Peggy’s Bar & Restaurant — quality food to take away

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Peggy's Bar & Restaurant, situated in Aucloggeen, Claregalway, directly across from Annaghdown GAA grounds, is renowned for its good food and great service, and has built up a very loyal clientele over the past seven years under the management of Aiden Leonard. Using as many local ingredients as possible and employing local people, all the food is cooked using the restaurant's own recipes.

Call and collect service from Flannery’s Hotel

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Flannery’s Hotel has introduced its newest venture - a call and collect service. Due to popular demand having served its loyal customers for more than 50 years, the hotel will now provide its high quality, affordable, tasty, most popular menu items each Friday, Saturday (from 5pm to 10pm), and Sunday (12.30pm to 5pm).

Domino’s delivering 200,000 slices of pizza for Feed The Heroes and people in need

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Domino’s Pizza Group, one of the nation’s best loved pizza companies, has pledged a further 100,000 slices of pizza to frontline workers as part of th its ongoing partnership with Feed The Heroes.

How to prepare for the Leaving Cert

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

By Brian Mooney
For sixth years the pathway ahead is now clear. If the Leaving Cert can be delivered in its full manifestation of written papers and project work across all subjects, it will be at the last possible moment. Nobody now knows, nor can know, if this will be possible, as all decisions will be based on the best medical advice in June.

Online language courses and online TEFL training at Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre, a Department of Education recognised training institute, now in its 33rd year of business, is a quality school with Cambridge Exams Centre recognition, EAQUALS, Quality English, ACELS/QQI, and FETAC accreditation. During the forced temporary closure due to Covid-19 restrictions the school has moved online with English language classes available at all levels from €45 per week. Classes adhere to the new strict Quality English UK online course standards - a guarantee of quality and standard.

Learn French online with the French Institute Galway

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Keep studying French or take it up, do not let the Coronavirus stop you. The new term at the French Institute starts on May 11.

Meon Nua – ‘new mindset’ weight loss for health gain

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

The key to weight-loss success is a personalised plan. Meon Nua brings you a programme designed for you, incorporating your life particulars, personality, and individual goals.

Meon Nua understands that a personalised approach is key to long-term success. It offers customised one-on-one coaching (online coaching calls from the comfort of your home), with a trained healthcare professional (pharmacist). The programme combines mindset and lifestyle elements to create an individual plan for you, building the bridge to your full potential.

A healthier lifestyle is more accessible than ever

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Three-time Olympian, best-selling author, and Ireland’s Fittest Family coach, Derval O’Rourke has been steadily building her healthy lifestyle community, breaking through the crowded fitness space with her one-stop online platform, Derval.ie.

Walking the Line

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Walking the Line is the title of an important book written by Kevin Brophy which describes his childhood growing up in Renmore Barracks. The ‘Line’ is the path alongside the railway line on the causeway between the barracks and the station, and is seen in our photograph c1960.

Dubliners watched the romancing of WB Yeats with glee

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

The final curtain came down on the relationship between Annie Horniman and the Abbey Theatre in the days following the death of Edward VII on May 6 1910. It was customary that on the death of a British monarch all theatres would close as a mark of respect. Dublin theatres were expected to uphold that tradition, and indeed they did, the only exception on this occasion was the Abbey Theatre.

Gardenwise | Keep Calm and Keep Still

Wed, Apr 29, 2020

If last week’s Gardenwise was about keeping calm and carrying on with gardening, this one is about keeping calm and actually doing very little at all. To absorb maximum benefits from the garden, you need to cultivate the art of doing absolutely nothing at all. Let me explain.

Learn French Online with the French Institute Galway!

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

Keep studying French or take it up, do not let the Coronavirus stop you!

Recipe the Week: MARY’S PAN FRIED JOHN DORY

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

MARY’S PAN FRIED JOHN DORY Recipe
THIS EASY TASTY DISH SERVES 4

5 Lifestyle Changes to Get Healthier

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

Only you can make the decisions necessary to have a healthier lifestyle. Here are five changes you can do that could make all the difference for your health.

Gardenwise | Keep Calm and Carry On Gardening

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

If my inbox is anything to go by, a lot of people are doing a lot of thinking about their gardens just now. No surprises there, as the not – exactly – a - lockdown got underway just as spring was entering its most energetic phase. With at least another week or two of staying home ahead of us, formerly neglected gardens are being lavished with more TLC in a fortnight than they would normally get in a whole year. A wander round the garden centre, checking out the new spring arrivals, followed by a coffee stop, is a real treat at this time of year under normal circumstances. But with ‘normal’ fast receding to the realm of ‘once upon a time’, the shape of shopping has ‘changed, changed utterly’- and a new kind of resourcefulness is born.

The final school term is now under way, but where are we going?

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

By Brian Mooney
It is a very strange world that students now find themselves living in, since online schooling recommenced on Monday last.

It is a very strange world that students now find themselves living in, since online schooling recommenced on Monday last.

Online and blended learning options with Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

The school doors might be closed due to Covid-19 but the team at Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre are busily working with online classes, and invite you to join them to learn English with the same great teaching team. Students are now able to register for new online courses.

The new online courses include the following.

Food for a healthy heart in anxious times

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

During this time of uncertainty and fear, we may be experiencing insomnia, dizziness, chest tightening, shortness of breath, palpitations, or unexplained rashes and temperature fluctuations. These anxiety-related symptoms, in traditional Chinese medicine, relate to the heart. Every organ in the body is in service to the heart and it is central to our wellbeing. So at this jittery time, it is essential to keep it calm and healthy. Here are a few tips from shiatsu, Chinese medicine, and food energy specialist Joanne Faulkner to keep the heart pumping easily and the blood flowing smoothly.

The Street Leagues

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

In the early 1950’s, a group of people calling themselves Coiste na n-Óg came together to try to improve the standard of Gaelic games in the city and they came up with the idea of a streets league. They divided up the city into sections and their teams were named as follows: St Anthony’s represented Newcastle; Western Stars was the name given to the team drawn from Father Griffin Road, Dominick Street, Henry Street, and ‘The West’; “98s” were from Bohermore/Woodquay, they were named after a famous Bohermore 98s team who were established in 1898, the centenary of 1798; Father Lally’s represented Shantalla, so named after a 19th century progressive charismatic parish priest of Rahoon; St Nicholas’ was the name given to the Claddagh teams; The boys from Salthill were simply known as Salthill. The lads from the Industrial School in Lower Salthill were known as St. Joseph’s they played in the under-14 league as did Club Mhuire and Naomh Pádraic

‘You have given me the right to call myself an artist’

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

Not only is it interesting to see the initials of the people Lady Gregory admired on her ‘Hall of Fame’, the famous autograph tree at Coole Park, Co Galway, it is perhaps more interesting to see the names she leaves out.

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