed in Dublin, a meeting was set up in the Town Hall on December 12th, 1913 to establish a Volunteer force in Galway. There was a lot of excitement and expectation as Eoin McNeill, Roger Casement and Pádraic Pearse told the packed hall that their main objective was to win Home Rule but the movement was also formed to protect them from the Ulster Volunteers. The meeting, which was chaired by George Nicholls, was a major success and some 600 men joined up that evening.

The stranger standing at Maam Cross Station

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

There was a humorous mix-up when Pádraig Pearse first visited Ros Muc in 1903. He was 24 years of age, and already imbued by a passion, and a vision for the Ireland of the new century. *

New brand at Standun’s of Spiddal

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

"Great Plains" designed by French Connection is the newest fashion label at Standun's of Spiddal.

From broken-striped separates to ladylike broderie dresses, in fresh waves of sea salt white and true navy popped with bright grenadine red, Mediterranean classics are reinvented to keep your spring/summer looks shipshape.

To Botox or not to Botox — you decide

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Did you know that Botox is now the most popular cosmetic surgery treatment, with more than six million treatments administered every single year all around the world? But what exactly is it, and what does it do?

Beautiful hair with Viviscal

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Say hello to Viviscal’s latest scientific innovation, Viviscal Gorgeous Growth Densifying Range - a dedicated line of advanced haircare created to transform thin, fine and limp hair with visible results.

Working in harmony with Viviscal’s widely acclaimed nutritional supplements, Viviscal’s new Gorgeous Growth Densifying hair care range features the potent proprietary Ana:Tel™ complex which extends hair growth and reduces hair fall ensuring a truly revolutionary multi-dimensional inside and out approach.

Get luscious lips with Lancome at Matt O’Flaherty’s

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Lancôme have shaken it up again with a lip product that does everything. Its new Juicy Shakers have taken the beauty blogger world by storm with their bi-phased formula that pairs nourishing lip oils with beautiful pigments.

Don’t get wet — build a carport to mind yourself and children

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Carports Direct is a Irish owned company which supplies and installs made to measure carports. They will advise you of the best option available without compromising the quality. All the structures are made to suit the clients' requirements.

For the best in fireplace design, look no further than Eamonn Hughes

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

If you want the best in fireplace design you will love the bespoke service at Eamonn Hughes, Ireland's most creative fireplace company. Experts in design, manufacture and installation, there is a limitless choice of marbles, cream limestone, grey limestone and lots more, all made at the workshop in Claremorris.

Check out www.hughesmarble.com for more ideas, or look up Eamonn Hughes Marble and Granite designs on facebook, Let Eamonn Hughes help you to design your fireplace. Fireplaces for free standing stoves and insert stores a speciality.

Smiles all round when you shop at Siopa Troscán

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

The experience of shopping in Siopa Troscán starts with a smile from the staff and ends with a smile from all the customers. See our full range of quality Irish manufactured suites, where all the suites can be made to order. Full range of styles covering everything from contemporary to traditional.

Supporting Irish manufacturers and Irish jobs at Siopa Troscán, the staff aim to make a house your dream home, with prices you will not lose sleep over. Pictured is our Róisin Suite now an amazing €1,949, was €2,399.

The importance of an eye examination

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Eye examinations are not just about assessing vision to determine if one requires spectacles. By examining the eyes thoroughly optometrists can detect serious conditions at an early stage. This means that any issues raised are more promptly managed and treated, thus reducing the risk to one’s eyesight.

Neck and back relief with Care Cure Acupuncture

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Chronic pain in the muscles and joints can make life miserable. Standard anti-inflammatory treatments, physical therapy and medications can sometimes mask neck and back pain, but if you want to get to the root cause so it does not come back again, acupuncture combined with Chinese massage is a good option.

Keep healthier with Better Bedding Protect-A-Bed mattress cover

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

To fully protect your mattress, use Protect-A-Bed mattress encasement available from Better Bedding, Sean Mulvoy Road.

The true cost of fertility treatment

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Galway Fertility Clinic boasts exceptional success rates, when compared with both Irish and European clinics, making it a centre of excellence in the fertility arena. There are only three fertility sub-specialists in Ireland, with two of those now based at Galway Fertility Clinic.

Cost and success rates are the two main deciding factors in choosing which facility to use. Once you’ve made the choice to explore your fertility options, it is vital to be clear on what exactly is included in your price quote and which services incur extra or hidden costs.

Healing with herbs

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

In 1995, the skin herbalist Patrick Murphy provided his first herbal remedies to his patients with good results. Then, as different ailments emerged in his patients, he would accommodate them by using new herbal formulas, again with marked success. These formulas worked so well with subsequent patients that they became standard.

Ten ways to get your little ones to sleep tight

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

1. Set the scene for sleep. Children spend half their time in bed so it is important that their sleeping area is suitable. They will be more likely to want to go to bed if their bedroom is cosy and inviting. Aim to create a bright, cheerful and attractive space. A messy or cluttered room is not conducive to rest. Smaller children will need help to keep their rooms tidy but this guided cleaning will pay dividents in the long run.

Help them make their room into a mini home which they can fill with their own possessions. Make their beds as attractive as possible too as this will entice them to slip beneath the covers. Colourful duvets and cute pyjamas and nightdresses are well worth buying because they will make bedtime more pleasant. Leaving their bedroom door open at night may help ease the separation from parents and give them a means of communicating with you. Remember that many children are afraid of the dark so a small light or a dimmer switch will combat this fear. Some children find silence scary so it may be a good idea to have a music box or some soothing background sound to help them drift away to the land of nod.

Mindful Movements - an equipment-based Pilates and Yoga Studio in Liosban, Galway.

Mon, Mar 21, 2016

At Mindful Movements we specialise in Joseph Pilates reformer bed exercises. Combined with our instructors skill and expertise, we regularly achieve a dramatic impact on the lives of our clients in how they look, feel and move.

One week to go to Galway Food Festival

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

There is just one week to go until the 2016 Galway Food Festival which will celebrate '100 Years of Irish Food' and see leading Galway, national, and international chefs give live cookery demonstrations.

Food festival event to relive the world of 1916

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

A ‘chocolate themed afternoon tea’ and the 1916 Rising will both make their way into this year’s Galway Food Festival with two special events taking place at the Ardilaun Hotel.

Galway’s literary review attracts new talent

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Éamon Ó Cuiv TD has had his first tentative piece of literary writing published in the current The Galway Review (volume 4). It is a competent piece of writing, and no one would have expected anything less, from the young Lochinvar who rides out of the west to astounding political victories every time. He wrote a review of Daniel Sammon’s Croagh Patrick and Me, Ireland’s holy mountain, which he can probably see from his kitchen window.

St Patrick’s Day parade in Galway, 1916

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

This parade started from the Square in the following order: Eyre Square North – Industrial School Band; Galway Urban District Council; Galway Board of Guardians; Students of UCG; AOH. Eyre Square East – The Monastery School Fife and Drum Band; UIL; Town Tenant’s League; Galway Woollen Manufacturing Co; and the Irish National Foresters.

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