Komandor provides valuable service
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
How exciting is receiving the plans and renders of your forever home?
Read more ...Conboy Electrical — call in and call out service for all your appliances
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
G.Conboy Electrical, New Rd, Galway, H91 WP30 - 091 526202, offers a call out service and repairs to appliances in your home.
Read more ...KCL Roofing — a service clients can trust
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
It can be argued that the most vital part of any home is its roof. The roof protects everyone inside from wind, rain, hail, and snow as well as providing insulation to keep the house warm in winter and cool in the summer. So it is critical that our roofs are maintained to a high standard in order to ensure they are fully equipped to deal with any extreme weather conditions. When it comes to such an important job, we want a service that is reliable.
Read more ...Temporary decorating tips for renters
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
Renters looking to spruce up their space often face the challenge of doing so without damaging the property.
Read more ...The Model School
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
The Model School on Newcastle Road was built in 1849/50 for a cost of £2,533 plus £800 for the furniture. It was one of a series of Model Schools built around that time and was the only one constructed under budget. It opened in July 1852, 170 years ago this month. It catered for Protestant children.
Read more ...‘The peasantry are the foundation of the world - the upper classes get worn out’
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
In the decades preceding the 1916 Rising, an extraordinary revolution had already taken place in rural Ireland. The British government had lost its patience with Irish landlords who owned 95 per cent of the land of Ireland (100 percent of county Galway was landlord owned), and had largely squandered their wealth leaving themselves vulnerable to poor harvests, successive seasons of bad weather, and an increasingly impoverished tenantry.
Read more ...Take a journey into the past at the National Famine Museum
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
By Una Sinnott
Strokestown in Co Roscommon is far from a typical rural Irish town. At the end of the broad main street - the second widest in the country - grand arched gates mark the entry to a wonderful time capsule - Ireland’s National Famine Museum, which has reopened following a €5 million redevelopment.
Cruise the Med for a week for €799
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
Cruising the Mediterranean with MSC Cruises means coming within reach of the best in culture, tradition and monuments that have for centuries enriched its shores.
Read more ...Are you ready for the Joyce Country Challenge?
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
How about a wonderful chance to adventure in some of the country's most beautiful mountains here in the west?
On Saturday July 16, the Joyce Country Challenge takes place with walks for all ages and abilities.
Read more ...The Boys' Club
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
“There is nothing as Galway as Our Lady's Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore, Shantalla, and ‘The West’. The club provided these and has been a source of guidance and inspiration to thousands of young men and boys since, especially those from a working class background. From that first day of nervous membership, right through their teens, and even after they had taken up the challenges of adult life, the spirit and watchful eye of the Club is ever with them.
Read more ...Alternative route to education a hit with Galway teens
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
"In your own time" could be the motto at Galway Community Training Centre (CTC), where early school leavers who, for a variety of reasons, find mainstream education a less than perfect fit can access a practical, creative, two year accredited alternative.
Read more ...Official opening of sensory walkway in Esker National School
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
Junior Minister for Health, Frank Feighan, visited Esker National School, Athenry, recently to officially open the school's new sensory school walkway, outdoor classroom, and sensory gardens.
Read more ...Improve your Irish and have fun with Ógras
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
Ógras is an Irish-language youth organisation for young people from eight to 19 years old. It offers a wide range of youth services and activities including clubs, camps, trips, projects, workshops, and international exchanges, all through Irish.
Read more ...Hyperbaric oxygenation for thermal burns
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
Burn injuries are among the most painful and difficult to heal injuries, and unfortunately incredibly common in both adults and children.
Read more ...New study reveals living with a food allergy costs an average €1,600 a year
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
New safefood funded research that looked at the cost of living with a food allergy or coeliac disease in Ireland has estimated that the average cost burden for a child with a food allergy is €1,439 every year, rising to €1,602 for an adult.
Read more ...Lose up to two stone in ten weeks
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
With total focus on fixing your metabolism, System 10 can help you transform your weight loss, energy, sleep, health and much more. A good metabolism is the foundation of everything you are. A good metabolism gets you burning more fat every hour, 24 hours a day. Nothing can beat it for results. It is your weight loss master switch.
Read more ...Incontinence and erectile dysfunction after prostate surgery
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
Incontinence and ED can be extremely debilitating for men, until now. BTL Emsella is a breakthrough treatment for incontinence and confidence. This technology revolutionises intimate health and wellness by providing those suffering from incontinence (treating both faecal and urinary incontinence) with a completely non-invasive option. This treatment is for both men and women.
Dubbed the “Kegel throne,” Emsella was featured in the The Irish Times, and on radio stations such as Newstalk and 2fm recently. "The device is getting a lot of press coverage in recent times and we are so delighted to be the first clinic in the west to bring this medical breakthrough to the public," says Elaine Joyce, owner of Chez Elaine.
Read more ...EZ Living Furniture launches live in-store remote shopping
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
EZ Living Furniture has partnered with Go Instore, one of the world’s leading live video chat platforms, to bring you the ultimate remote shopping experience.
Read more ...Making the most of your summer garden
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
When it comes to design, a garden is similar to an open-plan room: it is one space in which you will relax, entertain, eat and even cook.
Read more ...The Boys' Club
Wed, Jun 29, 2022
“There is nothing as Galway as Our Lady's Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore, Shantalla, and ‘The West’. The club provided these and has been a source of guidance and inspiration to thousands of young men and boys since, especially those from a working class background. From that first day of nervous membership, right through their teens, and even after they had taken up the challenges of adult life, the spirit and watchful eye of the Club is ever with them.
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