It’s OK to say yes at your first bridal appointment

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Shows such as Say Yes to the Dress have transformed the bridal dress shopping experience, and now brides book appointments at a variety of boutiques and spend days travelling through shops. With all those options Belladonna Bridal needs to reaffirm that there is nothing wrong with saying yes to your dress at your first boutique.

Meet the makers: Brown Thomas

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

What is your name and job?
Maeve O’Higgins and I am the Brown Thomas PR manager.

Sol y Luna School of Spanish for primary and secondary students and adults

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Sol y Luna Language School in Galway has been serving students’ needs for the past number of years and the testimonials from both parents and students speak for how successful it is.

Mr Math — understand, believe, and achieve

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Mr Math offers extensive tuition classes for Leaving and Junior Cert students with a focus on examination based revision. With more than 25 years' experience, Eamonn Conroy (St Enda's Secondary School, Galway) teaches maths to all levels in a clear, structured, and accessible way.

Bodhran Magic: a brilliant course for the New Year

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Rhythm is in all of us, and the New Year is the perfect time to start learning a new instrument. If you have always wanted to play music then the bodhran is the perfect instrument to get going on. The new Bodhran Magic adult group courses are registering now and starting very soon in the city centre.

Trading Faces Stage School

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Taking part in a Trading Faces workshop can help boost your child’s confidence in a safe and fun environment. Claire Power, artistic director with Trading Faces, who has been a drama teacher for more than 19 years, outlines the benefits in personal development for your child.

Registration morning at Croí na Gaillimhe

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Croí na Gaillimhe will holds its biannual registration morning on Tuesday September 11 from 9.30am to 12.30pm where all the information on classes, clubs, and groups will be given. Located at 1 Mill Street, virtually in the heart of Galway, the centre offers courses, clubs, and programmes in a variety of topics as well as acting as an information hub for accessing useful information and resources. The resource centre’s wide and varied activities include the lunch and social club, Siel Bleu exercise programme for older people, a knitting club, men’s group, and many other activities. Registration will take place on the day for many of the classes. This resource centre of St Vincent de Paul continues to develop as a centre of considerable significance socially and educationally for the people of Galway city and county. The centre works with a range of groups across all ages and backgrounds: children, young people, parents, women and men, older people, and people new to our shores.

Register for Galway Youth Orchestra this weekend

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Galway Youth Orchestra will hold registration for members and auditions for new members in St Mary’s College on Saturday, September 8, from 10am to 12 noon.

Learn Spanish at The Spanish Institute

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

The Spanish Institute is starting this September with new courses for adults, teenagers, and children. The new term will commence on September 17 and will offer a variety of Spanish classes to all levels, from beginner to advanced. The new schedule of courses is available on the institute’s website www.spanishinstitute.ie and on its Facebook page.

Learn to play the Rolls-Royce of card games with Better Bridge

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Bridge is said to be the Rolls-Royce of card games, offering the suspense of poker and the excitement of athletic sports in a social setting. It is the most stimulating, most intriguing, most fascinating, and most challenging of all card games. Each deal has some quality of strangeness, providing challenge, enjoyment, laughter, and sheer entertainment. Since the 1930s, bridge has been the most popular card game in the world.

Further education at GTI — your pathway to future success

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Whether you have received the offer you want or are having second thoughts about the course you chose, it is worth checking out the further education options available to you at Galway Technical Institute, the largest provider of full-time QQI Level 5 and 6 programmes in the west of Ireland. GTI will host a final open day on Tuesday September 11 from 10am to 4pm.

A career in sports massage therapy

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

The Institute of Massage & Sports Therapy has been providing the highest level of training in sports massage for almost 20 years.

Four steps to finding your perfect career

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

In this article JobChanger identifies four steps you need to consider when planning your career for the future. These are important, no matter what stage you are at in life, if you wish to find your ideal career and enjoy life.

Develop your career with a Level 7 science degree

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Would you like to develop your career in the medical device, biopharmaceutical, and pharmaceutical sectors in the west and midwest? Enrol now to gain a Level 7 science degree in one year part-time, funded through Springboard.

Open day at the French Institute

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

The French Institute Galway is holding an open day on Saturday September 8 from 12 noon to 4pm at the historic Bridge Mills. Its director Brigitte Demay O’Carroll and her staff will be in attendance to answer questions. Free assessment tests can be taken on the day.

Higher level Junior and Leaving Cert maths grinds course

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Do not leave mastering your maths problems too late. The school year is about to begin so now is a great time to get to work on your maths.

Foghlaim Gaeilge do Bhliain na Gaeilge 125

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

Ar smaoinigh tú riamh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim? Is é anois an t-am é a dhéanamh. Tá Conradh na Gaeilge ag deánamh ceiliúradh 125 bliain ar an bhfód i mbliaina, 2018.

De bharr an t-éilimh a bhí ar na ranganna, tá cúrsa eile curtha ar fáil againn ar an Sathran do dhaoine ar mhaith leo feabhas a chur ar a gcuid Gaeilge. Déan teagmháil le clárú do na ranganna.

Taylor’s Hill school, one hundred and sixty years

Wed, Sep 05, 2018

One hundred and sixty years ago on Saturday, September 8, 1858, the Dominican sisters opened their school on Taylor’s Hill. Three years before that, they had taken over a house there known as Seaview (sometimes known as Mount Eaton), which belonged to the Sloper family; a simple country house with eight rooms, a medley of kitchen premises to the rear, stables behind the house, and with it, five acres of land.

Thinking of having a Halloween Holiday?

Wed, Sep 05, 2018

The Athlone Springs Hotel is the perfect location for you to enjoy a fun-filled holiday or a relaxing breakaway. Their friendly staff, 68 modern bedrooms, state of the art leisure facilities with swimming pool, treatment rooms, cocktail bar, and restaurant; all just five minutes away from lively Athlone Town; will leave you spoiled for choice.

People of the Tribes: Meet Paschal.

Wed, Sep 05, 2018

Hello, my name is Paschal, this is Socks (the Horse)... I'm a Galway man through and through, living in Craughwell, Co. Galway. I was in the defence forces for 38 years, involved in the RDF Unit or the FCA Unit and stationed in Loughrea for 15 years. For the past 26 years on and off I have brought my family, friends and the odd wedding couple around on my horse and cart. Then I started bringing tourists and the public around the city, I love doing what I am doing, it gives me great joy! There is such a great buzz in Galway, if you're in bad form and need a lift, just walk down shop street, high street or Quay street, you're sure to meet a smiling, friendly face to snap you out of it. We have some much here in Galway, the lakes, the Sea, the people and the laughter!

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