Therapy you can trust with IACP

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

The longest standing and largest member organisation of its kind, the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy prides itself on providing reliable and credible support of the highest standard. This means that IACP accredited therapists are appropriately qualified and competent professionals. They are bound by a code of ethics and must participate in continuous professional development, so you can rest assured your IACP therapist is fully qualified to support you.

Fartlek training

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

Are you looking to introduce some speed work into your running? Fartlek training could be just the thing you need to help you mix up your training.

New digital courses in pelvic physiotherapy

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

Aoife Ni Eochaidh is a chartered physiotherapist and winner of the BPW and Irish Permanent Galway Young Business Woman of the Year Award. She is an experienced chartered physiotherapist who runs her private clinic from Suite 14, Bon Secours Consultant Clinic in Renmore, Galway. Ms Ni Eochaidh has announced new home pelvic routine courses, which are affordable digital learning courses for people worldwide with incontinence and pelvic conditions.

Online baby massage for parents and caregivers

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

Infant Massage Galway is run by Mary Kenny, who has been running classes for parents and babies for 15 years.

Summer is coming - lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

With total focus on fixing your metabolism, System 10 can 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 woman launches range of sustainable bladder leak and period underwear

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

Nixx, a new Irish brand based in Galway, has recently launched its cutting-edge range of period and bladder leak underwear. An environmentally conscious company, Nixx specialises in period and bladder leak underwear that is 100 per cent reusable, absorbent, leak-proof, and stylish.

Dressing your floor - rug styling tips from Neptune

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

The ceiling is often referred to as the fifth wall in a room, but really it should be the floor that gets that title.

Tidy oil tanks

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

Is your oil tank one of the big old types that take up too much space? Have you ever thought it would be great if you could move your tank to a new position in your garden, and maybe get a nice slimline model that tucks away neatly? Well now you can. Pat Hegarty and the team in Cosyhome Heating offer a complete oil tank relocation service. They can move the tank a few feet to allow better access for wheelie bins, or further down the garden out of view if that is what you want. Sizes vary from 650 litre upwards with single-skin and bunded options in stock.

Get everything you need for your outdoor space at Keanes Garden Centre

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

The team at Keanes Garden Centre pride themselves on the quality, value, and large range of stock available at all times of the year. They make shopping easy for you, from parking to shopping to loading your car. At present the garden centre is offering a huge selection of vegetable plants, fruit bushes, fruit trees, seed potatoes, and much, much more. These are sourced in Ireland and in some cases the team grow their own vegetables from seed, so you know where your plants are coming from. With more than 50 years’ experience in Galway, Keanes Garden Centre can provide you with a garden shopping experience you will enjoy.

The garden centre continuously receives new loads of stock from throughout Ireland and Europe, which is fresh and top quality. You can avail of free parking right outside the door and the team will assist you with your shopping, making shopping there as easy as possible. The garden centre is largely covered, with more than five acres of nursery to choose trees and hedging, bareroot and potted. With five horticulturists on the team, Keanes has improved significantly to ensure your experience is easy and enjoyable.

Online baby Massage for Parents and Caregivers.

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

Infant Massage Galway is run by Mary Kenny. Mary has been running classes for parents and babies for 15 years in Galway. Mary is a qualified Massage therapist specializing in pregnancy Massage, Baby massage & baby swim classes. Mary is a qualified special needs assistant and has completed online courses during covid run by Swim Ireland and Galway Sport Partnership in the area of special needs and sport.

Gardenwise | And the Award goes to……….

Tue, Apr 27, 2021

When browsing in a garden centre or on a nursery website, have you ever seen a little cup or trophy symbol attached to a plant and wondered what it meant? It’s the AGM or Award of Garden Merit, given by the Royal Horticultural Society, the world’s leading authority on all things horticultural, to plants that provide outstanding performance.

Ask the experts at free Croí Webinar: Living well with cardiovascular disease

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Are you, or a loved one, living with heart disease? Join Croí, the Heart and Stroke Charity, and leading experts, for a public webinar to learn how to live well with cardiovascular disease. The free webinar takes places online via Zoom on Thursday, April 29, from 7pm to 8pm.

April Fools and the valley of death - Galway 1921

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Major General Henry Tudor arrived in Galway for the weekend on April 1 1921. On Saturday morning he inspected the RIC, then made his way to Lenaboy Castle to inspect the D Company Auxiliaries.

Country butter in the market

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

There was nothing quite like the first bite and creamy taste of hand-churned country butter whether it was oozing and melting on your potatoes or spread on your bread. It was usually made in small batches, was rich and flavoursome, and had an old fashioned taste, the way butter used to taste years ago.

Roger Casement’s failed appeal and humiliation

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

This remarkable painting, by Irish artist Sir John Lavery, is actually a portrait of Roger Casement on the last day of his appeal against his conviction for high treason and sentence of death, in July 1916. But where is he?

Achieve a worldwide recognised computer qualification with GRETB Training Centre

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

GRETB Training Centre is now offering a free fully funded International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) course. This course is online and runs from May 10 for a duration of 20 weeks.

The tutor-led course provides learners with the skills, knowledge, and competencies to use a wide range of software applications on a computer and achieve a worldwide recognised qualification in computing. ICDL (rebranded ECDL) provides a practical programme of up-to-date skills and knowledge areas which are validated by a test.

Free 2D AutoCAD blended learning course at GRETB Training Centre

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

GRETB Training Centre is offering a free 2D AutoCAD course starting May 10. AutoCAD is a design tool used by architects, civil engineers, product designers, and many other engineering professionals in a wide variety of industries.

GTI launches exciting new courses for 2021

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Galway Technical Institute is the largest and longest established college of further education in the west of Ireland, catering for up to 2,000 students annually both full and part-time. One-year courses at GTI provide a launch pad for learners to enter the workplace, start an apprenticeship, or progress to further and higher education. GTI offers a range of courses which provide the ideal starting point for learners who are keen to progress to third level education and are particularly suitable for those who may be undecided at present as to what they would like to study in the future.

Take the first step to a career in counselling and psychotherapy

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

The International College for Personal and Professional Development, ICPPD, based in Athlone, is a leading provider of accredited personal and professional programmes with a difference, nationally and internationally at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The programmes are different, the tutors are different, and the adult learners are different.

Why you need to have vitamin D this season

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Experts are currently urging that we supplement our diet with vitamin D[1]. This is because most of us have stayed indoors much more lately, and therefore we are likely to have a lower vitamin D status than any previous winter.But why is vitamin D so important and why can’t we get enough of it from our diet?

What is vitamin D and what does it do?

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