Ten steps to good health

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

1. Eat healthily. Try to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. When doing your grocery shop stock up on healthy snacks, such as rice cakes, celery, cucumber and low-fat cheese. Try to incorporate wholemeal foods, bread and pasta and low fat yoghurt into your diet, too. Avoid sugary and fried foods and salt as much as possible. Grill, bake, microwave but steer away from frying. Watch out for the hidden fats in creams and sauces as well.

Get the job done with Queen of Clean

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Imagine a cleaning company employing teams of highly trained cleaning staff to deliver a top quality cleaning service for your home.

Imagine no longer. Queen of Clean Services Ltd is that company. Queen of Clean always turns up, and turns up on time. Michelle Ruane, managing director of the company, has spent many years in the domestic cleaning business. Listening to her clients’ stories of neighbours and friends whose cleaner let them down, or was not up to standard, she formed the idea that a company could deliver a better, more dependable, service than was currently available.

Let Barons help you spring clean, renovate or move house

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Are you doing your annual spring clean, planning on renovating or about to move house? If so then call Barons Self Storage and see how easy we can make everything for you.

Donate a piece of furniture for Galway Simon’s auction

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Following the massive success of the Galway Simon Community auction last October, the community will hold another auction in its furniture store on Shantalla Road on Saturday April 2 at 1pm. This auction will be another eclectic mix of antique, vintage, and quirky furniture and collectibles. From Victorian to retro, there will be something to appeal to all tastes and pockets. Better still is the fact that there will be no commission charges or buyer’s premium.

Nuns Island about one hundred years ago

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

In the 19th century Nuns Island was part of the industrial heartland of Galway. The 1911 census tells us that the street comprised two lodging houses, Grace’s Asylum, the Presbyterian Church, a ladies’ school, a fever hospital, Her Majesty’s Prison, a brewery and malt house, St Joseph’s Seminary, two flour mills, a granite works, and the Poor Clares Convent as well as the various residences.

Salthill garden will remember the ‘kindness of strangers’

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

In one of the strangest ironies of fate that I ever heard was the day, early 2006, when the renowned Irish singer Eleanor Shanley called into Charlie Lennon’s Cuan Recording Studios in Spiddal. Eleanor, with her distinctive, rich lyrical voice, was looking for a new song. She talked to her friend Éamonn Goggin, a sound engineer at Cuan. Éamonn’s passion was music. He loved nothing more than sharing his knowledge with friends. He enthused about a song written by Mike Scott of the Waterboys and Anthony Thistlethwaite, called ‘Strange Boat’. It was written some years ago, but it was a great song, that just needed some updating, a new look. ‘ We’re sailing on a Strange Boat/ Heading for a strange shore/ Carrying the strangest cargo / That was ever hauled aboard....’ Éamonn said it was ideally suited for Eleanor’s voice.

How to wear this season’s trends — seventies

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Inspired by iconic movies and celebrities such as Diane Keaton in Interiors, the seventies styles are this season’s hottest trend.

Notes for the season

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

In order to be taken seriously in this climate, we have gone back to the notion that keeping up personal appearances is important. To be taken seriously at work, or indeed when looking for work, everyone is upping their game to remain competitive.

Bits and bites

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

This week I have four items to mention.

Get cooking...

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Tuesday March 8 is Shrove Tuesday. Make sure you enjoy some delicious pancakes with this recipe from bordbia.ie

Hypnosis and smoking

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Are you sick and tired of coughing and sputtering, paying a cigarette mortgage each month, or do you simply want to grow old gracefully without the premature wrinkles, wheezing lungs, and stained teeth? If you have finally made a decision to be free from smoking and you want to kick the habit the easy way, then Irish Hypnosis could be your solution.

Treat stress, anxiety, and depression with Chinese acupuncture

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

The internal imbalance caused by the exposure to external stress can lead to what is called an energy blockage, resulting in difficulty sleeping, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. Acupuncture treats the root cause of this condition.

Treating childhood constipation

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Constipation is a common health issue among infants and children. Nutritional therapist Heather Leeson gives her view on the condition.

Constipation in children is a relatively common problem which we see frequently in the clinic. It can range from mild or episodic constipation to severe constipation with no bowel movement for several days or even weeks. Often accompanied by wind, bloating, abdominal pain, nausea, and faecal incontinence, it can cause significant discomfort and sometimes embarrassment for the child. It can be distressing both for the parents and the child, and if left go too long can cause further problems.

Rolling back the years

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

A new combination facial treatment promises to revitalise tired skin with its benefits continuing for months.

Hair flair

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

If your life is peppered with bad hair days then check out Aldi’s new Carino Professional Hair Care range.

A cocktail of colour

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Max Factor has ushered in spring with its boldest and most colourful collection of eye shadows, lip glosses and nail polishes.

Sleek looks from Peruzzi

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

This season’s twist on classic silhouettes from Peruzzi ushers in a look of grown-up glamour. There is a kaleidoscope of colour with lush pinks, vibrant reds and Wedgwood blues.

Get a golden glow

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Fancy putting the dark, dreary days of winter behind you? If so, a sunkissed look may be all you need to give your appearance a lift.

Banish dark spots

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

An anti-ageing treatment from Decleor (€70.33) targets pigmentation spots caused by ageing, the sun, and stress.

Competition

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Would you like to be in with a chance to win a great Decleor vanity travel bag containing eight beauty essentials for the face and body?

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