The miracle of your metabolism for weight loss

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

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.

Galway Community College Further Education introduces new QQI early learning and care professional programme

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Galway’s largest provider of early years courses, Galway Community College is introducing the new QQI early learning and care professional award which is a milestone for the early years sector.

GRETB announces third year of media production assistant traineeship in association with Screen Skills Ireland

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Following a hugely successful first two years of the media production assistant traineeship, Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) has announced a third year of the course.

Learn from the best at Hession School of Dance

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Hession School of Dance is a leading Irish dance school in Galway established in 1963 by Celine Hession. The school is now under the direction of her daughter, Gemma Carney.

Galway Executive Skillnet launches autumn training schedule

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Galway Executive Skillnet’s (GES) autumn training schedule was launched last week by adventurer Karen Weekes at Galway Rowing Club. Kinvara-based Ms Weekes is planning to be the first Irish woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean as part of her #SHECANDO2021 campaign.

Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe to hold open day this weekend

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe, a vibrant music school in the heart of Galway city, is welcoming new students to its programmes this academic year. After 18 months of teaching online, the music school is relaunching all of its programmess in person throughout the academic year.

Join the team this Sunday, September 19. at Leisureland Galway between 3pm and 5pm, where the talented teachers and staff will be launching their first open day of this academic year. Parents and students who wish to inquire about the wide range of instruments available to learn, or for those keen on signing up to the popular Colourstrings programme, this open day is designed for you to take that first step towards a fun-filled musical journey.

Gain a new perspective with art classes

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Aine Doherty runs painting classes in Oughterard, Killannin, and Galway city. Her approach to teaching is simple and relaxed, and she welcomes everyone from complete beginners who have never held a paintbrush, to competent artists who use the facility as a comfortable setting to develop their creativity and improve their painting skills. As an artist herself, Ms Doherty is familiar with the painting process and has developed a programme which nurtures students' own intuition and sensibility.

I-Career can help young people navigate education and career planning

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

I-Career, based in Oranmore, Galway, is now in its 12th year in business. The company specialises in career planning for young people between the ages of 13 and 25 who are challenged by education and career planning decisions.

A career in treating chronic pain and sports injuries

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

With a qualification in sports massage and neuromuscular therapy from the National Training Centre (NTC) you can set up your own private practice, work within an established clinic, work with football teams, athletes, or become the resident therapist in one of the growing number of health clubs and personal training centres that are becoming so popular nationwide.

Get moving again with Genevieve Ryan School of Dance

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

It has been a crazy year. Our children have spent so much time inside, with group activities on hold and school through a screen, and it is safe to say children, teens, and young adults could all use a fun dose of physical activity. It is time to get moving.

Open day Fridays this September in Galway Community College Further Education

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you will make, so why not call in to Galway Community College during its open day Fridays this September and get the information you need to make it correctly.

Introducing NeighbourFood Clifden - popular online farmers' market comes to Connemara

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

NeighbourFood, a new and convenient way to buy from local farmers and food producers, is a weekly online farmers' market with almost 50 outlets nationwide. This autumn, the NeighbourFood revolution comes to Connemara, offering the local community easy access to the finest produce from the region.

Stellar autumn line-up for Sprig cookery school

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Sprig, the online cookery school run by professional chef Eamon Lynch, which has built a reputation for collaborating with food industry A-listers, has just revealed its latest stellar line-up of tutors for the coming months.

Real American dining in Galway city

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Scotty's Burgers & Wings, located in Galway since 1991, is a family run business providing the people of Galway for 30 years with top class burgers, legendary Buffalo wings, and amazing desserts and milkshakes.

Story of Galway-Clifden Railway to be launched this weekend

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

The first ever in-depth account of the gloriously scenic Galway-Clifden Railway which ran through the heart of Connemara from 1895 to 1935 will be launched this weekend in Maam Cross Railway Station.

New Fáilte Ireland 'Keep Discovering' shoulder season domestic marketing campaign for Galway

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Throughout the summer, Fáilte Ireland’s ‘Keep Discovering’ marketing campaign has been encouraging Irish people to discover the joy of holidaying in Ireland. With restrictions for tourism and hospitality businesses easing the upcoming shoulder season is an important time for the tourism sector in Galway.

Hospitality spend up again

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

The AIB Spend Trend features one of the most comprehensive and accurate data sets on consumer spending in Ireland. Data was compiled from AIB debit and credit card spending from just under 55 million transactions between August 1 and 31. To account for the difference in the number of days in each month the AIB Spend Trend looks at average daily spend instead of total monthly spend, providing an accurate reflection of consumer spending habits.

Kerry was the top spot for domestic summer holidays this year, with Irish consumers choosing the Kingdom as their destination of choice over Galway and Cork, the second and third most popular choices. Last year Cork was the country’s most popular destination for Irish visitors, followed by Kerry.

A Galway tradition

Wed, Sep 15, 2021

The origins of the centuries-old Saturday market are lost in the mists of time. It was always held in front of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, which was the only open space in the old walled town. Two hundred years ago, James Hardiman, in his history, was writing that, “The town is well supplied with vegetables … the green gardeners cultivate a considerable quantity of ground and keep a considerable supply of remarkable fine-flavoured fruit and vegetables.” At the same time, Hely Dutton, in his survey, was writing, “The vegetable market kept near the Main Guard is generally well supplied, and at reasonable rates; all kinds come to the market washed, by which any imperfection is easily detected. The cabbage raised near the sea side on seaweed is particularly delicious; those who have been used to those cultivated on ground highly manured, cannot form any idea of the difference. There are also, in season, peaches, strawberries, gooseberries, apples, pears etc.”

A time when the Irish were not welcome

Wed, Sep 15, 2021

Between the years 1845 and 1855 more than 2.1 million people emigrated from Ireland. They streamed into Liverpool, Manchester, Boston and New York. Many were diseased, hungry, dirty, broken spirited, with barely any personal belongings. Some embarked actually naked.

Gaillimh abú

Fri, Sep 10, 2021

It was inevitable in a county which was a stronghold of hurling that women would eventually want to play the game like their male counterparts. The game of camogie has been played in Galway since the early 1900s. Experimental rules for the female game were drawn up in 1903 and the first public match took place that year, and so the game of camogie was officially launched.

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