Want to lose weight and feel great?
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Zest4life is based on Patrick Holford’s Low GL programme. Patrick Holford is a leading nutritional therapist and is the author of some 20 books. Low GL has been tested and is backed by hundreds of scientific papers.
Read more ...Evergreen to bring world renowned nutritionist to Galway
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
This May Evergreen Healthfoods will host a series of seminars on natural health in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway, with Dr Marilyn Glenville. A popular international speaker and bestselling author, Dr Glenville will give three talks across two days on Tuesday May 18 and Wednesday May 19.
Read more ...Irish language summer camps launched
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Conradh na Gaeilge has launched this year’s new Irish summer camp schedule for County Galway.
Read more ...Chinese catering in your home and traditional dining in Oranmore
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Last week, I was at the launch of a great idea by The Three Gorges Oriental Restaurant in Abbey Trinity, Tuam. Their idea is to bring authentic Chinese restaurant food to your home if you are having an event such as a 21st party or indeed any birthday, anniversary, confirmation, Communion, a wedding with a difference, or perhaps the afters of a wedding party. Traditionally there have been other options available such as cold meat platters, cold fish platters, beef stroganoff, chicken curry, and I am sure most readers have had these types of dishes at many functions. The possibility of having your favourite Chinese food at an event will, I believe, appeal to many.
Read more ...Rolling on the river with Corrib Princess and Cava Outside Catering
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
The Corrib Princess is sailing in a new direction, opening each Wednesday evening to pleasure-seekers with a penchant for fine food and wine.
Read more ...Jamie at Home has arrived in Galway
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
For an exclusive preview of the gorgeous Jme collection and share in Jamie Oliver’s passion for beautiful products why not invite your friends and family round to your own Jamie at Home party?
Whether you want to give your kitchen a new look and feel, to get green fingered in the garden, or to indulge yourself in the stunning Scent & Savour collection, everyone at your party will go home with something to savour. As the host of the party, you will get your home updated for free! Every Jamie at Home host receives 15 per cent on party sales to spend on the collection.
Read more ...Choosing the right window treatments
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Curtain types
The tops of curtains, called curtain headings, are a way of customising and styling blinds and valances so that the fabric forms a range of pleats and/or folds. You can create a great custom feel by experimenting with these different types of curtains.
Bloom to focus on growing your own
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Sustainability, local food, and ‘grow your own’, are central themes to this year’s Bloom festival, which will take place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, over the June Bank Holiday weekend.
Read more ...Stepping stones to style for men
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
1. While you cannot buy style - it really is a combination of what you wear and how you carry yourself - you can make smart sartorial decisions which will ensure you look good, even if you are on a tight budget.
Read more ...Galway hurlers, 1949
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
There is no game on earth to compare with hurling, for speed, skill, artistry, movement, and athleticism. Fitness also plays a big part in the game. The Galway teams who played in the 1923 and 1924 finals spent an incredible almost 13 weeks together in Rockfield House, between Craughwell and Athenry. There, they lived like Trappist monks with a 6am reveille sounded by team manager and county board chairman, Tom Kenny, who arrived each dawn in his pony and trap from Craughwell. Out of bed and into a cold bath was the order of the day, and the first exercise was followed by a drink of cold water laced with ‘health salts’ before a solid hour’s toning up physical exercises supervised by trainer Jack Berry. Breakfast of the plainest food, with brown bread the major ingredient, followed at 10am. After an hour’s rest, the team and substitutes played and practised hurling with the free-takers perfecting their art with countless shots at goal from all distances and angles.
Read more ...A landscape treasure on our doorstep
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
On several occasions I have purposely let myself get lost along the narrow roads of the Sliabh Aughty (Echtge*) uplands which extend over some 250 square miles over the southeast Galway and west Clare borders. It’s a territory way off the tourist trail. On either side of the road hedgerows are positive gardens of wild flowers in June. In August they collapse drunkenly along its edge.
Read more ...Lose weight for good with System 10
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Do you struggle for weeks to lose a few pounds, only to have the weight pile back on again once your diet ends? System 10, a new approach to weight loss, offers permanent results by speeding up the rate at which your body burns fat.
Among other things, your metabolism controls the rate at which you burn energy. No amount of dieting or exercise can make up for a sluggish metabolism, and conventional starvation diets can slow your metabolism even further, causing you to pile on even more weight after dieting.
Read more ...Healthy options at The Health Store
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Galway's newest health food venture, The Health Store, is situated in the Briarhill Shopping Centre.
Read more ...Believe it and achieve it this spring
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
With so much emphasis on the importance of regular physical activity these days, we are more aware of the benefits of exercise than we have ever been. The Kingfisher Club can assist you in making exercise not only purse friendly, with membership starting from as little as €9 per week, it has also introduced a special welcome pack worth some €200 that will help kickstart your fitness regime. The fitness starter pack is available to the first 50 new members that sign up during April to avail of free classes and personal training, so no more excuses!
Read more ...Must have handbags for spring
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
This spring there are certainly plenty of handbags to pick from whether they are sleek, sexy, cute, or casual. Check out these must haves for this spring.
Read more ...Salsa Slims shape up for summer
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Stepping Out has just announced the course dates for its shape up for summer programme, which is available at a recession busting price of €100.
“I‘m delighted to be able to launch the course at such a good saving for people,” Stepping Out founder Sharon Tinkler said at the launch of the programme. “Everyone has money on their minds at the moment so we are trying to make the course as affordable for as many people as possible.
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Free landscape design at Coole Gardening Complex
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
If you are thinking about how to make the best of your outdoor space around the house this spring, then think about a trip to Tobermore Paving and Walling and Coole Gardening Complex, Gort.
Read more ...Save on heating costs with Solar Home Ireland
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
With home heating oil having increased 30 per cent in the last six months and a further eight per cent expected over the comings weeks with the new carbon tax, there has never been a better time to consider installing solar panels on your home. A system, if properly specified, will generate 65 per cent of your home’s domestic hot water requirements free from the sun.
Solar Home Ireland was established in 2005 and is exclusively involved in the sales and installation of solar water heating systems for the domestic and commercial market throughout Ireland.
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