New collection at Born Clothing
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Popular British fashion label Little Mistress, which is available at Born Clothing, has unveiled an exclusive collaboration with TV personality and model Lauren Pope. The Lauren Pope Collection has been co-designed by Ms Pope and is inspired by the model’s peerless style.
Read more ...Unwanted hair removal by Therapie Clinic - just in time for summer
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
On average, women spend three months of their lives getting rid of unwanted hair. The advice at Therapie Clinic is to call time on painful waxing and shaving and give yourself the gift of laser hair removal – just in time for summer.
Read more ...Hello sailor — nautical summer looks from Leo Guy at Kilkenny
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Get your holiday plans under way and embrace all things nautical with the fabulous new collection from French label Leo Guy. Available from Kilkenny, home to Ireland’s largest collection of Irish designers, this collection will bring a touch of the French Riviera to your wardrobe and is this week’s fashion fix.
Read more ...Thicker hair treatment at David Martin Hairdressing
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
David Martin Hairdressing now have the ultimate solution to give you thicker, fuller hair – Nioxin, a new luxury, hi-tech hair care system inspired by skincare.
Read more ...Notes for the season
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
As shocking as this is going to sound, I have found a replacement for my beloved Bobbi Brown shimmer brick. The girls on the counter are still reeling. And even more shocking, it was love at first sight.
Read more ...Mixt Greens, Newcastle Road
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Mixt Greens is a very ambitious food outlet but one which I think may make its mark over time. I say ambitious because when anyone in Ireland starts something new it can take a while before the public gets the full picture. The owner advertises it as an eco restaurant, and while almost everyone praises all things eco we can be quite slow to change our non-eco eating habits. We also know that a healthy diet is beneficial to our overall health, however when it comes to lunch time old habits die hard, ie, lashing into something less healthy with loads of chips, etc.
Read more ...Fast, fresh, and friendly lunch at the Carlton
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
The Carlton Hotel on the Dublin Road is a favourite for quick and tasty lunchtime dining. Located within easy access of some of the city’s many business parks and hospitals and with ample free car parking, it is a lunchtime favourite with Galwegians and visitors to the area.
Read more ...Get in shape faster with diet, exercise, and metabolism correction
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
There are three main keys to genuine weight loss — food, exercise and correcting your metabolism faults. All three keys interconnect — one will not work without the others.
Read more ...All your painting needs at B&C Paints
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
B&C Paints has one of the most comprehensive ranges of paints of any major coatings company in Ireland, North or South.
Read more ...Krav maga classes starting at Connacht Taekwon-do Academy
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Classes in krav maga self defence will begin shortly in Galway. Krav maga means ‘contact combat’ in Hebrew. It is a practical and tactical system that teaches how to prevent, deal with, and overcome all kinds of violence and attacks. Developed in Israel, this system has been tried and tested in many real life situations and is used today by Israel's armed forces and by many law enforcement and military units around the world.
Read more ...Take the Great Western Greenway challenge for Cystic Fibrosis West
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
This month sees the launch of a new annual fundraiser to help the Cystic Fibrosis West team to raise much-needed finance for a new specialised day care unit for people with cystic fibrosis in the west of Ireland.
Read more ...Gate Dental Clinic named Best Practice of the West at the Irish Dental Awards
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
At the inaugural Irish Dentist Awards, Dr Paul Moore, Dr Paul Browne, Dr Emily Clarke, and Dr Ian Wellings of Gate Dental Clinic, Dock Road, Galway, were overall winners of the Irish Dentist Practice of the Year for the West of Ireland and the Best Website.
Read more ...How healthy is your heart?
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Erina MacSweeney BSc (Hon) Dip CNM MIANT will offer customers of Matt O’Flaherty Chemists advice on cardiovascular problems including angina and high cholesterol today (Thursday) and Friday. Ms MacSweeney will offer cardiovascular screenings using the new B Pro device in Matt O’Flaherty Pharmacy, William Street, on both days.
The BPro cardio pulse-wave device offers the most advanced technology in the cardio health screening market.
Read more ...A new you
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Are you bored with the way you look? Would you like a makeover but are limited by an unhealthy bank balance?
Read more ...Athletics in St Mary’s College
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
St Mary’s opened in 1912 with 60 boarders and 17 day boys. The first school sports there took place in 1928, and since then the college has produced many fine athletes in track and field. The first mention of All-Ireland sports in the annals of the school concerns Tom Fahy, who in 1938 set a new Irish record for the 12lb shot. In 1939 the school won its first Connacht Schools title; in 1943, it won three titles, four in 1946, and five in 1947. In that last year, one athlete, Martin Kilmartin, won three golds, and set records in both the triple jump and the long jump. In 1948 the college again won five titles, and in 1950 John Linnane set a new Irish record in the pole vault.
Read more ...Characteristics of a ‘half-civilized’ people
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
In the late 18th and mid 19th centuries, at least 28 German travel writers wrote extensively about Ireland. I’ll tell some of what a few of them had to say in the weeks ahead, but by far the most colourful was Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Puckler-Muskau. He lived his 86 years to the full. As a dashing cavalry officer he fought against Napoleon until he inherited Muskau Park near Berlin to which he added brilliant landscapes and gardens. He searched for the source of the Nile, and fought off bandits in the deserts of North Africa. He walked through much of Europe, taking notes of his observations all of which were eventually published. In 1814 he visited England and delighted the dandy Prince of Wales by introducing the rectangular monocle. His struggle with the English language caused laughter in high society, and generally he was a source of amusement; but he seemed to have enjoyed himself immensely.*
As well as his reputation as a witty writer, artist, traveller, landscape designer, bon vivant, he was a notorious womaniser. He employed Germany’s fastest sprinter, Ernst Mensen, to bring love messages to society ladies of Berlin. He created a sensation when he arrived at the fashionable Café Kranzler on the Unter den Linden, in a carriage drawn by four stags. He caused gasps when he leapt over the parapet of the Elbe bridge on horseback, the animal and its rider falling eight metres into the water below. All these shenanigans cost a great deal of money. Puckler, no doubt heartened by his reception on his previous visit, returned to England in 1826 seeking a wealthy wife. Having examined all possible candidates in London, and finding none suitable to his tastes, he travelled to Ireland because, as he wrote to his mother, he considered Ireland rather than England to be the country for finding the hoped-for prize.
Read more ...Rowing on the Corrib
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
Rowing ‘matches’ or ‘badge races’ have been taking place on the river for at least 150 years. Initially, they were confined to members of Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club, as it was the only boating club in existence here. When the Commercial Club was formed in 1875, a meeting was held to promote a regatta on the stretch of river under Menlo Castle. It was well attended, and there was general agreement that the regatta should be independent of both clubs, and open to everybody.
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